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Current Affair APRIL 2021 4C 17, OPPOSITE BIKANER SWEETS, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI- 110060 [email protected] 8470940655, 9643777673 CONTENTS DAILY MAINS ARTICLE 1. Article 32: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..Mains 1 2. Factors responsible for anti-microbial resistance…………………………………..Mains 3 3. Issue of women in judiciary………………………………………………………………….. Mains 5 4. What happened to Armenians in 1915?.....................................................Mains 8 5. Challenges facing judiciary in India…………………………………………………………Mains 12 6. National Digital Currency in India…………………………………………………………..Mains 16 7. India’s new vaccination policy(IE)………………………………………………………….Mains 20 8. Importance of Afghanistan in regional strategic matrix…………………………Mains 24 9. Issue of Medical Oxygen in India……………………………………………………………Mains 27 10. Model Code of Conduct and issues………………………………………………………Mains 30 11. Iran starts enriching uranium……………………………………………………………….Mains 33 12. IBC Amendment Ordinance 2021…………………………………………………………Mains 36 13. Peace Between India and Pakistan……………………………………………………….Mains 39 14. Net Zero and India’s Objections to it……………………………………………………Mains 43 15. Draft Migrant Labour Policy…………………………………………………………………Mains 46 16. Maritime zones under UNCLOS……………………………………………………………Mains 49 17. India-Russia relations…………………………………………………………………………..Mains 53 18. SARTHAQ……………………………………………………………………………………………..Mains 57 19. E-commerce sector for India………………………………………………………………..Mains 62 20. Inclusive growth in India………………………………………………………………………Mains 66 21. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2020 – Associated Issues………..Mains 70 22. Forest fires and their prevention………………………………………………………….Mains 74 4C/17, NEAR BIKANER SWEETS, BEHIND KAROBAR RESTAURANT, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI : 110060 01149409261, 9643777673, 8470940655 WWW.EMPOWERIAS.COM , [email protected] CONTENTS 23. Joint Commands of the tri-services…………………………………………………….Mains 77 24. India-Pakistan Trade…………………………………………………………………………..Mains 80 PRELIMS SPECIAL FACTS 1. TRIFED joins hands with The LINK Fund………………………………………………….PRE 1 2. Van Dhan Scheme………………………………………………………………………………….PRE 2 3. Universal social protection scheme……………………………………………………….PRE 4 4. Article 239AA :………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 5 5. Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) ………………………………………………PRE 6 6. Welfare state………………………………………………………………………………………..PRE 7 7. Himalayan Frontal Thrust……………………………………………………………………..PRE 8 8. Strait of Hormuz……………………………………………………………………………………PRE 10 9. Herd immunity :…………………………………………………………………………………….PRE 11 10. Anatolia region……………………………………………………………………………………PRE 12 11. Article 139A…………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 13 12. Green hydroge:……………………………………………………………………………………PRE 14 13. Vaccine inequality……………………………………………………………………………….PRE 16 14. Exercise VARUNA-2021……………………………………………………………………….PRE 17 15. Pandit Rajan Mishra……………………………………………………………………………PRE 19 16. Russia planning to launch its own space station………………………………….PRE 20 17. Unused vaccine stockpile in US…………………………………………………………..PRE 21 18. Sumna Glacier Burst ……………………………………………………………………………PRE 22 19. Urban Fires in India……………………………………………………………………………..PRE 25 20. Consolidated Sinking Fund (CSF) …………………………………………………………PRE 27 4C/17, NEAR BIKANER SWEETS, BEHIND KAROBAR RESTAURANT, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI : 110060 01149409261, 9643777673, 8470940655 WWW.EMPOWERIAS.COM , [email protected] CONTENTS 21. Type 1 interferons………………………………………………………………………………PRE 29 22. National Panchayati Raj Day……………………………………………………………….PRE 30 23. India-US relations……………………………………………………………………………….PRE 33 24. Article 311……………………….…………………………………………………………………PRE 34 25. Vulnerability Index……………………………………………………………………………..PRE 34 26. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods………………………………………………………………PRE 36 27. PMO and Cabinet Secretariat…………………………………………………………….PRE 38 28. Reforming health insurance and pension schemes…………………………….PRE 40 29. Banning cryptocurrency…………………………………………………………………….PRE 41 30. Currency watchlist……………………………………………………………………………..PRE 44 31. India again placed at 142nd rank in press freedom……………………………PRE 44 32. Covaxin phase 3 trial shows vaccine has 78 ………………………………………PRE 46 33. Article 217 of Indian Constitution ……………………………………………………..PRE 47 34. World Press Freedom Index……………………………………………………………….PRE 48 35. Article 224A……………………………………………………………………………………….PRE 49 36. Agri exports……………………………………………………………………………………….PRE 51 37. ESIS and EPF………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 52 38. Green hydroge…………………………………………………………………………………..PRE 53 39. FDI restrictions on e-commerce…………………………………………………………PRE 57 40. Vaccines for all above 18 from May 1 ………………………………………………PRE 59 41. Ken-Betwa River Interlinking Project ………………………………………………..PRE 60 42. Article 123, Article 213 of the Indian Constitution……………………………..PRE 64 43. Green Contracts…………………………………………………………………………………PRE 66 44. NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity” …………………………………………………..PRE 67 4C/17, NEAR BIKANER SWEETS, BEHIND KAROBAR RESTAURANT, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI : 110060 01149409261, 9643777673, 8470940655 WWW.EMPOWERIAS.COM , [email protected] CONTENTS 45. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme” launched………………………………………PRE 68 46. RBI Sets Up RRA: ………………………………………………………………………………PRE 70 47. World Hemophilia Day 2021………………………………………………………………PRE 72 48. GAVI "EMPOWER IAS"……………………………………………………………………….PRE 73 49. Currency Manipulation………………………………………………………………………PRE 75 50. Whitest paint and its composition………………………………………………………PRE 76 51. Finance Commission:………………………………………………………………………….PRE 78 52. UNFPA’s population report…………………………………………………………………PRE 80 53. RBI Sets Up RRA………………………………………………………………………………….PRE 81 54. National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) …………………………………………PRE 82 55. Indian Rhino Vision 2020…………………………………………………………………….PRE 83 56. National Pension System (NPS)…………………………………………………………..PRE 84 57. State of World Population Report 2021………………………………………………PRE 85 58. National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill 2020……………..PRE 87 59. Muon g–2……………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 90 60. Centre fast-tracks approval for more vaccine candidates……………………PRE 92 61. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ………………………………………………………………….PRE 93 62. Jallianwala Bagh massacre…………………………………………………………………PRE 94 63. Sushil Chandra appointed next Chief Election Commissioner…………….PRE 96 64. Shaphari Scheme:………………………………………………………………………………PRE 99 65. IT Act 2000…………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 101 66. Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)………………………………………………….PRE 103 67. Article 25…………………………………………………………………………………………..PRE 104 68. 1951 Refugee Convention………………………………………………………………….PRE 105 69. Seechewal Model : ……………………………………………………………………………PRE 106 4C/17, NEAR BIKANER SWEETS, BEHIND KAROBAR RESTAURANT, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI : 110060 01149409261, 9643777673, 8470940655 WWW.EMPOWERIAS.COM , [email protected] CONTENTS 70. Inflation : …………………………………………………………………………………………PRE 107 71. 102nd Constitutional Amendment Act……………………………………………..PRE 109 72. Gender Gap Report…………………………………………………………………………..PRE 112 73. Right To Education Act……………………………………………………………………..PRE 113 74. THE KERALA MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT…………………………………………..PRE 115 75. Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991………………………………PRE 117 76. Chenab Arch Bridge………………………………………………………………………….PRE 119 77. Prakash Singh Judgment on Police Reforms, 2006…………………………….PRE 121 78. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin……………………………………………….PRE 123 79. Article 244(A), Sixth Schedule……………………………………………………………PRE 125 4C/17, NEAR BIKANER SWEETS, BEHIND KAROBAR RESTAURANT, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR, NEW DELHI : 110060 01149409261, 9643777673, 8470940655 WWW.EMPOWERIAS.COM , [email protected] EMPOWER IAS Stay Ahead DAILY MAINS ARTICLES Article 32: "EMPOWER IAS" In news: The article highlights the role the Supreme Court can play in universal vaccination in India. What is Article 32? Article 32 deals with the ‘Right to Constitutional Remedies’, or affirms the right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution. It is one of the fundamental rights listed in the Constitution that each citizen is entitled. It states that the Supreme Court “shall have the power to issue directions or orders or writs for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part”. The right guaranteed by this Article “shall not be suspended except as otherwise provided for by this Constitution”. Dr B R Ambedkar has called it the very soul and heart of the Constitution. It cannot be suspended except during the period of Emergency. Types of Writs under it Both the High Courts and the Supreme Court can be approached for violation or enactment of fundamental rights through five kinds of writs: 1. Habeas corpus (related to personal liberty in cases of illegal detentions and wrongful arrests) 2. Mandamus — directing public officials, governments, courts to perform a statutory duty; 3. Quo Warranto — to show by what warrant is a person holding public office; 4. Prohibition — directing judicial or quasi-judicial authorities to stop proceedings which it has no jurisdiction for; and 5. Certiorari — re-examination of an order given by judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative authorities. Why Supreme Court needs to step in Amid raging debate over the vaccination strategy, the role the Supreme Court of India can play to safeguard the right to life guaranteed under Article 21, for which it is duty- bound to exercise jurisdiction under Article 32 needs consideration. In this regard, universal vaccination is a glimmer of
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