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Monthly Current Affairs for Defence Exam www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co Monthly Current Affairs for Defence Exam six more months, till June 2019, Kashmir Stag (Hangul) under the controversial AFSPA. • Recently it is found that Kashmir Stag • AFSPA empowers security forces to has begun using an old migratory conduct operations anywhere and route has given fresh hoped to arrest anyone without any prior conservationists. notice. • Article 355 of the Constitution of India Kashmir stag confers power to the Central • The Kashmir stag, also called hangul, Government to protect every state is a subspecies of elk native to India. from internal disturbance. • It is found in dense riverine forests in Related Information the high valleys and mountains of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act Kashmir Valley and northern Chamba • Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts district in Himachal Pradesh. (AFSPA), are Acts of the Parliament of • In Kashmir, it's found in the Dachigam India that grant special powers to the National Park where it receives Indian Armed Forces in which each act protection but elsewhere it is more at terms "disturbed areas". risk. • According to The Disturbed Areas • Earlier believed to be a subspecies of (Special Courts) Act, 1976 once red deer, a number of mitochondrial declared ‘disturbed’, the area has to DNA genetic studies have revealed maintain the status quo for a that the hangul is part of the Asian minimum of 3 months. clade of the elk. • One such Act passed on September • It is the state animal of Jammu and 11, 1958, was applicable to the Naga Kashmir. Hills, then part of Assam. • In the following decades it spread, Distribution and ecology one by one, to the other Seven Sister • This deer found in dense riverine States in India's northeast (at present forests, high valleys, and mountains it is in force in Assam, Nagaland, of the Kashmir valley and northern Manipur excluding Imphal municipal Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. council area, Changlang, Longding, • In Kashmir, it's found in the Dachigam and Tirap districts of Arunachal National Park (at elevations of 3,035 Pradesh). meters), Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary, • Another one passed in 1983 and Overa Aru, Sind Valley, and in the applicable to Punjab and Chandigarh forests of Kishtwar&Bhaderwah. was withdrawn in 1997, roughly 14 Dachigam National Park years after it came to force. • The Dachigam National Park (DNP) is History located at Umaria district in Jammu • The Armed Forces Special Powers and Kashmir (J&K). Ordinance of 1942 was promulgated • The main animal species that by the British on 15 August 1942 to Dachigam is known for is the hangul suppress the Quit India Movement. (or the Kashmir stag). • Modeled on these lines, four ordinance- • Other species include Musk deer, o the Bengal Disturbed Areas Leopard, Himalayan serow, (Special Powers of Armed Himalayan grey langur, Leopard cat, Forces) Ordinance Himalayan black bear, etc. o the Assam Disturbed Areas Centre extends AFSPA in Nagaland (Special Powers of Armed • Recently, the entire State of Nagaland Forces) Ordinance has been declared ‘disturbed area’ for 2 www.gradeup.co o the East Bengal Disturbed • The festival includes the Areas (Special Powers of Thiruvabharanam (sacred ornaments Armed Forces) Ordinance of Ayyappan) procession and a o the United provinces Disturbed congregation at the hill shrine of Areas (Special Powers of Sabarimala. Armed Forces) Ordinance • Makaravilakku is a part of a religious • These ordinances were invoked by the ritual that is practiced in the past by central government to deal with the the tribes in the forest of internal security situation in the Ponnambalamedu (the place where country in 1947 which emerged due to Makaravilakku appears) and then the Partition of India. later secretly continued by The ASI declared 6 monuments of national Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). importance in 2018 • It has been practiced for more than • Recently six monuments declared hundreds of years by the tribes. protected and of national importance Sabarimala by the Archaeological Survey of India • Sabarimala is a temple complex (ASI) in 2018. located at the Periyar Tiger Reserve in These monuments are: the state of Kerala, India. 1. The 125-year-old Old High Court • The temple is dedicated to the Hindu Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra deity Ayyappan also known as 2. Two Mughal-era monuments in Agra Dharma Sastha, who according to — Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi belief is the son of Shiva and feminine Khana. incarnation of Vishnu. 