Prolawctor Daily Current Affairs Insights | 18 December 2020

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Prolawctor Daily Current Affairs Update
Prolawctor Daily Current Affairs Insights

Prolawctor Daily Current Affairs Insights

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LEGAL NEWS

Parliament session cancelled to evade discussion on key issues: Shiv Sena

  • Winter session is cancelled because of Covid-19 and the budget session will be held in January 2021.
  • Government wanted to elude issues of farmers’ protest, economic situation.

Delhi riots: Govt sanctions sedition charges against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, others

  • 18 people were charged and accused in the Delhi riots case under sedition and criminal conspiracy.
  • Arrested for their alleged role in conspiring to organise the riots in northeast Delhi, they have strongly denied the charge.

Challenge to Mumbai Police FIR, “colonial-era” Police Disaffection Act, 1922: Supreme Court asks Republic TV to approach High Court

  • Senior Advocate Siddharth Bhatnagar said that it was a colonial product now being used to limit free speech.
  • Petition challenged Sections 3 and 5 of the 1922 Act, that it violated Articles 19(1)(a), 19 (1)(g) and Article 21 and opposed the principles of natural justice.

Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Allahabad High Court order quashing detention of Kafeel Khan under NSA

  • Bench headed by Chief Justice, heard the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea challenging the verdict, concluded it is ‘a good judgement’
  • Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, told the bench that observation made by the high court exonerates Khan in the criminal proceedings.

Last national Lok Adalat of the year settled over 10 lakh cases: Law Ministry

  • Total of 8,152 benches were comprised by 31 state legal services authorities to hold the Lok Adalat on December 12 through physical and virtual mode.
  • Lok Adalat settled 10, 42,816 cases, out of which 5, 60,310 were at the pre-litigation stage.

NATIONAL NEWS

India launches its 42nd communication satellite CMS-01

  • The satellite would provide services in the extended-C band of the frequency spectrum.
  • It is informed that this would be the 77th launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR.

Nadda’s security given to 3 IPS officer

  • Mamta Banerjee, claims that it is unconstitutional to control the state machinery.
  • The home ministry responds by saying that West Bengal government has failed to work according to rules.  

Four man arrested for killing a man in Madhya Pradesh

  • The four man were arrested for killing a man by putting adhesive in his mouth and nose.
  • One of the four accused is a minor boy from MP.

23 areas to be merged in Pune civic body

  • The state government has given their approval for inclusion of 23 areas.
  • MLA Chetan Tupe,  said that the Pune municipal corporation and the 23 areas would be merged soon.

Hizb arrested in Anantnag gun fight

  • Early in the morning a fight broke down between security forces and militant.
  • During the fight, Militant Hizb got injured and then the forces arrested him.

Two terrorist found and shot at Punjab border

  • It was reported that two intruders were planning to invade in the country.
  • The border security force, immediately took action and handled the situation.

The building process of mosque in Ayodhya Dannipur Village, has started

  • The foundation stone has been laid down for the starting process of building the mosque.
  • The building process and architecture of the mosque would be based on the blue prints made according to the Babri Masjid.

Mamta Banerjee shows her anger towards the security by IPS officer

  • She criticized the decision, and said that this is the abuse of the power by home minister.
  • She also claimed that she would not sit quietly and see this injustice.

BARC COO arrested for TRP manipulation

  • The special arrest team,  has made its 14th arrest by arresting former BAARC COO.
  • This case is based on the complaint filed by the Hansa research group.

India-China border link road modified by Centre

  • The width of the hilly road between India-China is going to be extended.
  • The width would be of 7m from now,  says, chief engineer VS khaira.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Nasa selects Indian American Raja Chari as commander of SpaceX Crew 3 Mission

  • Raja Chari, 43, is a colonel in the US Air Force.
  • He will be the commander of SpaceX Crew-3 mission while Nasa’s Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA’s Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist.
  • Nasa said the fourth crew member of this mission will be added at a later date, following a review by Nasa and its international partners.
  •  He is a colonel in the US Air Force and joins the mission with extensive experience as a test pilot.

