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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.
Black softshell turtle
- The black softshell turtle is extinct in the wild.
- The eggs of the freshwater turtles have a soft shell.
- The few that remain are in the ponds of some temples in Assam.
- Only about 20% of the eggs lay in these ponds hatch because of other factors such as shallowness and resultant water temperature.
Source Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/assam-temple-bids-adieu-to-turtle-hatchlings/article27959665.ece
Gambling is against public policy and is prohibited by law
Context:
The Aam Aurat Admi against Gambling (AAAAG) has opposed the Goa government decision to promote gambling for tourism.
Background:
- The Aam Aurat Admi against Gambling (AAAAG), an umbrella body of women’s collectives and other groups fighting casinos.
- The government had made promises to removecasinos from the state.
About:
- The objective of the Goa Gambling Prevention Act was to stop it and has several provisions to prevent gambling and its advertisement.
- According to The Aam Aurat Admi against Gambling, governments have gone against the objective of the Act.
- The Goa government has brought about several amendments to promote casino gambling instead of curtailing it.
- The organisation demanded that no land or rivers of Goa be given for gambling.
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Gambling is against public policy and is prohibited by law.
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Concern:
According to The Aam Aurat Admi Against Gambling (AAAAG) the gambling promote: Prostitution
- Alcoholism
- Money laundering
- Goondaism, forgery, robberies, mafia, intimidation, debt
Source Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/assam-temple-bids-adieu-to-turtle-hatchlings/article27959665.ece
