# Seven months after it declared instant triple talaq
unconstitutional, the Supreme Court decided to look into the constitutional
validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy, “nikah halala”, “nikah mutah”
and “nikah misyar” in the Muslim community
- A bench led by CJI Dipak Misra, issued notices to the Centre
and the Law Ministry on a bunch of petitions that have challenged the practices
claiming they degrade women to a position inferior to that of men; Supreme
Court to set up a Constitutional bench to hear on this matter
# A “National Conference on Down Syndrome” was held in New
Delhi; a book entitled “Twilights
Children” based on the lives of person suffering from down syndrome was
released during the conference
# Mr. K. Vijay Raghavan is appointed as Principal Scientific
Adviser to the Government of India
# Ministry of Rural Development launched SARAS Aajeevika Mela
2018; Aajeevika mission is to bring huge socio-economic transformation in the
lives of rural women
STATES
SCAN
# Assam: Government launched a special programmed named as
“Mission Sambavh” to build one lakh toilet across the State under the Swachh
Bharat Mission
# Chhattisgarh: State has won the National “Water Digest Award”
foe water conservation – Diversion and increasing the irrigation capacity
# Gujarat: Government to set up a seawater desalination plant,
with capacity to desalinate 100 million litre water per day will be set up near
Jodiya town in Jamnagar Dt
# Gujarat: Surat Dt becomes the first District in India to have
100% solar powered Primary Health Centres (PHCs)
# Gujarat: Madhavpur Mela was held in Porbandar Dt
# Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi goes wireless as overhead power cables
are being taken off after underground lines have been laid for more than 16 sq
km
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# 11th meeting of India-China Joint Group on Economic Relations,
Trade, Science and Technology was held in New Delhi
WORLD
# Malaysia: Government proposed new legislation to counter fake
news, under which offender will be penalized with 10 – year jail term
# USA: expelled 60 Russian officials and ordered the closure of
the consulate in Seattle, as ties between the nuclear powers continue to
deteriorate. US administration officials said the officials and their families
have been given seven days time to leave the U.S. [Click for more]
ECONOMICS
# India is on track to double the size of its economy to $5
trillion by 2025: Economic Affairs Secretary, Mr. Subash Chandra Garg
# Microsoft opened the “Garage” at the Microsoft India
Development Centre in Hyderabad
- Garage is a platform for Microsoft employees that encourages
experimentation, working together across organizations and to discover ideas
and develop prototypes, adding values to existing products
# India has overtaken Germany to become the fourth largest automobile
market in the world
- (1) China (2) USA (3) Japan (4) India (5) Germany
SPORTS
# India U – 16 football
team won the Jockey Cup International Youth Invitational Football Tournament by
defeating Hong Kong in the finals
# Union Sports Ministry has approved a list of 325 members that
includes extra officials for Commonwealth Games 2018 to be held in Gold Coast,
Australia from April 04 – 15 [Click for more]
MISC
# SACF (South Asian Cinema Foundation) has received the
Frederick Pincott Award for 2017 for promoting Hindi Cinema in Britain for the
last 18 years
# Book “The ISIS
Caliphate: From Syria to the doorsteps of India” by Stanly Johny
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