3. The ancient Neemrana Baori in • The traditions of Sabarimala are a Rajasthan's Alwar district confluence of Shaivism, Shaktism, 4. The Group of Temples at Vaishnavism, and other Śramaṇa RanipurJharail in Odisha's Bolangir traditions. district Sabarimala Case Verdict 5. The Vishnu Temple in Kotali, • In response to a PIL filed in 1991, the Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. Kerala High Court had observed the Related Information restriction of entry of women (in the • In 2016 and 2017, no new monument 10-50 age groups) to the temple was was included in the list of sites of in accordance with the usage national importance. prevalent from time immemorial. • The last monument to be included in • In lieu of this, it had directed the the list, in 2015, was the Vishnu Devaswom Board to uphold the Temple in Nadavayal in Kerala's customary traditions of the temple. Wayanad district. • However, on 28th September 2018, Note: A "Monument of National Importance" the Supreme Court of India is designated by the Archaeological Survey of overturned the ban on the entry of India and includes the following. women, declaring that the selective 1. The remains of an ancient monument. ban on women was unconstitutional 2. The site of an ancient monument. and discriminatory. 3. The land on which there are fences or Center launches a sanitary pad-making protective covering structures for initiative preserving the monument. • Recently Ministry of Petroleum 4. Land by means of which people can launched the Ujjwala Sanitary freely access the monument. Napkins initiative. • This initiative launched with the help Makaravilakku festival begins in of three oil marketing companies – Sabarimala IOCL, BPCL, and HPCL Related Information Related Information • This mission is a part of the CSR initiative of OMCs in Odisha. 3 www.gradeup.co • It is aimed to educate women on named “Samwad with Students” has female hygiene and health, improve been launched. accessibility to low cost eco-friendly • The Samwad with Students aims to sanitary pads and boost rural constantly engage youngsters across employment and economy. India to capture their scientific • The Ujjwala pads will be made of temperament. virgin wood pulp sheet, non-woven • The new conversation mission will white sheet and a gel sheet which are inspire students cutting across all biodegradable in nature and will schools and colleges. leave a minimal carbon footprint. • The first SwS event saw 40 wards and Ross Island is now Netaji Dweep 10 teachers from selected schools. • Recently Prime Minister announced Related Information the renaming of three islands of the Indian Space Research Organisation Andaman and Nicobar archipelago as (ISRO) a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra • Its headquartered in the city of Bose. Bengaluru. • The Ross Island was renamed Netaji • Its vision is to "harness space Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, Neil technology for national development Island as Shaheed Dweep and the while pursuing space science research Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep. and planetary exploration." Related Information • It is managed by the Department of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Space, which reports to the Prime Minister of India. • The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, • Its Motto is - Space technology in the one of the seven union territories of service of humankind India, are a group of islands at the Export Promotion Council Cell juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Established for MSME Sector Andaman Sea. • Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium • The territory is about 150 km (93 mi) Enterprises (MSME) has established north of Aceh in Indonesia and an Export Promotion Cell. separated from Thailand and • It will: Myanmar by the Andaman Sea. (i) create a sustainable ecosystem for • It comprises two island groups, the entire MSME development. Andaman Islands (partly) and the (ii) Evaluate readiness of MSMEs to Nicobar Islands, separated by the 150 export their products and services. km wide Ten Degree Channel (on the (iii) Recognize areas where 10°N parallel), improvements are required in order to • The Andaman Sea lies to the east and be able to export effectively and the Bay of Bengal to the west. efficiently • The islands host the Andaman and (iv) Integration of MSME into the Nicobar Command, the only tri- global value chain. service geographical command of the Composition Indian Armed Forces. • It will be chaired by Secretary, M/o • The Andaman Islands are home to the MSME and Co-chaired by Sentinelese people, an uncontacted Development Commissioner, M/o people. MSME. • The council will comprise of senior • The Sentinelese are the only people officials and members from M/o currently known to not have reached MSME, Commerce, MSME Export further than a Paleolithic level of Promotion Councils, Export technology. Development Authorities, Commodity Boards, and other bodies. ISRO launches ‘Samwad with Students’ Objectives • As part of the enhanced outreach programme of ISRO, a platform 4 www.gradeup.co • Target of USD 100 billion of exports Related Information from India by 2020. • It has been known that RNA helicases, • Evaluate readiness of MSMEs to one of the largest gene families that export their products and services. function in almost all aspects of RNA • Recognize areas where improvements metabolism, play a role in growth, are required in order to be able to development and stress response of a export effectively and efficiently. species. • Integration of MSMEs into Global • They are present in most of the Value Chain.
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