Bru-Reang refugee crisis
A joint team of Nagarik Suraksha Mancha, mostly representing Bengali people displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan post-partition in 1947, and the Mizo Convention have submitted a memorandum to Tripura Chief Minister protesting the proposed settlement of the displaced Brus in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district.
What’s the issue?
The centre, in January 2020, signed a historic pact for permanent solution of Bru refugees’ issue.
The agreement was between Union Government, Governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives to end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
Opponents, now, do not want the Brus to settle in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district. The two organisations, however, clarified that they have no objection to the settlement of Brus in 22 other sub-divisions of Tripura.
Highlights of the agreement:
Under the agreement, the centre has announced a package of Rs. 600 crore under this agreement.
A joint team of Nagarik Suraksha Mancha, mostly representing Bengali people displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan post-partition in 1947, and the Mizo Convention have submitted a memorandum to Tripura Chief Minister protesting the proposed settlement of the displaced Brus in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district.
What’s the issue?
The centre, in January 2020, signed a historic pact for permanent solution of Bru refugees’ issue.
The agreement was between Union Government, Governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives to end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
Opponents, now, do not want the Brus to settle in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district. The two organisations, however, clarified that they have no objection to the settlement of Brus in 22 other sub-divisions of Tripura.
Highlights of the agreement:
Under the agreement, the centre has announced a package of Rs. 600 crore under this agreement.
As per the agreement the Bru tribes would be given land to reside in Tripura.
A fixed deposit of Rs. 4 lakh will be given to each family as an amount of government aid. They will be able to withdraw this amount after two years.
Each of the displaced families will be given 40×30 sq ft residential plots.
Apart from them, each family will be given Rs. 5,000 cash per month for two years.
The agreement highlights that each displaced family will also be given free ration for two years and aid of Rs. 1.5 lakh to build their houses.
Background:
More than 30,000 Bru tribes who fled Mizoram, are residing in Tripura’s refugee camps.
Who are Brus?
The Brus, also referred to as the Reangs, are spread across the northeastern states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram.
In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider them indigenous to the state.
What’s the issue?
A bout of ethnic violence forced thousands of people from the Bru tribe to leave their homes in Mizoram.
The displaced Bru people from Mizoram have been living in various camps in Tripura since 1997. In 1997, the murder of a Mizo forest guard at the Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram’s Mamit district allegedly by Bru militants led to a violent backlash against the community, forcing several thousand people to flee to neighbouring Tripura.
The Bru militancy was a reactionary movement against Mizo nationalist groups who had demanded in the mid-1990s that the Brus be left out of the state’s electoral rolls, contending that the tribe was not indigenous to Mizoram.
A fixed deposit of Rs. 4 lakh will be given to each family as an amount of government aid. They will be able to withdraw this amount after two years.
Each of the displaced families will be given 40×30 sq ft residential plots.
Apart from them, each family will be given Rs. 5,000 cash per month for two years.
The agreement highlights that each displaced family will also be given free ration for two years and aid of Rs. 1.5 lakh to build their houses.
Background:
More than 30,000 Bru tribes who fled Mizoram, are residing in Tripura’s refugee camps.
Who are Brus?
The Brus, also referred to as the Reangs, are spread across the northeastern states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram.
In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider them indigenous to the state.
What’s the issue?
A bout of ethnic violence forced thousands of people from the Bru tribe to leave their homes in Mizoram.
The displaced Bru people from Mizoram have been living in various camps in Tripura since 1997. In 1997, the murder of a Mizo forest guard at the Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram’s Mamit district allegedly by Bru militants led to a violent backlash against the community, forcing several thousand people to flee to neighbouring Tripura.
The Bru militancy was a reactionary movement against Mizo nationalist groups who had demanded in the mid-1990s that the Brus be left out of the state’s electoral rolls, contending that the tribe was not indigenous to Mizoram.
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Currency Change in Iran
Iran’s currency is set to be re-named and re-valued.
Long called the rial, Iran’s money will soon likely be called the Toman, and an impressive four zeros will be shaved off all denominations.
What was previously 10,000 rials will become one Toman under the plans.
What’s the issue?