Indian mechanic crushed to death at Chicago O’Hare airport

  • An Indian man, working as a mechanic for a US airline, died after being crushed by airplane equipment at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
  • Jijo George, who had migrated from Pathanapuram in Kerala to the United States 17 years ago, is survived by his wife, who is 8-month pregnant, a young child and his parents.
  • George was taken to Resurrection Medical Center, where he died at 3:50 pm, authorities said.
  • The local Indian community has set up an online fundraiser to raise funds for George’s family.

BRICS approved 7 projects to India including covid emergency program

  • The Board of Directors of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) approved five investment projects in India during its 29th meeting in a virtual format on December 15. 
  • Two projects were approved earlier taking the total number of investment projects to seven in India.
  • At the Meeting, the board approved five investment projects with a total commitment aggregating to approximately $2.7 billion,” a press release by NDB said.

Priceless treasure of artefacts seized in France

  • The seizure of the 27,400 objects was the result of a year-long investigation conducted by French customs, Belgian authorities and the French Culture Ministry.
  • He had amassed the collection himself using metal detectors as well as what appears to be a deep archaeological knowledge.

Taliban team arrives at Pakistan to discuss peace talk

  • Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on Monday as efforts appear to be ramping up to get negotiations underway between the Afghan government and the insurgents.
  • Islamabad is thought to wield influence over the Taliban, though there is mistrust on the part of some within the movement toward Pakistan.
  • The U.N. has allowed travel for the purpose of peace negotiations but for a limited number of Taliban figures.

UK Punjabis angry at being labelled as Khalistani

  • A group of 25 British business leaders, professionals and councillors mostly of Punjabi- origin have sent a letter to the High Commissioner of India to the UK.
  • Gaitri Kumar condemning the way anyone who attends a Kisan rally in Britain is being tarnished as a Khalistani.

Modi and Hasina holding bilateral ties at virtual summit

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a virtual summit with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday to discuss ways and means on how to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation in the post-Covid era.
  • A day after celebrating Vijay Diwas, marking India’s triumph over Pakistan in 1971 that led to the birth of Bangladesh

French court convicted 14 members for 2015 Charlie Hebdo Attacks

  • Nearly six years after Islamist extremists led attacks on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish market a French court has convicted 14 people as their accomplices.
  • The ruling handed down Wednesday found the defendants guilty on a variety of charges.

Twitter reverts to old retweet function after US Election

  • Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the US Presidential election.
  • The microblogging site had in October made it difficult for users to retweet a tweet with misinformation and promoted the use of quote tweets, which included commentary from the user.

Owners have to get animal health certificate to enter EU

  • Owners will have to get an animal health certificate from a vet no earlier than 10 days before travel, the government said on its Brexit guidance page.
  • British pets required only a passport while their country was part of the EU.
  • Only vets officially allowed to inspect animals for export can issue the certificates.

BUSINESS NEWS

Japan’s UNIQLO Unveils 6th Store In India

  • Global Japanese attire retailer UNIQLO has opened its newest store, UNIQLO Ambience Mall, Gurugram.
  • Spread more than 19,000 square feet, UNIQLO will possess two stories and highlight the full scope of its insightful designs, high quality and functional products that are made for all.

Agriculture, pharmaceutical exports developing during the pandemic, says Commerce Secretary

  • Taking everything into account, a few sectors have done brilliantly well. Even during the slow down, agriculture exports and pharmaceutical exports went up says Anup Wadhawan.
  • He added that all the signs are there which mirrors that India will return to pre-COVID levels.

CDC Group to invest ₹250 cr in TVS Industrial & Logistics Parks for 40% stake

  • TVS Industrial and Logistics Parks (TVS ILP) announced that it will raise growth capital from CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor.
  • It will be TVS ILP’s first institutional fund-raise.
  • The company didn’t unveil the monetary details, however, market sources demonstrated that it is mobilizing about ₹250 crores from CDC Group for a 40 percent stake.

