PM calls meet on ‘one nation, one poll’ 

 

Topic Important for: General Studies- 2 I Governance, Constitution

 

Context:

 

The Prime Minister calls the meeting with heads of all parties in Parliament to discuss “one nation, one election”.

 

About:

 

• This is the first all political party meeting after the formation 17th Lok Sabha.

 

• The aim of the meeting is to introspect and reflect a new way of thinking for incumbent Member of Parliament.

 

• The president will address the joint sitting of Parliament of the 17 Lok sabha after which the government will announce the Budget for 2019-2020.

 

• The government has also schedule a meeting to discuss celebrations of 75 years of Independence in 2022 and 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary

 

There are some important bills like:

• Ordinance to extending President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Triple talaq and other there are 10 ordinances that need to be converted into law.

 

Concerns:

 

• Disrupting the functioning of Parliament.
• Difference ideology among the Parties political
• Passage of the women’s reservation Bill.
• Issues such as unemployment, farmers’ distress, drought, press freedom, women’s safety and price rise.

 

Way forward:

 

• Both the incumbent and opposition parties should work together to work for the nation's progress.
• The political should pass all the bills that are in the interest of the people and the country

 

Source Link:

 

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/pm-calls-for-meet-on-one-nation-one-poll/article27959742.ece

 

 

Assam temple bids adieu to turtle hatchlings

 

Context:

 

The Ugratara Temple organised a special darshan of 34 hatchlings of the freshwater turtle in Guwahati.

 

About:

• The temple committee and devotees turned up for a ceremony to welcome and bid goodbye to these hatchlings.

 

• The welcome was because the eggs of black softshell were collected from temple ponds for incubation at the Assam State Zoo.

 

• It was a sort of homecoming for the progeny of the turtles.

 

• They are being shifted to a zoo for the greater cause of reintroducing the species into the wild life ecosystem.

 

• A similar homecoming of 11 hatchlings of the equally endangered Indian roofed turtle ( Pangshura tecta ) and the Indian tent turtle ( Pangshura tentoria ) was organised at Guwahati. 

• Researchers have identified 18 temple ponds and we can hope to reintroduce 1,000 freshwater turtles into the wild every year.