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IN NEWS The Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said his ministry is going to

start a new programme called „School Nursery‟, where schoolchildren, with the support of the

forest department, will learn to sow seeds and grow saplings in the occasion of

World Environment Day (05.06.2019)

EXAM POINT OF VIEW

World Environment Day 2019 Theme,

Slogans: There is a paramount need to protect

the environment at the moment, and this is what

World Environment Day, which is celebrated

every year on June 5, highlights. This year, the

theme is ‘Air Pollution’. hosted by China

World Environment Day is the United Nations' (UN) most important day for encouraging

worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it

has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100

countries. World Environment Day is the "people's day" for doing something to take care of the

Earth. Every World Environment Day has a different global host country, where the official

celebrations take place.

(Get more details at)

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/about/world-environment-day-driving-five-decades-environmental-action

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FURTHER,

The theme for World Environment Day 2018, hosted by India, was “Beat Plastic

Pollution”, which was a call to action for all of us to come together to combat one of the

great environmental challenges of our time.

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IN NEWS Parties speak out on Operation Blue Star

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri termed Operation Blue Star as a “mistake” and opined

that mistakes of the past are not repeated. “What is eternal can neither be challenged nor

destroyed. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) targeted the Congress party and the “Gandhi family” after

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the

auspicious 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev as National Tolerance Day on November 12.

EXAM POINT OF VIEW

Operation Blue Star was an Indian

military operation which occurred between 1 June and 6 June

1984, ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to remove militant

religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his militant armed

followers from the Golden Temple comples.

Location: Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar Cantt.

Results: Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale killed., Sikh militants

cleared out of Harmandir Sahib complex.

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IN NEWS Some of those who won in the recent elections were elected from more than one

constituency; some were already members of either Rajya Sabha or the legislature of a state.

EXAM POINT OF VIEW

What are the procedures and timelines for effecting this?

If a person is elected simultaneously to both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, and if he has not

yet taken his seat in either House, he can choose, within 10 days from the later of the dates

on which he is chosen to those Houses, the House of which he would like to be a

member. [Article 101(1) of the Constitution read with Section 68(1) of The

Representation of the People Act, 1951]

The member must intimate his choice in writing to the Secretary to the Election Commission

of India (ECI) within the 10-day window, failing which his seat in Rajya Sabha will fall vacant

at the end of this period. [Sec 68(2), RPA 1951]. The choice, once intimated, is final. [Sec

68(3), RPA, 1951]

No such option is, however, available to a person who is already a member of one House

and has contested the election for membership of the other House. So, if a sitting Rajya

Sabha member contests and wins a Lok Sabha election, his seat in the Upper House

becomes automatically vacant on the date he is declared elected to Lok Sabha. The

same applies to a Lok Sabha member who contests an election to Rajya Sabha. [Sec 69 read

with Sec 67A, RPA 1951]

Elected on two Lok Sabha seats:

There is no one in this category in the new Lok Sabha. Under Sec 33(7) of RPA, 1951, an

individual can contest from two parliamentary constituencies but, if elected from both, he has to

resign one seat within 14 days of the declaration of the result, failing which both his seats shall fall

vacant. [Sec 70, RPA, 1951 read with Rule 91 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961]

State Assembly and Lok Sabha:

Under Article 101(2) of the Constitution (read with Rule 2 of the Prohibition of Simultaneous

Membership Rules, 1950, made by the President under this Article) members of state legislatures

who have been elected to Lok Sabha must resign their seats within 14 days “from the date of

publication in the Gazette of India or in the Official Gazette of the State, whichever is later, of the

declaration that he has been so chosen”, failing which their seats in Lok Sabha shall automatically

fall vacant.

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National News:

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet passes resolution to increase reservation for OBCs to

27%

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet passed a resolution to increase the percentage of reservation

quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from existing 14 percent to 27 percent.

The move will lead to the reservation in the state breaching the Supreme Court-

mandated 50 percent cap to reach 63 percent.

