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13/01/2024

Daily Current Affairs One Liners

1. Which Tiger Reserve has got the title of India's first 'Dark Sky Park' - Pench Tiger Reserve

2. When is National Youth Day celebrated every year – 12 January

3. Who inaugurated India's longest bridge built on the sea- Narendra Modi

4. Which bank has recently launched 'Samman' Rupay Credit Card - IndusInd Bank

5. Which two cities have received the 'Cleanest Ganga City' award in the Swachh Survekshan-2023 - Varanasi and Prayagraj.

6. In which city did PM Modi inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival – Nashik (Maharashtra)

7. New generation 'Akash' missile was successfully tested, what type of missile is it - 'Surface to Air'

8. National Youth Day is celebrated every year to commemorate whose birth anniversary – Swami Vivekananda

13/01/2024

Which Tiger Reserve has got the title of India's first 'Dark Sky Park'?

(a) Kaziranga Tiger Reserve

(b) Pench Tiger Reserve

(c) Namdapha Tiger Reserve

(d) Kamlang Tiger Reserve

24/09/2023

Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve

The Madhya Pradesh Government recently announced the establishment of the "Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve”, marking the seventh tiger reserve in the state and the 54th in the country.

About Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve:

Location: It is spread across Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur districts of Madhya Pradesh.
It is spread over an area of 2,339 square kilometres.
It is the seventh tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh.
It will encompass areas within the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary.
A green corridor linking Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) with Durgavati will be developed for the natural movement of the tiger to the new reserve.

Rivers: Parts of the reserve fall under the Narmada and Yamuna River basins.
The Singorgarh Fort is located within the reserve.
Vegetation: Dry deciduous type

Flora: The chief floral elements include Teak, Saja, Dhaora, Ber, Amla, etc.

Fauna: Tiger, leopard, wolf, jackal, Indian fox, striped hyena, Nilgai, Chinkara, Chital, Sambhar, Black Buck, Barking deer, Common Langur Rhesus Macaque etc.

24/09/2023

What will hold up women’s reservation Bill?

Key Points for UPSC Aspirants on the Women's Reservation Bill:

What does the Bill say?

* The Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 (also known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) seeks to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha, the State Legislative Assemblies, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
* This will also apply to seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies.
* The seats reserved for women will be rotated after each delimitation exercise.

What are the main issues regarding the Bill?

* The Opposition has questioned the linking of the implementation of women's reservation with the periodical delimitation exercise as this would mean a prolonged delay in the quota coming into force.
* The last delimitation order of the Delimitation Commission was issued in 2008, and there is currently a freeze on the readjustment of the number of seats in the State Assemblies and the Lok Sabha.
* The Home Minister has informed Parliament that the Census and delimitation exercise would be done immediately after the general election (due in 2024). This means that women's reservation will not be possible for a few years at least.
* Another issue raised by the Opposition concerns the question of having a sub-quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
* There is no separate reservation for OBCs in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, who constitute more than 40% of the population.
* Two members in the Lok Sabha — Asaduddin Owaisi and Syed Imtiyaz Jaleel of the AIMIM — opposed the Bill on the ground that it should have separate quotas for OBC and Muslim women as both communities are under-represented in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.

What laid the ground for the Bill?

* The enactment of the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution in 1993 laid the ground for the women's reservation Bill.
* The two amendments, which introduced panchayats and urban local bodies in the Constitution, mandate one-third reservation for women in these bodies.
* In 2006, Bihar became the first State to provide 50% reservation for women in panchayat bodies.
* At present, more than 20 States have 50% reservation for women at the panchayat level.
* There have been several studies on how reservation has led to greater representation of women in political bodies and also influenced policymaking.

Was this the first attempt to pass the Bill?

* There were several attempts made to bring about reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies.
* The 81st Constitution Amendment Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1996, but it failed to get the approval of the House and lapsed.
* The Bill was reintroduced several times over the years, but it never got passed.
* In 2010, the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance government tabled the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, but it was never taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha and lapsed.

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25/04/2022

UNICEF's YuWaah(Generation Unlimited) has appointed Ashwin Yardi (CEO of Capgemini in India) as its co-chair.

25/04/2022

Robert Golob becomes Prime Minister of Slovenia

26/03/2022

Which State Assembly in the country is the first to implement the NeVA programme to become completely paperless?

A. Mizoram
B. Manipur
C. Nagaland
D. Meghalaya

26/03/2022