Iran has seen the value of its national currency decline steadily since the Islamic Revolution brought the religious government to power in 1979. That drop has accelerated in recent years as harsh US sanctions battered the country’s economy.
The currency has been devalued 3,500 times since 1971. It declined steadily since the Iranian Revolution, 1979 brought the religious government to power.
The devaluation of the rial has been marked by four key turning points:
1.The Islamic Revolution of 1979
2.The end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1989
3.Last years of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure
Iran’s currency is set to be re-named and re-valued.
Long called the rial, Iran’s money will soon likely be called the Toman, and an impressive four zeros will be shaved off all denominations.
What was previously 10,000 rials will become one Toman under the plans.
What’s the issue?
Iran has seen the value of its national currency decline steadily since the Islamic Revolution brought the religious government to power in 1979. That drop has accelerated in recent years as harsh US sanctions battered the country’s economy.
The currency has been devalued 3,500 times since 1971. It declined steadily since the Iranian Revolution, 1979 brought the religious government to power.
The devaluation of the rial has been marked by four key turning points:
1.The Islamic Revolution of 1979
2.The end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1989
3.Last years of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure
4.The last major turning point, which is still playing out, came when President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the nuclear deal
What else contributed to this crisis?
Iran has faced a litany of financial disasters since 1979, including international sanctions that have severely limited its ability to sell oil, which in turn have all but dried up its primary source of revenue.
The government has also implemented strict rules on access to foreign currency, leading to a flourishing black market for non-Iranian cash inside the country and further eroding the value of the national currency.
The global pandemic has piled even more stress onto the lives of people already bludgeoned by a White House bent on ramping up maximum pressure on Iran.
Implications of the latest move:
If implemented carefully and as part of wider financial reforms, redenomination would be a positive move but hardly an answer for all the country’s intertwined economic woes.
However, it was a necessary action to simplify financial transactions.
It would vastly simplify financial calculations by eliminating the need for Iranian shoppers to carry loads of rials to make purchases, which they have to do because of inflation.
What else contributed to this crisis?
Iran has faced a litany of financial disasters since 1979, including international sanctions that have severely limited its ability to sell oil, which in turn have all but dried up its primary source of revenue.
The government has also implemented strict rules on access to foreign currency, leading to a flourishing black market for non-Iranian cash inside the country and further eroding the value of the national currency.
The global pandemic has piled even more stress onto the lives of people already bludgeoned by a White House bent on ramping up maximum pressure on Iran.
Implications of the latest move:
If implemented carefully and as part of wider financial reforms, redenomination would be a positive move but hardly an answer for all the country’s intertwined economic woes.
However, it was a necessary action to simplify financial transactions.
It would vastly simplify financial calculations by eliminating the need for Iranian shoppers to carry loads of rials to make purchases, which they have to do because of inflation.
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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given - There are six boxes placed above each other. They are numbered from 1 to 6 and containing different edible items. Candy box is placed above Chocolate box. Box…
Answers
1-B 2-D 3-D 4-A 5-D
Explanation
Box Item
5 Dry fruit
2 Cutlery
3/6 Candy
3/6 Vegetable
4 Chocolate
1 Fruit
1-B 2-D 3-D 4-A 5-D
Explanation
Box Item
5 Dry fruit
2 Cutlery
3/6 Candy
3/6 Vegetable
4 Chocolate
1 Fruit
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Which High Court recently reiterated that Article 47 of the constitution is not Enforceable Right.
Which High Court recently reiterated that Article 47 of the constitution is not Enforceable Right.
Answer Madras High Court
Explanation
The Madras High Court refused to entertain a writ petitions seeking absolute ban on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Article 47 of the Constitution is a Directive Principle which stipulates that the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.
Dispelling arguments, the Court held that regulation of alcohol is purely a matter of state policy that does not warrant judicial interference. Further, it pointed out that Article 47 is not an "enforceable provision" and thus, the petition has no leg to stand
Explanation
The Madras High Court refused to entertain a writ petitions seeking absolute ban on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Article 47 of the Constitution is a Directive Principle which stipulates that the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.
Dispelling arguments, the Court held that regulation of alcohol is purely a matter of state policy that does not warrant judicial interference. Further, it pointed out that Article 47 is not an "enforceable provision" and thus, the petition has no leg to stand
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Question of the Day (Static GK)
Which part of the Indian constitution deals with Trade, Commerce and Inter Course within the territories of India?
