Congress promises to remove
50% quota cap
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Congress on Friday released a
45 page manifesto , named ‘Nyay Patra ‘ with five pillar of Justice as its central
theme and talks about 25 guarantees .The five pillars includes – Yuva( Youth
) ,Kisan ( Farmer ) , Naari (
Women) , Shramik ( Workers ) and Hissedari
( Equity )
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The manifesto has following
main promises
Ø Right to guarantee (To every diploma holder or graduate below 25
years of age )
Ø Making the minimum support price a legal right , filling 30 lakh
vacant
government posts ; Constitutional amendment to remove 50 % cap on
reservation
on reservation of SCs , STs , and OBCs ;
Nationwide caste
census ; 10 %
reservation in Jobs for Economic Weaker Section ( EWS ) ;
Ø scrapping the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme for armed forces
Ø Universal healthcare ( the “ Rajasthan Model “ with health insurance
upto
Rs. 25 lakh .
Ø Cash transfer of Rs.1 lakh to every Indian family at the bottom of
the income
pyramid ;
Ø 50 % reservation for women in Union government jobs ; and
implementing
one third reservation to women in the assemblies from 2025 ,
Ø bringing back the old pension scheme.
Ø It also talks of giving legal rights to marriage to LGBTQ+ communities
.
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On this occasion Rahul Gandhi
alleged center of “ capturing the institutions “ ,which started in 2019
Supreme Court stays high court striking down law
regulating UP Madrasas
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The Supreme Court on Friday
stayed the operation of Allahabad High Court Judgement which struck down a 20
year old Uttar Pradesh law regulating madrasas and ordered the transfer of
their students to regular schools .
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Earlier Allahabad High Court
had in its judgment had said that Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act , 2004 was against secularism
and was violative of Basic Structure of Constitution .
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About Madarsha
UP
Board Madarsa Education Act was brought by the then government of Mulayam Singh
Yadav. The UP government had to fund many of these Madrasas . Madrasas are
center of religious education mainly . Subjects like Maths and Science are not
taught here
India abstains from UNHRC
vote that called upon Israel for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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India on Friday abstained on
the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council , that called upon
Israel for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza . The resolution was titled “ Human
Rights Situation in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory , including East Jerusalem , and the obligation to ensure
accountability and Justice “
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However India voted in favor of
three other resolutions that criticized Israel for human Rights violation
against Palestinians , Israel’s occupation of Syrian Golan heights and Palestinian
right to self determination .
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How countries voted :
All four
resolutions were introduced to at the HRC by Pakistan on behalf
of Organisation for Islamic
Council ( OIC ) .US , Germany and four other countries voted
against the first resolution in which India abstained . Most of the
countries including India
voted in favor of the other three resolution .
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UNHRC has 47 members .
RBI keeps repo rate on hold
as food prices remain on high
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RBI’s monetary Policy Committee
( MPC ) on Friday decided to keep the
policy rates to 6.5% unchanged for the seventh time .
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After the meeting RBI governor Shaktikanta Das expressed
concern about rising food prices causing inflation . He however expressed that
a normal monsoon will help bring food prices down .
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MPC decides on Policy rates (
Repo Rate , LA F etc ) . It has six
numbers . Governor of RBI being one of the members . It meets at least six
times a year .,
NCERT likely to add
Rakhigarhi finding in book
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The NCERT has proposed that findings of DNA analysis of skeletal remains unearthed
in Rakhigarhi be introduced in the history textbook of Class 12 .
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The Scientific paper on DNA
analysis of the Rakhigarhi Skeleton claims that there was no Aryan invasion and
no Aryan migration and all the developments right from Hunting Gathering to
modern times in South Asia were done by Indigenous People .
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What DNA analysis in Rakhigarhi shows :
The DNA Analysis of some Skelton at Rakhigarhi had shown that they
were 4500 years old. i.e . 2500 BC .
DNA has the lineage in most South Asians . The Aryan Invasion theory
says that People in South Asia are mostly Aryans which arrived in this region
about 3500 years ago i.e. around 1500 BC E .This proves that there were people
residing here whose lineage comes to present day .
