Current Affairs 26 September 2022

CONTENTS

1. Indian rhinoceros
2. Operation Megh Chakra
3. Quad Grouping
4. Community forest rights
5. Aliva to eradicate child marriage

Indian Rhinoceros

Context:

Three lifeless rhinos have risen from the ashes of the most conspicuous part of the herbivore, at the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Relevance:

Prelims, GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Conservation of Environment and Ecology, Protected Areas, Species in news)

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Indian rhinoceros
2. Status of Rhinoceros in India
3. Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 programme
4. Other efforts to conserve rhinoceros in India
5. Kaziranga National Park

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Operation Megh Chakra

Context:

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at 59 locations across 20 States and one Union Territory, as part of a pan-India drive against the circulation and sharing of child sexual abuse material.

• The operation code-named “Megh Chakra” was carried out following the inputs received from the Interpol’s Singapore special unit based on the information received from the authorities in New Zealand.

Relevance:

GS-II: Polity and Constitution, Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Operation Megh Chakra
2. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
3. Functions of CBI
4. Challenges of CBI

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Quad Grouping

Context:

Foreign Ministers of the Quad (India, the U.S., Australia, and Japan) met on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to sign a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) partnership into effect.

• Under the HADR, the member countries will coordinate their disaster response operations in the Indo-Pacific region with other National and International agencies, private non-governmental organizations.

Relevance:

GS II- International Relations

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About QUAD
2. What were the objectives of the grouping?
3. Quad Initiatives
4. What are the future plans of the Quad?

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Community Forest Rights

Context:

Recently, residents of Karipani and Budra villages in Chhattisgarh carried out a massive afforestation drive over 100 acres, as it was the last-ditch effort of the villagers to secure rights over their forest land.

• As many as 10 villages in protected areas of the state received the Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) titles on Adivasi Divas observed on August 9, 2022 but Karipani and Budra were not among them.

Relevance:

GS III- Environment and Ecology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What is a community forest resource?
2. What are Community Forest Resource rights?
3. Why is the recognition of CFR rights important?
4. Forest Rights Act, 2006

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Aliva to Eradicate Child Marriage

Context:

Recently, Nayagarh, a district in Odisha, has adopted a unique initiative- Aliva to eradicate child marriage.

• As per Odisha’s child marriage prevention strategy, the State aims to eradicate child marriage by 2030.

Relevance:

GS II: Government policies and Interventions

Dimensions of the Aricle:

1. About Aliva to eradicate child marriage
2. Significance

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