Current Affairs 10 September 2022

CONTENTS

1. Naga team continues talks on Constitution
2. Places of Worship Act
3. Sharp slide in Global Oil Prices
4. Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
5. 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:

1. Who are the Nagas and what is the Naga Issue?
2. Peace Initiatives with the Naga
3. Issues
4. NSCN-IM
5. 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:

1. What is the Places of Worship Act?
2. What are its provisions?
3. When was this law passed?
4. Issues with the law
5. What is the recent uproar about?
6. 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:

1. What led to the sharp slide in Global Crude Oil Prices?
2. 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:

1. About Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
2. 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:

1. About Cyborg cockroaches
2. How is it powered?

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