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Rakhigarhi, in Hisar district
of Haryana is the largest Indus Valley Site .
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Another proposal is that how
the Narmada Dam project adversely affected tribal people and drove them to
greater destitution be dropped from Sociology
textbook .
RBI to enable UPI for cash
deposits
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The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI
) has proposed to enable Unified Payment
Interface ( UPI ) for cash deposits .
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RBI governor Shaktikanta Das
said that Operational instructions for enabling UPI for cash deposit facilities
will be issued shortly .
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Cash Deposits are currently
available at ( Cash Deposits Machines ) ,but the facility requires use of Debit
Card for this .
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In another decision RBI has
decided to permit Foreign Investors in IFSC
to invest in Green bonds and to launch a mobile app for its retail
direct scheme .
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India’s foreign exchange reserves
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India’s
foreign exchange stood at $645.58 billion at the end of the week ending March 29. This is the
highest ever level.
World Economic Forum’s 2024 Young Global Leader”
Under
this, 7 categories have been kept
–
(1)
Academia/Think
Tank
(2)
Arts, culture
and sports
(3)
Business
(4)
Civil society
(5)
Media
(6)
Public figure
(7)
Social
entrepreneurs
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Out of this, Sharad Vivek
Sagar of Bihar is also included under the 7th
category.
Campus
Fund founder Richa Vajpayee from India is also included in this category.
*
Apart from this, Shaswat
Goenka, Priya Aggarwal Hebbar, Bhumi Pednekar, Adait Nair, Arjun Bhartia are
also included.
*
India recorded 820 mm rainfall in
monsoon 2023 compared to the average of 868.5 mm rainfall.
World
Stop selling or
shipping arms to Israel , UNHRC tells nation
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UNHRC passed a resolution that
called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a
resolution passed on Friday . The resolution comes under the title of
preventing Human Right violation among Palestinians .
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The 47 member UNHRC voted 28 –
6 in favor of the resolution , with 13 abstentions .
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Western Countries were divided,
the US , Germany voted against the resolution , France and Japan abstained
while Belgium , Finland and Luxembourg voted in favor .
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The rights body also called UN
backed independent investigators to report on shipment of weapons , munitions
and “ dual use “ items to Israel against Palestine . Till. Now more than 33,000 has got killed in
Palestine .
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The resolution is non binding ,
but it can act as an International Pressure on Israel .
US Chinese military
talks resume after 2 years break
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US and Chinese military talks
has restarted .
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The meeting was scheduled on
Wednesday and Thursday in Hawaii .
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China has suspended all communications with
the USA after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to
Taiwan in 2022 .
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The call between the President
of the two countries has given way for the important visits that are in line
like that of treasury Secretary Jenet Yellen .
Strike on Iran’s
consulate is ‘turning point ‘ : Hezbollah
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Iran backed Hezbollah has said
on Friday that Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate marks the “ turning
point “ in the event .
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Hezbollah chief Sayyad Hassan
Nastallah said in Beirut that Hezbollah supports Iran’s right to “ punish “
Israel .
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Israel Defense Minister Yoah
Gallant said on Friday thay Israel was attacking enemies wherever it decided to
do so .
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“ It could be in Damascus or it could be in
Beirut “ .
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Israel is looking into the
possibility that it could face retaliatory strike and has mobilized more troops
for air defense units .
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Iran has so far avoided any
direct confrontation with Israel .
Massive Ukrainian drone
attack in Russia
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Ukrainian officials claimed on
Friday that they used a barrage of
drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others
in an attack on a military airfield in Morozovsk region in Rostov .
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Russia however said that they
intercepted 44 drones and only a power substation was damaged .
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The assault appears to be one
of the biggest air attacks by Kyiv in the war .
Dam bursts in Russia’s
Urals : evacuation underway
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A dam burst in Russia’s Urak mountain city of Orsk
on Friday .
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4000 houses could be inundated
.
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The house has a total area of ,
that has 10,000 residents .
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The rescue operation is on .
