# Rajya Sabha Chairman, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu refused to admit the
motion for removal of CJI Dipak Misra, a first in India’s constitutional
history; Mr. Naidu ruled that the Opposition’s petition was based on
“suspicion, conjectures and assumptions, and doesn’t constitute proof beyond
reasonable doubt”
# The Supreme Court asked the government to respond a plea by a
hotelier to strike down the colonial Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which
criminalises homosexuality
- Plea sought to include “Right to choice of sexual orientation”
as a Fundamental Right [Click for more details on this]
# Committee headed by Just. Rajesh Bindal submitted its report
on legal issues related to inter country recommends on addressing the problems
of parents and children involved in such issues
# Union Cabinet stated that India will now maintain a database
of sexual offenders to monitor and track those individuals convicted of such
crimes
- In India, the sexual offender database will be maintained by
National Crime Records Bureau
- Across the world, only 8 countries viz, USA, Australia,
Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and the United
Kingdom have the sexual offender database
- Only in US, the registry of convicted sex offenders is public,
while in other seven countries it is maintained purely for the consumption of
the law enforcement authorities
- However, it has not been clarified whether Indian database
will be made public or not
TAMIL
NADU
# Opposition parties held
a human chain protest across the State for demanding the constitution of the
Cauvery Management Board
STATES
SCAN
# Daman & Diu: Diu Smart City became the first city in India
to function on 100% renewable energy during daytime.
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# India and China are at the vanguard of a new wave of
globalization and are the guardians of a multipolar world: Chinese Foreign
Ministry
WORLD
# Belgium: A Belgian Court sentenced the sole surviving suspect
in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison on terror charges
over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in
2016
# Canada: Will host the World’s female foreign ministers for
talks ahead of this year’s UN General Assembly
# France: National Assembly has adopted an immigration Bill that
speeds up the asylum process and accelerates deportations
# Iran: banned the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by
its banks and financial institutions
ECONOMICS
# Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts crossed Rs. 80000 crore
mark on April 11, 2018: Union Finance Ministry data
# India has retained its position as the top remittances
receiving country with its people who have immigrated to various countries
sending nearly USD 69 billion back home in 2017: World Bank
- India is followed by China (USD 64 bn), The Philippines (USD
33 bn), Mexico (USD 31 bn), Nigeria (USD 22 bn) and Egypt (USD 20 bn)
# TCS (on April 23, 2018) became only the second Indian company
to cross the $100 billion mark in market capitalization [first one was Reliance
Industries Ltd on Oct 29, 2007]
# The Goods and Services Tax (GST) announced the third phase of
the roll out of the e-way bill system for intra-state movement of goods; the
system would become applicable for Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Sikkim and Puducherry from April 25
# Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Suresh Prabhu
chaired the first meeting of the think tank on the Framework for National
Policy on E – Commerce
SPORTS
# India’s Velavan
Senthilkumar won the $5000 Madison Open (Squash) by defeating South Africa’s
Tristan Eysele
MISC
# April 24: National Panchayat Raj Day
# Sunderbans Reserve Forest is likely to be declared as a Ramsar
Site as West Bengal State Government has given approval to its State Forest
Department to apply for recognition under the Ramsar Convention
# Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018 were presented to 36
film personalities; these awards are different from the Government of India’s
Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India’s highest award for cinema)
# India’s Indira Jaising (Human Rights Lawyer), Mukesh Ambani
and Balkrishna Doshi (Architect) have featured in Fortune magazine’s 2018
ranking of the 50 Greatest leaders; Indira Jiasing at 20th position, Mukesh
Ambani at 24th rank and Balkrishna Doshi at 43rd rank
# Former Foreign Secretary, S. Jaishankar was appointed as the
new President of Tata Son’s global corporate affairs
# Researchers from IIT – Roorkee have discovered a small
molecule named “Pep-I” that exhibits good antiviral activity against
chikungunya virus
# UNESCO has awarded the World Press Freedom Prize to Egyptian
photographer Abu Zeid
# Book “Eleven Gods and A
Billion Indians” by Boria Majumdar
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