TITBITS:
1.The Supreme Court judgment on sexual exploitation of minors signals a
necessary broadening of the conversation. In a landmark ruling, it said that
viewing, possession and storage of sexually explicit materials involving minors
constitute a crime under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act and the Information Technology (IT) Act, whether or not it is
shared or transmitted further.
2.India is now formally a part of the Minerals Security Finance Network,
a US-led initiative aiming to strengthen cooperation among members to secure
supply chains for critical minerals. The announcement, made by the US State
Department on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly on September
23, involved a pact entered by 14 countries and the European Union.
3.In the United Nations calendar, September 26 is the International Day
for the Total Elimination of Nuclear weapons. This year's General Assembly
agenda includes a session on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
(TPNW), or the Ban Treaty, as distinguished from the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear weapons, NPT.
4.Trade ministers of India and Australia held talks to assess the
progress on negotiations towards a full-fledged free trade deal, about 20
months since an early harvest bilateral pact called the Economic Cooperation
and Trade Agreement (ECTA) came into effect.
5.Pink
Booth
Special
pink polling booths set up for female voters in Srinagar
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Electoral booths to be managed exclusively by women government
personnel
6. Alliance
of Small Island States
Leaders
at UN urge world’s wealthiest to do more on climate
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Established in – 1990
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Purpose – To consolidate the voices of Small
Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global warming and
climate change impacts.
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Members – 44 states, including
low-lying coastal and small island nations.
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Members are spread across the Caribbean, Pacific, and
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) regions.
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Key Objectives – Advocates for stronger international climate
policies and actions to mitigate the disproportionate effects of climate change
on SIDS.
7.G4
Nations
The
Minister of External Affairs meets foreign ministers of G4 nations in New York.
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Includes Brazil, Germany, India, and
Japan.
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Objective – To support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
8.Goa
Maritime Symposium
Recently,
the fifth edition of Goa Maritime Symposium 2024 was hosted
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A forum for fostering collaborative
thinking, cooperation, and mutual understanding between India and key maritime
nations of the Indian Ocean Region.
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Hosted by – Indian Navy.
· Theme – ‘Common Maritime Security Challenges in the IOR – Progressing Lines of Effort to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as IUU Fishing and Other Illegal Maritime Activities’.