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4 Justice V.S. Malimath Committee (2003): 158 recommendations Reforming: Criminal Justice System A to Z Controversial Recommendations: making confessions to a senior police officer admissible as evidence Madhava Menon Committee s Draft National Policy on Criminal Justice (2007) Low rate of conviction The apparent role of money and influence in the outcome of cases, Delayed and denied justice, Lack of protection to witnesses Inadequate attention to crime victims

5 IMF: World Economic Outlook Following a pick-up since mid-2016: accelerate to 3.9% in both 2018 and 2019 an upward revision of 0.2 percentage point India s economy: 7.4% in 2018 and 7.8% in 2019 fastest-growing major economy Surprise: due to stronger demand Europe Threats: rising debt of countries Since 2008: economy has been propped up mainly by the unprecedented easy money policies adopted by global central banks

6 Such a recovery comes with the inherent risk of being derailed whenever easy monetary conditions that fuelled it cease to exist. As the IMF has pointed out, the possible end to the era of abundant liquidity and debt-fuelled economic activity is likely to cause disruption by affecting asset prices. The IMF is right to urge countries to make use of the current rosy conditions to enact useful structural reforms. It is time countries recognise that monetary policy alone won t solve all growth problems.

7 The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in Process going on since last 4 years. If passed by the Rajya Sabha, it will be the first of its kind to extensively reform existing legislation on road safety, the Motor Vehicles Act, The Amendment Bill is robust and rectifies several systemic issues by providing for a uniform driver licensing system protection of children and vulnerable road users rationalising penalties, and much more World Health Organisation (WHO): points out that for effective road safety management, it is imperative to have an institutionalised and sustainable data system

8 Manual License System of India: lack of quality Digitisation in the monitoring and enforcement of traffic laws. Kerala Since 2008, in India, over 55,000 children have lost their lives in road accidents. WHO: decreases the risk of death in a crash by about 70% for infants and 54-80% for small children Protective headgear Safety belts Drunk driving Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety: India has committed to 50% reducition, by 2020

9 Digital economy: There is no way that an emerging economy like India, with more than half the population still living in the informal sector, can leapfrog advanced economies and get there by a simple policy intervention. GST: planning and implementation design should have been much better. *India s economy is doing poorly on several fronts. Consider exports they have dragged, with India s trade deficit with China growing rapidly. *The NPA problem that you refer to is different. It had a slow build-up over a very long time. *A country grows faster when you have a churn of ideas. *We should appreciate our heritage, we must not take that to be the final word. *It will be short-sighted to make profit the sole criterion for funding research. *In the long run, a nation s development depends much more on knowledge and creativity than on tweaking policies, though of course one must not play down the importance of right policies.

10 Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam is not the first governor to omit parts of a speech prepared by the government of the day in his address to the Assembly. Does such an omission violate any constitutional convention? SC: Attorney General of India, M.C. Setalvad, that the principle that the President (or the Governor) is guided by the aid and advice of the Cabinet covered every function whether it relates to addressing the House or returning a Bill for reconsideration, or assenting or withholding assent. Sibranjan Chatterje: when the speech is confined to matters of policy, the Governor will have to read it in its entirety regardless of his opinion, but when it contains irrelevant words that would be inappropriate for him to read, he may omit them at the risk of inviting criticism.

11 Padmaavat order will not be recalled, declares SC A 100 or 200 people cannot take to the streets and seek a ban The Supreme Court declined a plea by the Rajasthan and the Madhya Pradesh governments to modify its decision to allow the film Padmaavat to be screened in theatres. The court stood firm by the right to creative speech and expression, putting the responsibility on the State governments to take measures to protect the movie, its artistes and the public who come to watch it in the theatres.

12 PM calls protectionism as dangerous as terrorism Sending out a strong message against protectionism and inward-focused economic policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said such tendencies can be as dangerous as terrorism and climate change as he pitched for creating a heaven of freedom. PM also talked about grave concerns facing the world, including terrorism and climate change. Prime Minister sought to hard sell India as an investment destination, saying those wanting wealth with wellness and peace with prosperity should come to the country. Protectionism is rearing its ugly head and there is risk of new tariff and nontariff barriers coming up, the Prime Minister said, as he mentioned that division is not the solution to this problem of anti-globalisation.