Which part of the Indian constitution deals with Trade, Commerce and Inter Course within the territories of India?
Answer XIII
Explanation
Part XIII of the constitution contains provisions relating to the freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse within the territory of India. The provisions are laid down in articles 301-307
Explanation
Part XIII of the constitution contains provisions relating to the freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse within the territory of India. The provisions are laid down in articles 301-307
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Question of the Day (Current Affairs)
What will be tha shape of newly purposed Parliament building for India?
What will be tha shape of newly purposed Parliament building for India?
Answer
Triangular
Explanation
The current design of an evolving plan envisages a triangular complex, with a tricoloured beam lighting up the sky overhead.
Triangular
Explanation
The current design of an evolving plan envisages a triangular complex, with a tricoloured beam lighting up the sky overhead.
Passage
ISRO has recently launched Cartosat-3 onboard [1]. The main purpose of the mission is to place 1,625-kg Cartosat-3 satellite, the third generation of Earth-observation remote sensing satellites that ISRO has been launching and using since 1988. The Cartosat-3 was accompanied by thirteen commercial nano satellites of two U.S. customers that were the secondary payloads. The Cartosat satellites are used mainly for large-scale mapping of the Earth through high-resolution cameras. A key feature of the Cartosats is that they help to detect changes in natural geographical or man-made features. Their cameras can look back and forth' in an angle to generate continuous spot images.Cartosat satellites come back to the same place after every few months, so that they are able to capture the change that is happening on the ground.Many new technologies have been built in, such as a highly agile or flexible camera; high-speed data transmission, advanced computer system and new power electronics.It ushers in the third generation of high-resolution optical imaging' satellites that enable precise cartographic or mapping activities, apart from their unstated military use. It will have the ‘sharpest eye’ of civil remote sensing satellites in the world. One of Cartosat-3’s cameras offers a ground resolution of 31cm— this means it can pick up an object of a minimum of that size from a height of around 500 km. Currently, WorldView-3, a satellite owned by (2) company Maxar, has the best ground resolution of 31 cm.
1) What will come in place of [1]?
a) PSLV-C47
b) PSLV-C50
c) GSLV-C21
d) ChangE 4E
2) What will come in place of [2]?
a) US
b) France
c) Russia
d) China
3) Which was the first Indian remote sensing satellite capable of taking three dimensional images?
a) Cartosat 1
b) Cartosat 2
c) Cartosat 3
d) Insat 3
4) Who will be in a position to access the Cartosat 3 Services?
a) Only Government and Government authorises agencies
b) It is open for commercial operations as well
c) It is used only for the research purpose and hence available to Universities
d) Only ISRO & Defence Forces will use it.
5.Who was the founder of ISRO?
A)Vikram sarabhai b)K.Kasturirangan
C)S.Ramodorai
D)TT Krishnamurthy
ISRO has recently launched Cartosat-3 onboard [1]. The main purpose of the mission is to place 1,625-kg Cartosat-3 satellite, the third generation of Earth-observation remote sensing satellites that ISRO has been launching and using since 1988. The Cartosat-3 was accompanied by thirteen commercial nano satellites of two U.S. customers that were the secondary payloads. The Cartosat satellites are used mainly for large-scale mapping of the Earth through high-resolution cameras. A key feature of the Cartosats is that they help to detect changes in natural geographical or man-made features. Their cameras can look back and forth' in an angle to generate continuous spot images.Cartosat satellites come back to the same place after every few months, so that they are able to capture the change that is happening on the ground.Many new technologies have been built in, such as a highly agile or flexible camera; high-speed data transmission, advanced computer system and new power electronics.It ushers in the third generation of high-resolution optical imaging' satellites that enable precise cartographic or mapping activities, apart from their unstated military use. It will have the ‘sharpest eye’ of civil remote sensing satellites in the world. One of Cartosat-3’s cameras offers a ground resolution of 31cm— this means it can pick up an object of a minimum of that size from a height of around 500 km. Currently, WorldView-3, a satellite owned by (2) company Maxar, has the best ground resolution of 31 cm.
