Core sector output growth spurts to 6.7% in February .
India’s core sector growth in March was 6.7 %
, this was a three month high .
This was led by Coal ,Natural gas , and
Fertilizers with the double digit growth of 11.3 %. 11.6% and 10.2%
respectively
The core sector growth in December 2023 and
January 2024 were 4.9% and 4.1% respectively .
The eight core sector of Indian economy are
electricity , steel , refinery products , crude oil , coal ,cement , natural
gas and fertilizers .
Delhi HC dismisses plea to remove Arvind Kejriwal as CM
The Delhi High court on Tuesday rejected a
petition seeking the removal of Arvind
Kejriwal from the post , following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate .
The petitioner has argued that CM will not be
able to perform his duties under custody . The further argument was the failure
of law and order that may lead to failure of constitutional machinery if Mr.
Kejriwal works from behind the bars .
The court said that Article 239AB ( Provision
in case of failure of constitutional machinery ) is not to be applied by the governor . The Governor will exercise it .
Article 239AB gives the President power to
interfere in NCT Delhi , in case of failure of constitutional mechanism .
The President in such cases is empowered to
make provisions accordingly .
ED’s mission is to finish AAP off , Kejriwal tells Delhi
Court
The Rouse Avenue court has extended ED custody
for Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 .
Earlier arguing his case Mr Kejriwal alleged
that the only ED was only intended to implicate him . He accused ED of running
a extortion racket . He said that the form accussed under excisr policy scam
had donated to the ruling BJP .
ED said that Mr Kejriwal was giving evasive
reply during interrogation and was refusing to share password of his accounts
with the agency .
Bengluru cafe blast case : NIA identified bomber , arrests
one
In a major Breakthrough in. Rameshwaram Cafe
blast case in Bengaluru the National
Investigation Agency ( NIA) on Thursday said the bomber had been identified as
Mussavir Shahzeeb Hussain and the key conspirator Abdul Matheen Taha .
Both are wanted in several terror cases . The
duo are also the masterminds of the Bengaluru cooker blast case of November
2022 .
NIA has arrested one key conspirator who was
involved in supplying logistics for the blast .
On March 1 , An Integrated Explosive Device
(IED ) exploded in Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru during lunch time . The
incident had left 9 people injured .
India should lead the way on Peace Process : Ukraine FM
Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba has reached New
Delhi . This is the first such high
level visit by Ukrainian leader after Russia Ukraine conflict started .
Ahead of his meeting with MEA S Jaishankar ,
Mr. Kuleba said that Ukraine hoped that India would join the Peace Summit that
will be held in Switzerland this summer .
Mr Kuleba also urged India to bring it to the
table of negotiations .
Switzerland
on request of Ukraine will be helding a Peace Summit in June . There are
chances that Russia will also be invited in this.
Peace
summit can play a major role in ending Ukraine Russia war .
Sources
have said that India has got an invitation to attend the Peace summit . But India has not responded yet .
Households across the world waste one billion meals a day ,
says UN report
United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP )
and WRAP ( Waste and Resource Action Plan ) , a UK based on profit organisation, have released the
Food Wastage Report 2024 .
Thus, households in 2022 wasted one billion
meals a day in 2022 , even as 783 million
people struggled with hunger and a third of humanity faced food
insecurity .
The report had other findings as :
●
Out of total food wastages 60%
occurred at household level , with food services responsible for 28% and retail
services 12% .
●
The reports point out lack of
tracking of food wastage by countries . At present only some countries Japan
,UK , US , Australia and European Union have food wastage estimates suitable
for tracking progress .
●
Food wastage is not a “ rich country problem “ as there is a very
small gap in wastage by high income and other not economically well off countries
.
●
Hotter countries appear to
generate more food wastage per capita income household ,due to higher consumption of fresh foods
with sustainable incredible parts .
Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG ) 12. 3
talks about halving food wastage by 2030 particularly in retail and food
services .
Govt
extends AFSPA in parts of Arunachal Pradesh
The Union ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday
the Armed Forces special Powers act ( AFSPA ) , in three districts and areas
falling under three police stations in Namsai District of Arunachal Pradesh .
Advisory board has to consider if detention is needed in eyes
of law : SC
Supreme
Court ( SC ) on Thursday observed that the advisory boards under draconian
retention prevention laws should not behave like “ mere rubber stamp
authorities “ , but act as a safety
valve that stands between capricious use of Power by state and the right of
person’s liberty .
Article 22 makes it mandatory for preventive
detention laws to form a advisory board of persons of high court judges .
The panel certifies whether govt’s move to
arrest some person under preventive detention was right or not . The panel also
reviews the detention after three months .
The court here in this case was hearing a plea
by a person detained as ‘ goonda’ under Telangana Prevention and Dangerous
activities prevention Act .
Preventive Detention – Under these laws state
has power to arrest or detain some person as his presence can cause public
disorder , and threat national security and sovereignty .
Police can detain in such cases for 60 to 90
days .
Under UAPA the center has power to detain for.
six
months .
Science
A
living will , so the terminally ill can avoid the indignities of prolonged
hospital care
On March 12 , a gathering of 30 in Kerala’s
Thrissur district signed a “ living will
“ .
A “ living will “ is a legal document prepared in advance
detailing the preferences of medical termination in case of the person is not able to do so in medical conditions .
Supreme Court in its
2018 Judgement rmhad held that a person has right to decide against artic f al
life support by writting a living will .
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Tech
Giants facing EU scrutiny
European Commission has launched non
compliance investigation against tech giant such as Meta , Apple , Google ,
Amazon to ensure that they are complying with newly passed Digital Marketing
Act (DMA ) . The investigation foucs on alleged violation related to inhouse
services , ranking practices in marketplace and compliances under DMA .
Under
DMA these companies has designated six companies : Alphabet , Meta , Microsoft
, ButeDance , Amazon and Apple as “ gatekeepres “ These companies will have to
face more scrutiny than other companies under EU laws .
World
Bombing continues in Gaza as US says Israel is ready to
restart talks
The Israeli military said that they struck
dozens of militant targets including the tunnels .
UN reported on Wednesday that “ famine is ever closer to become a reality
in northern Gaza “
US officials said that they were rescheduling
a meeting between Israel and the USA .
After the recent cancellation of the US visit
by Israeli PM Netanyahu . Netanyahu canceled his visit after the UNSC passed a resolution that demanded “ immediate
ceasefire “ .
ICJ says Israel must ensure : urgent humanitarian
assistance ‘ in Gaza
The International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) has ordered Israel to “ ensure
urgent humanitarian assistance “ in Gaza without delay . Saying “ famine has
just set in “ .
China
sends glacier water from Tibet to climate hit Maldives
China has sent more than a million bottles of
water from melting Tibetan Glaciers from Maldives.
A gift from the world’s highest mountains to a low -lying archipelago
threatened by rising sea .
Maldives foreign ministry said that the gift
was from Yan Jinhai , governor of Xinjiang region or Tibet .
Maldives has run out of ground water and is
dependent on expensive desalination plants .
Phillipines leader warns of countermeasures as China
steps up aggression in sea
The Phillipines President on Thursday said
that his government would take action against what he called a dangerous attack
by the Chinese coast guard , and suspected militia ships in the South China Sea
.
The action would be “ proportionate , deliberate and reasonable
in the face of open , unabetting ,illegal , coercive , aggressive and dangerous
attacks by agents of China coast guard and Chinese maritime militia .”
Chinese officials have not responded on this
