CONTENTS
- Naga team continues talks on Constitution
- Places of Worship Act
- Sharp slide in Global Oil Prices
- Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
- Cyborg cockroaches
Naga Team Continues Talks On Constitution
Context:
The Government of India is ready to incorporate the Yehzabo, the Naga Constitution, into the Indian Constitution and has agreed for a civil and cultural flag for the Nagas.
Relevance:
GS II- Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- Who are the Nagas and what is the Naga Issue?
- Peace Initiatives with the Naga
- Issues
- NSCN-IM
- NSCN-IM stand and the deadlock
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Places of Worship Act
Context:
Recently, The Supreme Court set the ball rolling on a series of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act of 1991, a parliamentary law that protects the identity and character of religious places as on August 15, 1947.
- A Bench led by Chief Justice of India said the petitions would be listed before an appropriate three-judge Bench of the apex court, which may consider the possibility of referring the challenge to the 1991 law to a Constitution Bench of five judges.
Relevance:
GS I- Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism, GS II- Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is the Places of Worship Act?
- What are its provisions?
- When was this law passed?
- Issues with the law
- What is the recent uproar about?
- What did the Supreme Court say about the Places of Worship Act in its Ayodhya judgment?
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Sharp Slide In Global Oil Prices
Context:
Brent crude prices have fallen sharply over the last ten days, the prices have declined to under USD 90 per barrel.
- While they were trading at around $110 per barrel in July,2022.
Relevance:
GS III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development)
Dimensions of the article:
- What led to the sharp slide in Global Crude Oil Prices?
- What does this mean for India?
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Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
Context:
Recently, the President of India launched the `Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’.
Relevance:
GS II: Health
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
- About Tuberculosis
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Cyborg Cockroaches
Context:
Japanese scientists have devised a system that can create cyborg cockroaches that are part insect and part machine.
Relevance:
GS III: Science and Technology
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Cyborg cockroaches
- How is it powered?
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