1) What will come in place of [1]?
a) PSLV-C47
b) PSLV-C50
c) GSLV-C21
d) ChangE 4E
2) What will come in place of [2]?
a) US
b) France
c) Russia
d) China
3) Which was the first Indian remote sensing satellite capable of taking three dimensional images?
a) Cartosat 1
b) Cartosat 2
c) Cartosat 3
d) Insat 3
4) Who will be in a position to access the Cartosat 3 Services?
a) Only Government and Government authorises agencies
b) It is open for commercial operations as well
c) It is used only for the research purpose and hence available to Universities
d) Only ISRO & Defence Forces will use it.
5.Who was the founder of ISRO?
A)Vikram sarabhai b)K.Kasturirangan
C)S.Ramodorai
D)TT Krishnamurthy
Question of the Day (Current Legal GK)
The US President Donald Trump has nominated which Indian-American lawyer as a representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development?
The US President Donald Trump has nominated which Indian-American lawyer as a representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development?
Anonymous Poll
57%
Ashok Michael Pinto
24%
Raj Mukherjee
12%
Mummi McConigley
7%
Rachel Paulose
Question of the Day (static GK)
The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as 'Turning of the wheel of law' at which of the following place?
The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as 'Turning of the wheel of law' at which of the following place?
Anonymous Poll
13%
Sanchi
59%
Sarnath
3%
Sravasti
24%
Bodh Gaya
08-05-2020
1.Vizag Gas leaks claims 11 lives
2.India needs to enact Covid 19
Law.
3.First Day,First Show.
4.Slow but steady.
5.Toxic Disaster
6.SBI cuts lending interest,FD rates.
7.water Eisdam during Pandemic.
8.Gasping villagers rush out at dawn.
1.Vizag Gas leaks claims 11 lives
2.India needs to enact Covid 19
Law.
3.First Day,First Show.
4.Slow but steady.
5.Toxic Disaster
6.SBI cuts lending interest,FD rates.
7.water Eisdam during Pandemic.
8.Gasping villagers rush out at dawn.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual celebration of the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May each year. This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May 1828. He was the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize
Question of the Day (Current Affairs)
Who has been nominated as a director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Who has been nominated as a director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Anonymous Poll
43%
Tarun Bajaj
22%
Arun Kumar singh
25%
Harsh vardhan shringla
10%
Taranjit Singh sandhu
Vizag gas leak
A gas leak, reminiscent of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, has affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
The source of the leak was a styrene plant owned by South Korean electronics giant LG, located at RRV Puram near Gopalapatnam, about 15 kms from the coast city.
What is styrene?
It is a flammable liquid that is used in the manufacturing of polystyrene plastics, fiberglass, rubber, and latex.
It is also found in vehicle exhaust, cigarette smoke, and in natural foods like fruits and vegetables.
What happens when exposed to styrene?
Short-term exposure to the substance can result in respiratory problems, irritation in the eyes, irritation in the mucous membrane, and gastrointestinal issues.
Long-term exposure could drastically affect the central nervous system and lead to other related problems like peripheral neuropathy. It could also lead to cancer and depression in some cases.
A gas leak, reminiscent of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, has affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
The source of the leak was a styrene plant owned by South Korean electronics giant LG, located at RRV Puram near Gopalapatnam, about 15 kms from the coast city.
What is styrene?
It is a flammable liquid that is used in the manufacturing of polystyrene plastics, fiberglass, rubber, and latex.
It is also found in vehicle exhaust, cigarette smoke, and in natural foods like fruits and vegetables.
What happens when exposed to styrene?
Short-term exposure to the substance can result in respiratory problems, irritation in the eyes, irritation in the mucous membrane, and gastrointestinal issues.
Long-term exposure could drastically affect the central nervous system and lead to other related problems like peripheral neuropathy. It could also lead to cancer and depression in some cases.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms include headache, hearing loss, fatigue, weakness, difficulty in concentrating etc.
Animal studies, according to the EPA, have reported effects on the CNS, liver, kidney, and eye and nasal irritation from inhalation exposure to styrene
Symptoms include headache, hearing loss, fatigue, weakness, difficulty in concentrating etc.
Animal studies, according to the EPA, have reported effects on the CNS, liver, kidney, and eye and nasal irritation from inhalation exposure to styrene