13 Don t talk of good and bad terror: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said terrorism is dangerous. Addressing the World Economic Forum s annual summit here, he remarked that what is worse is when people say there is a difference between good and bad terror. He said it is painful to see some youngsters getting radicalised. He emphasised that a predictable, stable, transparent and progressive India is good news in an otherwise uncertain global environment. Let us create a heaven of freedom, where there is cooperation and not division, fractures, Mr. Modi told the gathering.

14 India set to be in top 3: Jaitley India will likely be among the top three economies in the world in the next 25 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday, adding that the country had shown an ability to grow during adversity. India has moved from the seventh largest to the fifth largest economy, Mr. Jaitley said at the ASEAN-India Business and Investment Meet. The Finance Minister said countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia were now significantly picking up and opening up to investment. Therefore, India and the ASEAN represents the aspirational world, Mr. Jaitley said. This aspirational world houses two billion people and trade has the capacity to give a necessary impetus to the economy. Our mutual experience has been that more opening up means more investment, and more investment creates more economic activity, more jobs, more prosperity, he said.

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16 India, ASEAN cultural ties a living link: Sushma Swaraj India s cultural relation with Southeast Asia is centuries old and serves as a living link between the two regions. Buddhism and Ramayana binds us with the region. Indonesia, which is the biggest Muslim nation in terms of population, has the most famous Ramayana The meetings are held in preparation for the summit which celebrates 25th anniversary of the ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership. The Dialogue Partnership was formed on 28 January, 1992 when a Sectoral Dialogue Partnership with India was launched by ASEAN in its fourth summit in Singapore.

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18 SAARC can learn from ASEAN experience Regional organisations are designed to fail. there is no other region on Planet Earth that is so diverse as the ASEAN region Nine out of the 10 ASEAN countries, all except Vietnam, have an Indian cultural base. Most Indians are ignorant and unaware of these links, however. It will have to pay a short-term economic price for joining RCEP, but at the same time, if RCEP were formed without India, then the Indo-Pacific idea would be dead. SAARC should consciously study ASEAN and build a habit of regular meetings at all levels. Many said we should not have admitted Myanmar as it was ruled by the military. But we admitted Myanmar, and over time, it changed. BRI: India should have better relations with SAARC countries than China

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20 Don t probe Hadiya s choice of partner: SC The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to stop prying into Hadiya s choice to marry Shafin Jahan. The court was hearing an oral request by Mr. Jahan, married to Ms. Hadiya, a homoeopathy student in her mid-20s. Ms. Hadiya converted from Hinduism to Islam before marrying Mr. Jahan.

21 Awaiting SC nod on Aadhaar link: CEC The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner, O.P. Rawat, on Tuesday said the electoral body would resume the exercise of linking voter identity cards to the Aadhaar database when the Supreme Court gave the go ahead. On electoral bonds, Mr. Rawat said the Commission had communicated its concerns to the government in We received the notification about 10 days ago. Our Secretariat is examining its import vis-à-vis our suggestions, he said.

22 What s wrong with Aadhaar use? In an extremely networked modern society, what difference does the insertion of an Aadhaar number make, the Supreme Court asked petitioners challenging the Aadhaar scheme on Tuesday. All our data is anyway with private entities. So does the interpolation of Aadhaar number make any difference, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, one of the five judges who are in the Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked the petitioners.

23 Mass evacuation Intense lava fountains shot like fireworks up to 700 metres into the air above Mayon, the Philippines most active volcano which is located in the Albay province, on Tuesday. More than 40,000 people fled to evacuation centres following the development.

24 Answers 1. Which of the following countries, sheep out number people by 20 to 1 and have right of way on the roads? A. Russia B. Australia C. New Zealand D. Mongolia 2. Cork oak, Jarrah, Karri, Cedar, Squoia trees are found in A. Tropical rain forest B. Mediterranean forest C. Tropical monsoon forest D. Coniferous forest 3. Which country is reliant on a single export of oil/petroleum? A. South Africa B. Namibia C. Nigeria D. Zimbabwe

25 Questions 1. Non-navigable river in India? A. Brahmaputra B. Godavari C. Narmada D. Chenab 2. First Indian Railway Train in 1853, journeyed between A. Bombay and Pune B. Pune and Ahmedabad C. Bombay and Thane D. Howrah and Kharagpur 3. Delhi and Mumbai are connected by National Highway number A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12

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