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25 Jul, 2022
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Paper | Topics | Subject |
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GS-II | INDIA ANTARCTIC BILL 2022 | Important Bills |
ABORTION LAW IN INDIA | Governance | |
GS-III | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT | Economic Issues |
PT Pointer | Maharaja Serfoji II | Art and Culture |
INDIA ANTARCTIC BILL 2022
Key Points of the bill
Need of the Bill:
Importance of global warming and melting of glaciers for India:
Key Features of the Bill
Applicability:
Areas comprising Antarctica include:
Central Committee:
The functions of the Committee include:
Prohibited activities: The Bill prohibits certain activities in Antarctica including:
Offenses and penalties: The Bill specifies penalties for the contravention of its provisions.
Constitution of the Fund:
Challenge in the Bill:
India and Antarctica
Antarctic Treaty:
CCAMLR:
Madrid Protocol:
COMNAP:
Source: PIB
What was the Delhi High Court ruling?
Supreme Court's Ruling
What is India’s abortion law?
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971
In order to reduce maternal mortality owing to unsafe abortions, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was brought into force in the year 1971.
Recent amendment
What are the challenges of the MTP act?
Judicial interventions in cases of abortions
Way forward
There is a need for a serious rethink in policy-making as well as accommodating all the stakeholders to focus on women and their reproductive rights, rather than drawing red lines those medical practitioners cannot cross while performing abortions.
Source: The Indian Express
Jawaharlal Nehru Port has become the first major port of the country to become a 100% Landlord port having all berths being operated on a public-private partnership model.
About
About Landlord Port Model
On February 11, 2021, the Indian parliament passed the Major Port Authorities Bill 2020 which aims at decentralization decision-making and infusing professionalism in the governance of major ports by switching them to the landlord port model.
About Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Source: PIB
The exquisite 19th-century stolen painting of Maharaja Serfoji II has been traced to a United State Museum.
About Maharaja Serfoji II
About Painting
The painting has Raja Serfoji and his youthful son. It was probably painted between 1822 and 1827. Kept in the Saraswathi Mahal, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Source: The Indian Express
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