- TAMILNADU passes resolution against One Nation One Election Plan
- The Tamil Nadu Assembly ‘unanimously’ adopted two resolutions against the Union government’s
- ‘One nation, One Election’ proposal
- The proposed delimitation after 2026
- The resolution against the proposed delimitation reads
- If the number of seats on the basis of population is to increase, it shall be maintained at the present ratio of the constituencies between the States in the Assemblies and both Houses of Parliament fixed on the basis of the population of 1971
- It urges that States like Tamil Nadu should not be penalised for implementing socio-economic development programmes and welfare schemes over the past 50 years
- The resolution against ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal reads
- ‘One Nation, One Election’ policy’s theory is against the basis of democracy
- Impractical
- Not enshrined in the Constitution of India
2. KERALA – HUMAN ANIMAL CONFLICT
- Kerala Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to suitably amend the Wildlife Protection Act
- To mitigate human-wildlife conflicts
- Members across the aisle supported the resolution aimed at Eliminating wildlife that Trespass on human habitations
- Imperilling the life and property of citizens
- Destroying crops
- Preying on livestock
- The resolution demanded that -The Central law empower Chief Forest Conservators to use lethal force to liquidate wild animals
- Only that trespass on residential localities and pose an imminent threat to human life The Centre to initiate scientific and humane measures to control the wildlife population
3. BEHMAI MASSACRE
- Four decades after the sensational Behmai massacre in which 20 people were shot dead in a Kanpur village by bandit Phoolan Devi and her gang
- A court pronounced its verdict
- Handing life sentence to one of the two last surviving accused
- The anti-robbery court found Shyam Babu guilty but acquitted Vishwanath due to lack of evidence
- A total of 35 people, including Phoolan Devi, were accused in the case and all of them except for Shyam Babu and Vishwanath have died
- In the years following the massacre, Phoolan Devi surrendered and became an MP
4. BRITISH ERA ACT TO BLOCK INTERNET IN PUNJAB
- Union Home Ministry issued two orders, on February 10 and February 12, under Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
- The Rules, framed in 2017, empower the Union Home Secretary or a State’s Home Secretary to pass directions to suspend telecom services, including the Internet, in an area “due to public emergency or public safety”
- Any such orders by the Union Home Secretary have to be reviewed by a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary within five day
5. SCIENTISTS SEEK MORE PROTECTIONS FOR LIVING FOSSIL
- The horseshoe crab has remained unchanged for over 450 million years
- Pharmaceutical companies reap horseshoe crabs in large number for their blue-coloured blood
- They contain a clotting agent used to test drugs and medical devices for bacterial endotoxins
- These spine-tailed sea creatures were once a familiar sight to summer beachgoers along the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
- But populations have crashed in recent decades, with spawning numbers down two-thirds from 1990
- Research also shows their egg densities falling more than 80% in the past four decades The creatures also face growing habitat loss from oceanfront development, dredging, pollution, coastal erosion and sea-level rise linked to global warming from increased greenhouse gas emissions
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- 81st edition of golden globe awards have been honoured to the films and actors.
- Awards given by Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Movie : Oppenheimer
- Best Actor: Cillian Murphy
- Best Director: Christopher Nolan
