TITBITS:
1. A Constitution Bench of nine
judges, in an 8:1 majority judgment, upheld the State legislatures’ right to
regulate industrial alcohol. The majority opinion authored by Chief Justice
D.Y. Chandrachud held that the phrase “intoxicating liquor” in Entry 8 of the
State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution would include industrial
alcohol within its ambit.
2. The latest World Economic
Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has some good
tidings, and some ominous assessments. That largely pertains to the short term
is that a much-feared global recession has been averted, the global war against
inflation ‘almost’ won, and growth is holding steady.
3. Indians are likely to lose
over ₹1.2 lakh crore over the next year to cyberfrauds, shows a projection made
by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which runs under the Union
Home Ministry. A senior government official said that according to the I4C
study, mule bank accounts are one of the significant contributors to the online
financial scams that could potentially siphon off 0.7% of the country’s GDP.
4. The Panchayati Raj Ministry,
in collaboration with the India Meteorological Department, will on Thursday
launch a new initiative to provide gram panchayats with daily weather
forecasting and provision to check hourly weather forecasts.
5. The Supreme Court on
Wednesday said continuing cases of stubble burning and the “pick-and choose”
policy adopted by the Punjab and Haryana governments to penalise a few while
letting many violators go “scot-free” after paying a nominal One violated
citizens’ right to live in a pollution-free environment.
6.Halmahera
Sea
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Halmahera Sea
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Located near Halmahera Island, Indonesia
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Part of eastern entry route of Indonesian throughflow (ITF)
passages.
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ITF links Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean through 2 entry
passages (Western and Eastern)
7.Z
Morh Project
Recently militants attacked Z-Morh Project site
in Jammu and Kashmir.
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A 6.4-km tunnel on the Srinagar-Sonamarg highway
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Aiming an all-weather connectivity to Sonamarg, a famous tourist
destination.
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Part of the Zojila tunnel project that
aims to provide all weather connectivity from Srinagar to Ladakh