Madhya Pradesh is the only state in the country to have a 27 percent quota for OBCs.

Cabinet also increased to 3% the dearness allowance for employees.

Do You Know?

About Madhya Pradesh, Capital: Bhopal, Chief Minister: Kamal Nath, Governor:

Anandiben Patel.

„Pls‟ make a search on Dearness Allowance (DA)!

Defence News:

Indian Navy deployed P-8I long range maritime surveillance aircraft for anti

piracy.

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Indian Navy deployed its P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft for anti-piracy

sorties from Salalah in Oman to patrol the Gulf of Aden.

This is the second time the P-8I is operated from Salalah for anti-piracy in 2019, and it

was operated first time on January.

It is an expansion of its Mission Based Deployments (MBD) in the Indian Ocean

Region (IOR).

Do You Know?

The P-8I provides long-range Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).

It is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft

capable of broad-area, maritime and littoral (a part of land near to river or sea)

operations.

India had placed orders for 12 P-8 India maritime surveillance and anti-submarine

warfare from the US under a USD 2.2 billion dollar deal in 2012.

Indian Affairs:

High Court declared all animals in Haryana to be 'legal persons'

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued the status of “legal person or entity” to

all animals in Haryana, granting them the “corresponding rights, duties and liabilities

of a living person”.

The verdict comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand High Court passed a similar order

“to protect and promote greater welfare of animals”.

The order was passed in a case where the Court was informed that 29 cows were

packed in a cruel manner while being transported from Uttar Pradesh to Haryana.

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Do You Know?

High Court has issued 29 animal-welfare oriented directions. This include,

a ban in using animals to pull vehicles in extreme weather,

limits on loads and the number of people that animals are made to carry,

limits on the distances that an animal is made to walk at a stretch,

instructions on how to tether an animal to the vehicle it is made to pull and a ban on the

use of spike sticks,

harness and other sharp instruments to avoid injuring the animal.

Appointments and Days:

1. Deputy Speaker VP Sivakolundhu was elected as the new Speaker of the Puducherry

Assembly.

2. World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on the 5th of June every year, and is the

United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the

protection of our environment.

The theme for 2019 is "Beat Air Pollution"

2019 host nation is China.

The theme for 2018 is "Beat Plastic Pollution", and the host nation was India.

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The10th National Science Film Festival of India (NSFFI) organized in Tripura in January and February 2020.

Delhi government has announced its plan to subsidize travel in public

transport for women commuters in the Capital. The announcement was

made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The government intends to

allow women to travel for free on metro trains and State-run buses by the

month of August-September. The new scheme, which is to be implemented,

is to encourage the use of public transport, make it safer and to promote

the participation of more women in the city’s workforce currently

dominated by their male counterparts.

Have you read the above content? Then can you try the following questions?

1. The CM of __________ has announced the proposal of a free ride scheme for women in public

transport?

a) Utter Pradesh, b) Delhi, c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka

2.. 2019 World Environment day is observed on 5th June with the theme;

a) Honour your Parents b) Green Revolution c) Air Pollution d) Beat plastic pollution

3. Which state’s cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation for OBCs to 27

percent?

a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Maharashtra, d) Madhya Pradesh

4. When is World Environment Day observed?

a) June 1st b) June 3rd c) June 8th d) June 5th

5. What is the year of Operation Blue Star in India?

a) 1985 b)1986 c) 1984 d)1989.

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6. In which of the following statement is correct.

1) If a person is elected simultaneously to both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, he may be taken

his seat in either House within 10 days

2) If a person is elected for two seats in Lok sabha, he has to resign one seat within 14 days of

the declaration of the result, failing which both his seats shall fall vacant.

3) Under Article 101(2) of the Constitution reads that the members of state legislatures who

have been elected to Lok Sabha must resign their seats within 14 days failing which his Lok

Sabha seats shall fall vacant.

a) Only 1 & 2 follow

b) Only 3 follows

c) Only 2 & 3 follow

d) All the above

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