Headlines of the day 25-05-2023

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Global agency affiliated to UN rights body defers NHRC accreditation

 

Indian express

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Governance

 

Sub Committee on Accreditation (SCA) to the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)

Implications of deferred re-accreditation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

About NHRC

About UN Human Rights Council

‘Sengol’ to be installed in the new parliament: Significance of the sceptre, first given to Nehru

Indian express, Page 20

 

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History

What is Sengol?

History of Sengol

Chola dynasty in Tamil Nadu

Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)

 

Indian express, Page 20

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IR

 

Outcomes of 3rd FIPIC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Membership of FIPIC

History of FIPIC

Significance for India

Narco And Polygraph Tests

 

Indian express, Page 20

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Polity

 

What is narcoanalysis test?

What is Polygraph test?

Supreme court verdict in ‘Selvi & Ors vs State of Karnataka & Anr’ (2010)

Right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) of the Constitution

A ‘middle kingdom’ dawns on India’s west

 

The Hindu,

Page 6

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International

 

·       Key Facts Of Arab League

·       Jeddah Declaration

·       Readmission of Syria

·       Saudi Arabia’s Interests

·       India’s Interests

On copyright infringement and AI

 

The Hindu Page 8

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Economy, S&T

 

·       Recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. versus Goldsmith et al.

·       To what extent does copyright law protect artists?

·       What is exempt from infringement liability?

·       How does this affect generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT4, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion.

·       Indian Scenario

Independence of judiciary is part of basic structure of Constitution: SC

 

The Hindu Page 10

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Economy, S&T

 

·       The Supreme Court has held that the independence of district judiciary is part of the basic structure of the Constitution.

·       Background of Basic Structure Doctrine, recent debate

India set to triple speed of its fastest supercomputers

 

The Hindu

Page 12

 

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Economy, S&T

 

·       India will install 18-petaflop system this year to be imported from France

·       Flops (floating point operations per second) are an indicator of processing speed of computers and a petaflop refers to a 1,000 trillion flops.

·       The fastest system in the world is Frontier-Cray system at Oakridge National Laboratory, United States.

·       India’s fastest computers: Pratyush and Mihir

Ministry of Civil Aviation launches UDAN 5.1, specifically designed for helicopter routes

Press Information Bureau (PIB)

 

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Economy

 

·       Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched UDAN 5.1 to enhance connectivity to remote areas through helicopters.

·       What is Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)?


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