CAA rules silent on the fate of rejected applicants
In the rules to apply
for Citizenship Amendment Rules ( CAA ) , a person has to apply online and the
final verification of documents will be by an empowered committee . The
migrants seeking citizenship must have documents that show that they belonged
to either Afghanistan, Pakistan , Bangladesh .
The CAA rules however does not tell about the
situation in which one fails to show the required documents or if documents get
rejected .
Citizenship act 1955 , had provision of a
review application within 30 days of rejection of application for citizenship .
In the review application the decision of the central government used to be
final .
Matua community
The Matua community of West Bengal is one such
community , which has mostly entered the country since 1971 . They don’t
necessarily have the documents . Mamta Bala Thakur , a TMC Parliamentarian is a
member from the migrated Matua community , she guesses that those failed
applicants may end up in “ detention center “ .
President presents Bharat Ratna to four posthumously
President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday conferred
the award of Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao , Chaudhary
Charan Singh , Karpoori Thakur and M. S Swaminathan.
Ms Murmu is likely to visit Mr. Advani to
award him .
ED takes statement if Delhi Minister Kailsh Gehlot in Excise
Policy case
The Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) on Saturday
released statements of Delhi Minister
Kailash Gehlot , in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case . Mr Gehlot
was questioned for about five hours , and his statements were recorded .
Mr Gehlot was one of the ministers who had
drafted the excise policy .
The agency so far has arrested 16 persons in
the Excise Policy scam case , and
attached properties worth ₹128.79 crore .
250 rescued from cyber fraud center’s. abroad : MEA
The Union government is “ collaborating
closely “ with Cambodian authorities and has rescued about 250 Indians from
Cambodia who were lured there for cyber crime and fake online recruitment scams
. The ministry of External Affairs said .
A nationwide hunt has revealed that jib
seekers from South East Asia are recruited by firms in Cambridia , Laos ,
Myanmar and India . They are forced to work in cyber fraud center’s . To work
over phone , social media and get people to invest in fraudulent Cryptocurrency
trading and other schemes .
MEA has cautioned people against getting job
from South East Asia region .
Facing pressure from Google , NCPCR. Ullu drops adult content
National Commission For Protection of Child
Rights ( NCPCR ) has asked the government to act against streaming platform
Ullu for streaming “ obscene and vulgar content “ .
Recently after a notice from GOOGLE the app
cleansed much of the content it has built its business on .
Google told NCPCR that Ullu had no inappropriate content featuring child
.
Digital
Publisher Content Grievance Council ( DGPCR ) is a self regulating body that
was made under IT rules . Ullu is part of this .
DGPCR has also issued a rebuke to Ullu over
its content .
Anticipatory bail must not be norm in many cases : SC
The Supreme Court in a judgment has said that
bail is the norm in many cases but anticipatory bail is certainly not the norm .
A bench of Justice C T Ravikumar and Sanjay
Kumar said that power of the courts to grant anticipatory bail is an
extraordinary one , and not be given for asking .
Anticipatory bail or Pre Arrest bail – A
person seeks anticipatory bail to avoid police arrest in non bailable offense .
The court generally gives permission of
anticipatory bail just on basis that person can be falsely accused .
World
Asia should prevent world from becoming an arena from
Geopolitical fighting , says China
The Boao
Forum of Asia ( BFA ) concluded on Friday in Hainan , China .
China’s top Legislator Zhao Leji has said that
Asia should prevent the world from becoming an arena of “ political fighting “
and welcomed all countries to board China’s
“express train “ for development
.
Countries in Asia should jointly oppose
unilateralism and self-serving practices , oppose picking sides and block
formation and prevent the arena for political confrontation .
Mr. Zhao Leji is chairman of National People’s
Congress standing committee .
About
BFA
BFA initiated by Asian Countries and Australia
is a non profit organization that hosts leaders from government organizations ,
Academia in Asia and other continents .
BFA is modeled on the World Economic Forum ,
held annually in Davos , Switzerland . It’s fixed address is Boao ,Hainan
Province China .
Its secretariat is in Beijing . BFA is also
sometimes called “Asian Davos “ .
5 killed , dozens hurt in Gaza amid chaos during aid
delivery
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that five
persons were killed and dozens wounded when a gunfire and stampede occurred
during an aid delivery on Saturday in Northern Gaza , where famine looms .
The red crescent said that the incident
happened when thousands of people gathered , for the arrival of around 15
trucks of flour and other food items .
President of Peru’s home raided in Luxury watch probe
Peruvian authorities raided President Dina Boluarte’s
home and government palace early on Saturday , as part of ongoing corruption
investigation related to ongoing corruption investigation related to
undisclosed luxury watches .
The President was earlier shown to have
with Rolex Luxury watches wearing at
several sporting events .
On Tibet visit , Nepal officials calls for opening China
border points
Nepal has urged China to reopen 14 traditional border points with the Tibetan
Autonomous Region not for bilateral trade but for the movement too. Deputy
Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shreshtha is on first visit to
China .
FAQ
What
happened to the bridge in Baltimore ?
On March 26 , a container vessel named Dali ran into Baltimore bridge over
Patapsco river , bringing a part of the
structure crashing down together with some people down into the river .
The ship had all crew members as Indians and
it was headed to Sri Lanka .
Reason
behind the collapse and casualties
The ship had its light flickering and going
off before the ship collided with one of the pillars of the bridge .
Eight persons fall below the bridge of which
two were rescued . The search operation could not be continued due to extreme
whether . The remaining six are supposed to be dead .
Will
global forest expansion hit the tribals ?
A symposium on right of Indigenous people was organized by the University
of Arizona on March 21 -22 to put the
spotlight on Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( GBF ) , 2023 . It
will hit India’s tribal the hardest .
About
the Kunming Montreal GBF
It was adopted in 2022 . It has a global
vision of a world living in harmony with
nature by 2050 .
This has four goals and 23 targets .
Target 3 of the Kunming Montreal GBF aims to “
increase terrestrial , Inland water , and of coastal marine areas , especially
areas of Particular importance , for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and
services’ ‘ to at least 30 % of the world’s territorial areas . At present
protected areas contain only 16 % .
What
are its implications ?
The goal of GBF can favor corporate houses
eyeing forest resources at the expense of indigenous communities living in accordance with Nature .
About 84 % of India’s national parks are inhabited
by Indigenous people and meeting the GBF target will threaten their existence .
Government should take special measures to
protect tribals living in forest along with increasing forest cover .
