Current Affairs 24 November 2022

CONTENTS

1. El Niño-La Niña
2. National Suicide Prevention Strategy
3. Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute resolution
4. Election Commission of India
5. Guru Tegh Bahadur
6. Lachit Borphukan

El Niño-La Niña

Context:

A new study projects that climate change will significantly impact El Niño-La Niña weather patterns approximately by 2030 — a decade before what was earlier predicted.

Relevance:

GS-I: Geography (Climatology, Important Geophysical Phenomena), GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Impact of Climate Change)

Dimensions of the article:

1. La Niña
2. El Niño 

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National Suicide Prevention Strategy

Context:

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare unveiled the National Suicide Prevention Strategy — the first-of-its-kind policy formulated by the government to prevent suicides as a public health priority.

Relevance:

GS II: Government Policies and Interventions

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About India’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy
2. National Suicide Prevention Strategy: Objectives
3. Stakeholders in implementation framework
4. Suicides in India: What’s the current scenario?
5. Ongoing suicide prevention initiatives in India

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Assam-Meghalaya Boundary Dispute Resolution

Context:

Recently, Both Meghalaya and Assam said they would seek a probe from a central agency into the Assam Police firing that killed six people along the states’ border.

Relevance:

GS II- Polity and Governance (Federalism)

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Assam-Meghalaya boundary Dispute
2. Will the partial settlement impact border disputes elsewhere in the Northeast?

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Election Commission of India

Context:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the country needed Election Commissioners (ECs) who would not shirk from even taking on the Prime Minister if required, and not just “weak-kneed” yes-men.

Relevance:

GS II- Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Election Commission of India
2. Structure of the Election Commission
3. Issues with ECI
4. Some Powers

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Guru Tegh Bahadur – Shaheedi Divas

Context:

November 24 is commemorated as the Shaheedi Divas of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru of the Sikhs, who stood up against forcible conversions by the Mughals, and was executed on the orders of Aurangzeb in 1675.

Relevance:

GS I- History

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Guru Tegh Bahadur
2. Run-in with the Mughals
3. The guru’s martyrdom

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400th Birth Anniversary of Lachit Borphukan

Context:

A three-day celebration of the 400th birth anniversary of the legendary Assamese general and folk hero Lachit Borphukan began in New Delhi.

Relevance:

GS I: History

Dimensions of the Article:

1. History of the Ahom kingdom
2. Legend of Lachit Borphukan

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