Recently, K. Kavitha who is accused in the Delhi excise case has launched a six-hour hunger strike seeking early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill in New Delhi.
Women and Political reservation in India:
Highlights of the Bill:
Need for such legislation:
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Issues:
Analysis of the bill:
What hinders the inclusion of women in politics?
There are several factors responsible for the poor representation of women in Indian politics such as:
ECI on women’s representation in Politics:
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The Union Home Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha that it has set up a task force to suggest remedial measures for the prevention of suicides and fratricides in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
Vacancies in CAPFs arise on account of retirements, resignations, promotions, death, the raising of Battalion, creation of new posts etc. |
The function of the Taskforce:
Government Interventions:
Various steps have been taken by the Armed Forces to create a healthy/appropriate environment for their Officers and Other Ranks. Some of these steps are as under:-
Under a recent development, the increase in minimum age of marriage for women to ‘21 years’ as provisioned in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill, 2021 would come into effect two years after the Bill is ‘notified’ following its passage in Parliament.
Jaya Jaitly committee and its recommendations:
Need for raising legal age:
Issues:
Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill, 2021:
Supreme Court’s stand:
The question is whether prohibiting marriage for persons between 18 and 21 years is a reasonable restriction on their ‘right to marry’. |
As the June 2023 is set as the deadline for completing the Smart Cities Mission approaches, the government has asked 20 of the worst-performing cities — ones that have completed the fewest projects under the mission to make their participation better.
Till now, Shillong has completed just one of its 18 proposed projects. |
Guidelines proposed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs:
Smart Cities Mission:
About the Smart City ranking:
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Two United States Senators, have introduced a bipartisan resolution in the upper chamber of Congress reiterating that they recognises the ‘McMahon Line’ as the international boundary between China and India in Arunachal Pradesh.
What is the McMahon Line?
How was McMohan line drawn?
Simla Convention of 1913-14:
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McMohan line vs. Line of Actual Control (LAC):
McMohan line |
Line of Actual Control (LAC) |
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Current Areas of a dispute between India & China:
Science and Technology World’s largest chip centre |
South Korea is going to build an enormous facility to make computer chips in the greater Seoul area, with about $230 billion in investment from memory chip giant Samsung Electronics. About:
Semiconductor industry:
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Environment Eurasian otter ![]() |
A trio of scientists from the University of Jammu’s Institute of Mountain Environment (IME) at Bhaderwah camera-trapped three Eurasian otters – two adults and one sub-adult – in the Neeru stream of the Chenab catchment. About Eurasian Otters:
Threats:
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Environment Most polluted cities in India ![]() |
The fifth World Air Quality Report prepared by IQAir has been released. Key highlights:
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Science and Technology GPT-4 Vs. ChatGPT ![]() |
GPT-4 is a large multimodal model created by OpenAI and announced on March 14, 2023. What is GPT-4?
ChatGPT:
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Highlights of the pact:
AUKUS cooperation and objectives:
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