Coal India Aims At Substituting 80-85 Mt Of Imported Fuel in FY’21

  • State-run Coal India is targeting at substituting imported dry fuel of 80-85 million tons with more domestic supplies in the current financial year, an authority said.
  • The digger has asked power plants in the coastal front regions to submit recommendations for a gradual increment of its supplies.
  • Tiwari said that the government will consider offering concessions on different counts to make domestic coal appealing over the imported fuel.

Disney to rebuild Asia Pacific business, India to directly answer to the US

  • The APAC businesses will be headed by Luke Kang as President.
  • Kang will look after the company’s businesses in Australia/New Zealand, Greater China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
  • Earlier, Shankar was heading the entire APAC business, from the Mumbai office.

SPORTS NEWS

Football Association has Charged Edison Cavani for Misconduct

  • A Spanish term used for Black People, on an Instagram post by Edison Cavani on Thursday makes him liable for the charge of misconduct by the English FA.
  • According to him, it was intended as an affectionate greeting.
  • He has to respond to the charges till January 4.

Australian Open Delayed, now Scheduled for Feb 8

  • Australian Open which were to be started today gets delayed due to the pandemic, and now it is scheduled for Feb 8.
  • After a long Negotiation between Tennis Australia and the Victorian state Authorities in Melnourne, the confirmation as made.

Ricky Ponting forecasted the exact Mode of Dismissal Seconds before Shaw’s was Bowled Out

  • Ex Australia Captain, Ricky Ponting in today’s match predicted a fault in Prithvi Shaw’s batting technique just before he was bowled in the exact way.
  • Ponting in the Commentary box, pointed out the habit of leaving a gap between the bat and pad of Shaw while playing in-coming deliveries.

Robert Lewandowski is Confident to win FIFA ‘The Best’ Award

  • Robert on his strength of his 55 goal Haul which was the reason of winning last season by Bayern Munich, has no doubt that he is winning this year’s FIFA’s best male footballer.
  • Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo has also been shortlisted for the same category.

Anshu Malik Run for Wrestling World Cup ends, as she lost in the Finals

  • A 19-year-old Indian Teenager, Anshu Malik losses her first gold-medal from 21-year-old Anastasia of Moldova in Bulgaria Tournament.
  • She lost in 57 kg category by a score broad of 1-5.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE AND DEFENCE

General Bipin Rawat said in International affairs Nepal’s act as an independently free but Nepal must be very careful for any possible difficulties

  • General Rawat said that Nepal is free to follow its own choices in terms of international affairs but by caution it should be very careful for the difficulties.
  • He also said that in international affairs Nepal act as an independently free and learn from Sri Lanka in the region which also have signed with other countries. 

According to white house official US faced aggression from Chinese side then only US take support of India

  • A senior white house official said that US take support of India during the military standoff with Beijing.
  • Chinese increasing aggression from Hong Kong, Taiwan along with India-China Boarder.
  • During his presidency US president Donald Trump, has really strengthened all aspects of the US – India security and defence cooperation to build a comprehensive and mutual benefit of defence partnership.

Indian Monsoon is capable of deflect such disturbances from North Atlantic

  • On Thursday Ministry of Science and Technology said that the planetary wave from the North Atlantic is capable of deflecting Indian monsoon on which the Indian economy is heavily independent.
  • They also suggest that modelling efforts focus on the influence of mid-latitudes, Indian ocean, Pacific ocean etc, for handling the situation and on the predictability of Indian Monsoon, droughts a d its variability.

Develop waste water treatment solution in Cardiff University (IIT Kharagpur)

  • The researchers at Kharagpur University have developed some creative and original solutions for recycling, reusing and wet-waste.
  • Some basic issue is the removal of uncooperative organic in wastewater treatment.
  • Photo electro catalysis is an effective and sustainable mechanism that employs photo catalysts to degrade the polluting particles.

From Sriharikota PSLV C-50 carrying communication satellite its lifted

  • PSLV C-50 rocket is carrying and lifted from Satish Diwan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
  • International Space Research Organization said that as the 25 hour countdown which began on Wednesday at 2.41 hours and its concluded or the launch vehicle PSLV C-50 on its 52nd second mission blasted off at 3.41 Pm from the second launch pad at the spaceport.

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