SC to hear the plea to include CJI on EC selection panel
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A petition was filed in the Supreme Court by Association
for Democratic Reform ( ADR ) , the NGO
in its plea had requested urgent hearing on the matter of how CEC and ECs need
to be appointed .
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It said that the center could take
“ unfair advantage “ , while filling the post of two ECs .
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The plea has demanded that the
current vacancy be filled according to the March 2023 Judgement of the Supreme
Court . Means the committee of Prime Minister (PM) , Chief Justice of India (CJI) and Leader of Opposition (LoP) should choose
the ECs .
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Also for future CJI should be back
in the selection committee .
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The Government recently passed a
law according to which the committee of the PM , LoP and a Union Minister chose
the EC .
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SC has listed the case for
Friday’s hearing .
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Earlier .
Kerala rejects center’s one time offer of ₹5000 crore to
tide over fund crunch.
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The Union government said on
Wednesday that it could spare only ₹5000 crore as one time measure to avert an
immediate financial crisis . Center further said that it would deduct the
amount from the borrowing ceiling in the first nine months of financial year
2024 -25 .Also the state will not be allowed any “ ad hoc “ borrowing in
2024-25 if it takes ₹5000 crore .
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Rejecting the offer , Kapil Sibbal
representing Kerala said that it wants a minimum ₹10,000 crore .
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The case will be heard next week .
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Earlier , SC had given both
parties time to settle the issue outside the court .
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But the two sides were not able to
meet any common ground .
Canadian probe in Nijjar’s case is not over : New
Zealand deputy PM
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New Zealand’s deputy PM and
Foreign Minister Winston Piers was in India for four days.
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In an interview with the Hindu ,
he said that Evidence in Canadian allegations about killing of Nijjar can only
be established once investigation gets complete .
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New Zealand is one of the Five
Eyes grouping countries .
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Five Eyes –Five Eyes is a security alliance between five countries
. These are US , UK, Canada , Australia
and New Zealand
SC denotify Assam Govt’s move to denotify Rhino habitat
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The Supreme Court has frozen Assam
govt’s move to withdraw a 1998 notification , constituting Pobitora Wildlife
Sanctuary .
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The wildlife sanctuary hosts one
of the largest Rhino Populations in the
country .
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The state govt had reasoned that
the declaration of wildlife sanctuary was made without settling the rights of
people living in the village areas .
Gadakari , Thakur in BJP’s second list
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BJP on Wednesday released a second
list of candidates’ names on Wednesday . The list of 72 candidates covers 10
states and one Union territory.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadakari has been fielded from Nagpur , Anurag Thakur
from Hamirpur , Prahalad Joshi from Dharwad and Piyush Joshi from Mumbai North
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PM launches portal for marginalized sections
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PM on Wednesday launched Pradhan
Mantri Samajik Uttathan evam Rojgar Adharit Jankalyan ( PM SURAJ ) portal for
credit support to entrepreneurs from support to entrepreneurs from
disadvantaged sections .
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The portal will be a non-stop
point where people from disadvantaged sections of society can apply for
and monitor the progress of all loans
and credit schemes .
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PM on this occasion disbursed ₹720
crore credit to one lakh beneficiaries .
Modi, British PM assess the progress on free trade
agreement negotiations
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U
K Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke on the phone on Tuesday assessing the progress under Free Trade
agreement ( FTA ) , Mr. Modi tweeted that he and Mr. Sunak had reaffirmed their
commitment to the “ early conclusion “ of “ mutually beneficial “ agreement .
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New Delhi and London both have
been negotiating a deal since January 2022 , it is last days for the deal
before both nations will go for election .
Prasad Bharti Launches News Sharing service
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Union Information and Broadcasting
minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday launched PB SHABD .
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OB SHABD is Prasad bahrti’s news
Sharif service , and the revamped website is . It will provide daily news
feeds in videos , audios , text and
other formats to subscribers .
Panel recommends ban on ‘ ferocious dogs’
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An expert committee constituted by
Department of Animal Welfare and Husbandry has , Ministry of Agriculture has
recommended that certain breeds of “ ferocious dogs’ ‘ , be prohibited as being
kept as pets .
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The committee was constituted
after a citizens group complained of fatal attacks by these dogs on people .
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The breeds that are banned
includes pitbull terrier , American Bulldog , Kangal , Asian Shepherd dog ,
Rottweiler , Terriers ,Rhodesian Terrier , Wolf dogs etc .
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The rules are expected to be
implemented by local authorities . Already existing dogs will be sterilized .
Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar to be called Ahilyanagar
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The Maharashtra cabinet on
Wednesday formally approved the renaming of Ahmednagar district to Ahilyanagar
,after 18 th century Maharashtra queen Ahilyabai Holkar .
World
Nepal PM Prachanda wins vote of confidence , third term in 15 months .
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Pushpa Kumar Dahal ‘ Prachanda ‘
on Wednesday won the vote of motion of confidence.
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On March 4 , Prachanda had broke
it’s alliance with Nepali Congress ( NC ) and had joined CPI ) ( UML ) over leadership issues .
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The strength of different parties
in Nepali parliament is
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Nepali Congress ( NC ) by Sher
Bahadur Deuba – 88.
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Communist Party of Nepal ( UML ) –
77 by KP Shrma Oli
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Communist Party of Nepal ( MC ) –
30 by Prachanda
As parties rush aid to Gaza , EU says hunger being used
as a weapon
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Donor nations , aid agencies
rushed to Gaza and pushed efforts to
reach food and other essential items to
Gaza by land , air and sea after EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said starvation
had become a “ weapon of war “ .
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Palestinians in Gaza are on the
brink of famine , aid agencies are trying hard to deliver food and essential
items .
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A Spanish charity vessel was on
its way to Gaza on Wednesday .
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The flow of aid trucks from Egypt
to Gaza ,has slowed recently .
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About half a dozen Arab and
western nations have airdropped food
parcels on Parachute into Gaza .
Russia ready to use nuclear weapons if sovereignty is
threatened , says Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin ,
said on Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if it’s
sovereignty or independence is threatened .
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In an interview on Wednesday Putin
said “ in line with the country’s
security doctrine ,Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons in case of threat to
the existence of “ the existence of the Russian state , our Sovereignty and
independence “ .
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“ All that is written to our
strategy, we haven’t changed that “ .
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In an apparent reference to NATO
he said “ the nations who say they have no red lines regarding Russia should
realize that Russia had no red lines regarding them either . “
