Sena row : SC asks if
speaker contradicted verdict
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Maharashtra speaker Rahul Narwekar recently had termed the Eknath Shinde faction
as “ real “ Shiv Sena at the time when the faction had revolted .
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Supreme Court in its verdict on May 11, 2023 had
asked speaker to not be swayed away by number on deciding that who the real
Shiv Sena was . SC had held that the structure of leadership outside the
legislative assembly should be the criteria on deciding which party was “ real
“ Shiv Sena then.
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The speaker while granting the party “ real “
Shiv Sena had termed that it used Political majority in Parliament as the basis
.
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The SC asked that whether speakers decision not
a violation of SC verdict ?Uddhav Thakcrey faction had filed petition against
governor’s decision .
SC to consider contempt
proceedings against SBI for seeking time
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A content petition has been filed by Association
of Democratic Reforms ( ADR ) and Common Cause
against SBI chairman Dibesh Kumar Khera for seeking more time to reveal
details about electoral bond funds.
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The Supreme Court( SC) in its order had asked SBI to give details on those who bought
electoral bonds and the political parties which were funded by this . SC had
asked SBI to give details regarding
electoral bonds to Election Commission ( EC ) by March 6 . SC had asked EC to put the data obtained by
SBI on its website by March 13 SBI has asked May 30 to be the date of
submission .The petition has claimed that SBI asking more time is because it
wants to skip upcoming elections .Congress and some other political parties has
also slammed SBI over this .
Political parties got 60%
of funds from unknown sources
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Association of Democratic Reforms ( ADR ) has
analyzed the data of Audit Report from six political parties . This puts
following points forward :
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Almost 60% of the funds received by political parties
cannot be traced and come from “unknown
“ sources .
Including electoral bonds .
At present political parties are
not required to reveal names of individuals or organizations giving them less
than ₹20,000 .
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The total declared funding in 2022-23 was ₹3046.78
crore , of this ₹ 1832.87 ( 59% ) came from unknown sources .A vast majority (
₹1400.23 ) came from unknown sources .
This accounts for 76.39% of the party’s income . The Congress came a distant
second claiming 17.39%
Center ropes ISRO to
provide Internet to 80 remote tribal villages
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The tribal Affairs ministry is planning to
collaborate with ISRO to deploy V- SAT ( Very Small Aperture Terminal )
stations on a pilot basis for around 80 tribal villages in Jharkhand Madhya
Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra to bring internet services there .
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Officials in the Tribal affairs ministry said
that the project would be monitored and so that it could be scaled up to
similar tribal villages , in other states as well .
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Apart from this the Tribal Affairs ministry is partnering with AIIMS New Delhi to conduct
advanced research on tribal health with special emphasis on Sickle Cell Anemia
.
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India currently has more than 20 million cases
of Sickle cell Anemia most of them are with Tribal population .
INS Kolkata vessels hit in Gulf of Aden , rescues 21 crew
members .
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Indian Naval Destroyer INS Kolkata was involved
in two major rescue operations near the Gulf of Aden this week .
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On Wednesday , the warship rescued 21 crew
members , including one member from Barbados flagged bulk carrier MV True Confidence after it was hit in the
Gulf of Aden in attack by Houthis .
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Two Filipino crew memeber died in this Houthi
attack on True Confidence .
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In another incident on March 4 , INS Kolkata
responded to a request from MSC Sky 11, a Liberian flagged container vessel .
States
Kerala owned OTT platform launched
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Kerala govt on Wednesday launched its own PTT
platform named CSpace . CM said that the platform will give prominence to
artistic and cultural space
Kerala comes with long short term
measures to prevent man animal conflict
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Kerala govt has promised a long and short term
measures to prevent man animal conflict .
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The proposal includes A smart elephant fence ,
The removal of undegrowth in private estates , Eradication of invasive plants
and replace them with natural vegetation , improvement of wildlife habitats , charging fee to private vehicles entering
wildlife areas etc .
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The state has also initiated 17 short term
measures that include deployment of drones , stopping ecotourism etc .Waynad is
the most affected district from man animal conflict .
World
China calls conflict in
Gaza ‘ a disgrace to civilization ‘
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China on Thursday described the war in Gaza as a
“ disgrace to civilization “ and called
on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire .
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“ It is a tragedy for humanity and disgrace for
civilization that today , in 21 st century , this humanitarian disaster cannot
be stopped . “
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The Chinese foreign minister told in a news
conference .
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Historically China has been in favor of a
separate Palestinian state . China from start on October 7 has been advocating
for a ceasefire .
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Currently mediators are struggling in Egypt for
a ceasefire before Ramzan month starts .
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The UN has warned of malnutrition and famine in Northern Gaza as
aid supply has been very limited .
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The Health ministry of Gaza said that at least
20 people had died of dehydration and malnutrition of which at least half of
them were children ..
Sweden officially Joins
NATO after completing its accession process
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Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as it’s
32 nd member .
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The White House in a statement said that Sweden
as a NATO ally “ will make the U.S and our allies even safer “ .
Russia warns US that it
will expel diplomats
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The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it
had summoned Lynn Tracey and the US ambassador in Russia to warn her that it
would expel United state diplomats it deems to be interfering in its internal
affairs .
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Presidential elections in Russia will be held on
15 – 17 March .
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Russia foreign ministry has accused US based
NGOs in Russia of running “ anti Russian programmes “ in the country .
Former Srilanka
President turns author defends regime
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Former Srilankan President has announced a book ‘ The conspiracy to oust me from the
presidency ‘ . Gotabaya Rakpaksha
told that from the beginning of his office turm in office November 2019 , a
camping was launched by certain foreign and local parties to remove him out of
power .
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In 2022 following economic crisis in
Srilanka ,Mr. Rakapaksh resigned .
SriLankan Supreme Court held that Mr Rajpaksha along with his brothers and
officials “ demosntrably contributed” to
the 2022 economic crisis .
Prachanda aims for a ‘
renewed push ‘ for Nepal left as new govt gets going
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Recently Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar
Dahal Prachanda break alliance with Nepali Congress ( NC ) and Joined hands
with Communist Party of Nepal ( CPN ) ( Unified Maoist Leninist )
. Prachanda has promised a
renewed push for ‘ leftist movement ‘ .
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On Monday Prachanda formed a new cabinet by
inducting ministers from CPN .
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275 memeber Nepal parliament has no party with
Majority .
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The Three major parties with their respective
parliamentary strength are :
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Nepali Congress ( NC ) by Sher Bahdir Deuba – 88 seats
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Communist Party of Nepal ( Unified Marxist
Leninist ) CPN ( UML ) by KP Sharma Oli
– 78 seats
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Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist Center ). CPN
( MC ) by Pushpa Kumar Dahal ( Prachanda ) – 30 seats .
200 women mostly women
and children abducted in Nigeria : UN
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At least 200 people mostly women and children
who were displaced from Northeastern Nigeria due to violence , were abducted by
Islamic extremists , said UN.
UN security council
raise alarm on ‘ critical situation ‘ in violence hit Haiti
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Haiti is heading towards civil war . Armed
groups are raiding govt establishments for their demands .
