GS2 Current Affairs Listing

Diamond Jubilee of SC - digitization in judiciary

1.  National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)
   • database of orders, judgments and case details of 18,735 District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts
   • created as an online platform under the eCourts Project 2. AI-powered portals
   • SUPACE (Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency) – AI based portal for making the research work easier for judges.
   • SUVAS (Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software)– AI tool developed for the Supreme Court
     • helps in translating judgments into regional languages

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UNRWA- (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) for Palestine Refugees

by UNGA 1949

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Pak - Iran Conflict

• Sistan-Balochistan
  • one of the largest province in Iran
  • Sistan ➡️ minority (Shia)
  • Baloch ➡️ majority (Sunni)
• Balochistan
  • largest province of pak.
  • threats faced
    • Pashtun of Afghanistan
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pak
• Chabahar(Iran) & Gwadar(Pak) ports open in Arabian Sea

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Exercise Desert Knight

Recently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted Exercise Desert Knight along with French Air and Space Force (FASF) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force.

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India - Bangladesh Trade

• largest trade partner of India in South Asia
• Bangladesh to lose it’s LDC tag in 2026
  • no more duty-free & quota free market access in India
• FTA soon
  • Bangladesh also in RCEP of China ➡️ concern for India
• Akhaura-agartala rail link
  • Tripura
  • India’s access to Chattogram & Monglo porta
    • boost to MSME

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India-Saudi Arabia Joint Military Exercise SADA TANSEEQ commences in Rajasthan

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Chancay Port - China new mega port project in S America (Peru)

• Peru capital: Lima

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West Asia Dynamics

Prelims bits

• Panjur ➡️ border town in Balochistan of Pakistan

• Jaish al Adl ➡️ sunni islamist grp

  • Sistan-Balochistan (eastern province of Iran) ➡️ sunni dominated area
    • to be separated from Shia country

• Iran - shia country; backs:

  • Hezbollah: lebanon, shia grp
  • Houthi: Yemen, shia
  • Hashad al-Shabi: iraq, syria ; shia grp

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Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas - 9 Jan

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Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - military ops in Nagorno-Karabakh

• refer: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict

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Women Reservation Act 2023

• Representation of women
  • LS: 15%
  • RS: 14%
• bill: Article 330A (for LS) & Article 332A(for LA)
  • 1/3 of SC/ST seat to women (rotation)
  • 1/3 of total seats thru direct election to women
• Article 239AA: reservation for women in NCT of Delhi
• refer:

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BRICS 5 New Members

• Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt
• invited Argentina but they rejected 😕
• African Union incl.
• refer: BRICS+

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Five Eyes

• Formalised in 1946
• It is both surveillance based and tracks signals intelligence (SIGINT)
• Cold war era alliance between UK and USA
• Treaty name : UKUSA
• Stone Ghost as the secret collective database

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Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill for OTT

• need formal registration w/ govt to run OTT
• better classification of programmes
• self regulation

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