07.11.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

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RAJASTHAN

  • Percentage of young voters in Rajasthan below national average

 

  • The percentage of voters belonging to the age group of 18-19 in Rajasthan is just 2.58 per cent of the total population, way below the national average of 4.22 per cent.

 

  • The total population of people belonging to the age group 18-19 is 32,42,874. Out of this, only 19,84,269 have been enrolled in the electoral rolls.

 

  • Final voting lists will be displayed in all the 51,796 polling stations across the state on October 7 from 9 am to 6 pm.

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

·        India re-elected as member of ITU council till 2022

 

  • India elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union-ITU Council for another four-year term from 2019 to 2022.
  • The elections to the Council were held during the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at Dubai.
  • India secured 165 votes and ranked third among the 13 countries elected to the council from the Asia-Australasia region, and eighth among the 48 countries elected to the council globally.

 

  • ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

 

 

·        Pakistan-China luxury bus service launched from Lahore to Kashgar

 

  • The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) and Shuja Express together launched the bus service between Pakistan and China to facilitate tourists.
  • It is part of an initiative to connect the two countries via road under the USD 60 billionChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
  • Earlier, India lodged strong protests with China and Pakistan over the proposed bus service between the two countries through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Pakistan rejected protests by India against the bus service to China.
  • Launched in 2015, the CPEC is a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China’s resource-rich Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with Pakistan’s strategic Gwadar Porton the Arabian Sea.

 

 

NATIONAL

 

·        Lucknow’s Cricket Stadium renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a day before India-WI T20I

 

  • UP government on November 5 renamed Lucknow’s Ekana International Cricket Stadium as ‘Bharat Ratan Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium‘.
  • This would be the first international cricket match to be played in the stadium.
  • India defeated Windies in the first T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
  • The stadium, a dream project of former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadavwas completed in 2017. The stadium which has a seating capacity of  50,000 was built as a public-private partnership.

 

·        IFFI to commence in Goa from November 20

 

 

  • The 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th of November.
  • The festival will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries which reflects the diversity of taste. International Competition section has 15 films out of which three are Indian.
  • Information and Broadcasting Ministry stated that Festival will open with World Premiere of The Aspern Papers with an international star cast.

 

·        UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath renamed Faizabad as Ayodhya

 

  • During the celebrations on the eve of Diwali, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath made three major announcements:
  • Faizabad district will be renamed as Ayodhya,
  • A new airport will be named after Lord Rama,and a new medical college will be named after King Dasharatha.

 

·        Supreme Court gave nod for a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh

 

  • The new court, which will be the25th High Court in the country, will start functioning from 1 January 2019 in Amravati.
  • Presently, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have a common High Court situated at Hyderabad. The existing court will from next year be known as the Telangana High Court.
  • The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which resulted in the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, also has a provision for separate High Courts.
  • 1,023 fast track courts to be set up under Nirbhaya fund: WCD ministry

 

  • The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to use Nirbhaya Fund to set up 1,023 fast track courts to dispose off
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pending cases of rape of children and women.

 

  • In July, the Ministry of Law and Justice had proposed setting up over 1,000 ‘fast track special courts’ across the country, as part of a new scheme to try cases related to rape of children and women.

 

 

  • The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the sensational December 16, 2012 gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in Delhi, to support the initiatives of governments and NGOs working towards safety of women.

 

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