RAJASTHAN
- Rajasthan passes lynching, honour killing bills
- The Rajasthan assembly passed a bill against mob lynching and another one against honour killings.
- The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019 provides for life imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh to convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death.
- The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, 2019 punishment of death penalty or life imprisonment for murdering couples in the name of family honour.
INTERNATIONAL
- New Zealand plans to ease abortion restrictions
- New Zealand’s government announced Monday that it plans changes to the country’s abortion laws that would treat the procedure as a health issue rather than a crime.
- While abortions have been available in New Zealand for decades, the procedure is still regulated under the Crimes Act which came into force in 1961.
- The proposed new law would remove that requirement for women who are up to 20 weeks pregnant. For those more than 20 weeks pregnant, a doctor or health practitioner would still need to approve the procedure.
NATIONAL
- Centre scraps Article 370, bifurcates J & K into two Union Territories
- Article 35(A) stems from Article 370, and was introduced through a Presidential Order in 1954, on the recommendation of the J&K Constituent Assembly. This article empowered the state legislature to define who the state’s ‘permanent residents’ were, along with their special rights and privileges.
The Changes :
- J&K has been reorganised into two Union territories— Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
- Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature like Delhi and Puducherry, where key subjects like law and order are with the Centre.
- Ladakh will have no legislature like Chandigarh.
- The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir will now become a Lieutenant Governor.
- After the revocation of 370, there will be no separate constitution for J&K and its citizens.
- Before Article 370 – The J&K State had two different flags of India and the state.
After Article 370 – There will be no separate flag for J&K and it will be at par with the entire country.
- Before Article 370 – Only people who had citizenship of J&K could buy and sell property.
After Article 370 – Indian citizens from other states of the country can buy and sell property in J&K.
- Before Article 370 – The citizens of the state enjoyed dual citizenship which was of the state and India both.
After Article 370 – The citizens have just one citizenship which will be prevalent to all other citizens of the state.
- Before Article 370 – Except for defense, foreign affairs, finance, and communications, Parliament needs the state government’s approval for applying any laws.
After Article 370 – The Parliament can implement any law without the state’s approval which also includes changing the state’s name and its boundaries.
- Before Article 370 – J&K had separate national anthems during the application of the article which was of the state and the country.
After Article 370 – There will be only one national anthem for the entire country.
- Before Article 370 – Only state laws could apply before and the central government had no authority to declare financial emergencies.
After Article 370 – Central laws can directly be applied and it can declare financial emergencies under article 360 in J&K.
- Before Article 370 – The citizens of J&K had separate laws related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights.
After Article 370 – There will be no separate laws for the citizens of J&K. It will be the same as the rest of the country.
- India test-fires Surface to Air-Missile from Chandipur in Odisha
- India successfully test-fired its all-weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM) from a mobile launcher at launch complex III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.
- It was the second developmental trial of the missile in this year from the same test range.
- Earlier, the surface-to-air missile was tested 81.2z"/> Subscribe on YouTube