SAMअर्थ

2021-06-26 15:20:25 Financial Action Task Force(FATF)

✓FATF has decided to retain Pakistan on 'increased monitoring list'.

✓FATF said Pakistan had failed to take appropriate action against UN-designated terrorists such as 26/11 accused Hafiz Saeed and JeM chief Masood Azhar. However, Pakistan has completed 26 of the 27 action items.

About FATF:
✓It is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 during the G7 Summit in Paris.

✓ Secretariat: OECD headquarters in Paris.

✓Members: 39 members including two regional organisations — the European Commission & GCC- India is a member of the FATF. Open / Comment

2021-06-26 13:01:24 Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018

✓It seeks to confiscate properties of economic offenders who have left the country to avoid facing criminal prosecution or refuse to return to the country to face prosecution.

Fugitive Economic Offender: A person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued for committing an offence listed in the Act and the value of the offence is at least Rs. 100 crore.

✓After hearing the application, a special court (designated under the PMLA, 2002) may declare an individual as a fugitive economic offender.

✓It may confiscate properties which are proceeds of crime, Benami properties and any other property, in India or abroad.

✓Upon confiscation, all rights and titles of the property will vest in the central government, free from encumbrances (such as any charges on the property). Open / Comment

2021-06-26 10:36:52 Covid-19 Delta Plus Variant

✓Recently, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), has warned people against the new Covid-19 strain ‘Delta Plus’.

✓This mutant of Delta was first detected in Europe in March 2021.

✓Delta plus (B.1.617.2.1/(AY.1) is a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus formed due to a mutation in the Delta strain of the virus (B.1.617.2 variant). Open / Comment

2021-06-25 16:59:03 Living root bridges

✓Living root bridges (also known as Jing Kieng Jri) are the aerial bridges that are built by weaving and manipulating the roots of the Indian rubber tree.

✓They have been serving as connectors for generations in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 16:01:19 UPSC Revised Calendar Open / Comment

2021-06-25 15:12:03 Antarctic Treaty

The Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12 countries in Washington on 1st December 1959 for making the Antarctic Continent a demilitarized zone to be preserved for scientific research only.

✓It entered into force in 1961 and has since been acceded by many other nations & India became a member in 1983.

Note: Recently, an enormous iceberg 'A-76' has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica.

✓12 original signatories:

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the UK and the US. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 07:57:18 Recusal of Judges

✓Recently, two Supreme Court judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal.

Recusal:

✓It is the act of abstaining from participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding due to a conflict of interest of the presiding court official or administrative officer.

✓When there is a conflict of interest, a judge can withdraw from hearing a case to prevent creating a perception that he carried a bias while deciding the case. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 07:39:39 #Factseries #Post26

✓If a student of Indian polity attempts to trace the origin of the term ‘Central government’, the Constitution will disappoint him, for the Constituent Assembly did not use the term ‘Centre’ or ‘Central government’ in all of its 395 Articles in 22 Parts and eight Schedules in the original Constitution. Open / Comment

2021-06-24 17:01:55 Peter Pan Syndrome

✓Recently, a special court in Mumbai granted bail to an accused of sexually assaulting a minor as he was suffering from Peter Pan Syndrome (PPS).

✓PPS is a psychological condition that is used to describe an adult who is socially immature.

✓While the WHO does not recognise Peter Pan Syndrome as a health disorder, many experts believe it is a mental health condition that can affect one’s quality of life. Open / Comment