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Saving child brides By that ruling that marriage cannot be a licence to have sex with a minor girl, the Supreme Court has corrected an anomaly(व स गव ) in the country s criminal law. Under Indian Penal Code, it is an offence to have sex with a girl below 18 years of age, regardless of consent- However, it made an exception if the girl was the man s wife, provided she was not below 15. By reading down the exception to limit it to girls aged 18 and older, the court has sought to harmonise the various laws in which any person under 18 is a minor. Overall, the judgment is in keeping with the reformist, and indisputably correct, Child marriage is a social evil that adversely affects the physical and mental health of children, denies them opportunities for education and self-advancement and deprives( व ) them of any role in deciding on many aspects of their lives. Stricter enforcement of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
Continue But the practical implications of the judgment are worrying. Are all men married to girls between the ages of 15 and 18 to be condemned to face criminal cases as rapists? What, for instance, does this mean for those married under Muslim personal law, which permits girls below 18 to be married? The age of consent under the IPC was raised in 2013 from 16 to 18 to bring it in line with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. POCSO criminalises even consensual teenage sexual activity and the latest ruling has brought this into the domain of marriage. Teenager could be prosecuted for a sexual offence under POCSO even if he was just little above 18. In the same way, a teenage husband may now be threatened with prosecution for rape. if boys under 18 but over 16 are charged with penetrative sexual assault under POCSO or rape under the IPC, which can be termed heinous offences, they could face the prospect of being tried as adults, according to the juvenile law as it stands now.
Averting(ट लन ) disaster In recent times, 1)-Category 5 hurricanes in the Caribbean and in the American mainland; 2)-Record floods across Bangladesh, India and Nepal; and 3)-Drought emergencies in 20 countries in Africa have damaged these regions, killed hundreds, and ruined the lives of millions. 4.2 million people dying prematurely each year from ambient pollution Extreme weather events is coming into sharper focus. Last two years, over 40 million people, mainly in countries which contribute least to global warming, have been forced from their homes by disasters- rising sea levels Paris Agreement has set the world on a long-term path towards a low-carbon future
Continue Require international cooperation To restoring the ecological balance November UN Climate Conference in Bonn provides an opportunity to not only accelerate emission reductions but to also boost the work of ensuring that the management of climate risk is integrated into disaster risk management as a whole. Poverty, rapid urbanisation, poor land use, ecosystems decline and other risk factors will amplify the impacts of climate change. Today- International Day for Disaster Reduction, we call for them to be addressed in a holistic way. Q- Sendai Framework-? Successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005 2015)
Regulatory upgrade Addressing the de ciencies in the Insecticides(क टन शक ) Act, 1968 Pesticides Management Bill of 2008, which is pending in Parliament. all aspects of development, regulation and quality monitoring, production, management, packaging, labelling, distribution, handling, application, use and control, including post-registration activities and disposal of all types of pesticides. Detail the minimum qualification of licensees Bill proposes stringent(कड स कड ) punishments Sale of misbranded, sub-standard and spurious pesticides Pesticides in an environment friendly and safe manner.
News Analysis Page-1- Talwars acquitted(बर कर व य ) in Aarushi case
Page-1- Himachal election on November 9 Gujarat poll to be held before Dec. 18 The Himachal Pradesh Assembly poll will be held in a single phase on November 9, the Election Commission announced on Thursday. However, the electoral body did not declare the schedule for election in Gujarat, where the Assembly term is to expire on January 22 next year
Page-1- U.S. and Israel quit UNESCO U.S. on Thursday announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), accusing it of continuing anti-israel bias. UNESCO is the first UN agency to have admitted Palestine as a full member in 2011. As required by law, the U.S. has stopped funding UNESCO since then. The U.S. withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2018. Until then, it will remain a full member Israel has also decided to pull out of UNESCO
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Page-12- Hamas, Fatah ink deal on Palestinian reconciliation(स लह) Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement on Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo, with President Mahmud Abbas calling it a final accord.
Page-14- World Bank cautions against protectionism Says it could derail fragile(न ज क) recovery of global economy After years of disappointing growth, the global economy has begun to accelerate, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on Thursday, cautioning that a rise in protectionism and policy uncertainty could derail this fragile recovery.
Page-18- Dutch team wins solar car race Contestants from across the globe harness the sun s energy to travel 3,000 km across Australia Dutch team Nuon on Thursday won a 3,000-km solar car race across Australia s outback for the thirdstraight year, continuing its dominance of an innovative contest showcasing new vehicle technology. The World Solar Challenge, first run in 1987 and last held in 2015, began in the northern city of Darwin on Sunday morning, with 41 competing cars heading to the final destination of Adelaide in South Australia.
The part of USA lie below - Tropic of Cancer Hawaii Island Guam Island
Last Day- Q s- Ans USA drooped 2 nuclear bombs- Japan during WW- II (i) Hiroshima - 6 Aug. 1945 - Little Boy (ii) Nagasaki - 9 Aug. 1945 Fat man Uber is an American Company. HQ - San Francisco Work for Car transportation. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Establishment - 11 Dec. 1946 HQs - New York City, USA Geneva, Switzerland Nobel Peace Prize- 1965.
The list of diseases which India officially declared itself free from all mentioned below. Guinea worm smallpox polio Yaws : Skin disease Tetanus - Maternal & Neo-natal Avian influenza Leprosy
Focus should be on scaling up the use of innovations SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN Director-General (DG) of the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research). The newly appointed Deputy Director-General for Programmes at the WHO says her elevation reflects on the growing importance of India in global health diplomacy WHO- first Indian to be elevated Focus should be on bringing affordable, quality healthcare and scaling up the use of innovations. There are several diseases now with elimination targets for kala-azar, filariasis, and measles. There are also neglected diseases like snake bite which causes an estimated 50,000 deaths in India and is an important cause of death in both India and Africa. Problem was we targeted only children- Universal Health Coverage, a priority laid out in the National Health Policy. How are we going to reach large populations that do not have access to doctors? Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Diabetes stage, TB, Cancer etc. (Balanced Diet)