Are you preparing for legal competitive exams?
Most legal competitive exams require awareness of current affairs in the legal field and beyond.
To help your preparation journey, Team YLCC has prepared an overview of all the important developments that have taken place in February 2023. Happy Reading!
International
- 111 payloads and 105 space debris identified as Indian objects orbiting the earth.
- First G 20 tourism ministerial meeting at the Rann of Kutch
- Scientists have created a new type of ice, called medium-density amorphous ice, that matches the density and structure of water.
- Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, will soon get the ‘heritage’ tag from UNESCO to take distinction as the world’s first living heritage university.
- Powerful earthquakes in Turkey and Syria leave over 50,000 dead.
- This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Indo-Russian friendship treaty of 1993.
- Year 2023 marks 50 years of Diplomatic Relations between India and Qatar as well as India and South Korea.
- ISRO finalized Chandrayaan-3 landing sites coordinates.
- U.S. Air Force fighter jet shot down spy balloon off the South Carolina coast.
- Jupiter, with 92 moons, beats Saturn to become the planet with most moons.
- Rise of Antimicrobial Resistance (Amr) could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050 as per UN report.
- Agnikul-Cosmos, a space-tech startup incubated in IIT-Madras, has successfully conducted the flight acceptance test for its 3D printed rocket engine “Agnilet”.
- Geological Survey Of India (GSI) finds Lithium deposits in J&K.
- 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (Impac5) concludes in Vancouver, Canada.
- Top-tier motorsport series Formula E race will be taking place in India for the first time providing a big boost to Indian motorsports.
- U20 City Sherpa Meeting held in Ahmedabad (Gujrat).
- Operation Dost- launched by the Indian Army to extend humanitarian aid to Syria and Turkey which were recently hit by massive earthquake.
- First G20 ECSWG meeting concluded in Bengaluru with all G20 countries.
- India has been elected as the Chair of 62nd Session of UN CSocD.
- India, Singapore launch UPI (Unified Payments Interface)- Paynow Linkage
- Negotiations on the UN High Seas Treaty begin in New York.
- India, China hold in-person border talks after 3 years.
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) suspended Russia’s membership over Ukraine war.
- India abstained on a U.N. resolution underscoring the need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine.
- India ranked 42nd on the International IP Index released by US Chambers of Commerce.
- Russia suspended New Start Treaty.
- General Pervez Musharraf passed away in Dubai.
- Google will soon unveil its new AI chatbot Bard in response to Microsoft’s ChatGPT.
- National Security Advisor (NSG) addressed a Multilateral Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Moscow.
National
- The Indian military concluded exercise Trishakti Prahar- a joint training exercise.
- Yaya Tso to become Ladhakh’s first biodiversity heritage site.
- Traffic Factsheet highlights Red Sanders is India’s most exploited tree species.
- Reliance Retail has partnered with Innoviti Technologies, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank to enable acceptance of RBI-issued Digital Rupee.
- New Small Savings Scheme For Women, Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, launched.
- Tihar Jail (Delhi) to get an AI-powered surveillance system.
- Maharashtra tops the list in sales of electric vehicles across all segments which have availed FAME II subsidy, followed by Karnataka.
- NITI Ayog recommended to set up separate board for VE on lines of an education board such as Central Board of Secondary Education
- SC affirmed BCI’s power to hold All India Bar Examination.
- Ministry of Home Affairs presented‘ President’s Colour’ to Haryana Police in Karnal, Haryana.
- India continues to be the third largest tech startup ecosystem globally.
- Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched its chatbot ‘Aadhaar Mitra’.
- Prime Minister virtually inaugurated Jal Jan Abhiyan in Rajasthan.
- A snow leopard sighted in Darma valley in Uttarakand.
- DoT has updated the definition of “Broadband”.
- As part of India’s G20 presidency, Gujarat will host the first Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting in the state’s Rann of Kutch.
- The Rajasthan Government has proposed to construct a zoo inside Keoladeo National Park, a World Heritage Site popularly known as Bharatpur bird sanctuary, to display a range of wetland species.
Legal
- Centre seeks review of Supreme Court verdict striking down provisions of Benami Act.
- SC in its clarification to 2018 judgment ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts.
- SC seeks Centre’s response on statutory body for elephant safety.
- SC quashed the pleas to set aside the Section 33(7) of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951.
- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued directions to the Uttarakhand Government to conduct a study of the specific carrying capacity of Mussorie hill station to avoid a Joshimath like condition.
- President appoints five new judges to SC after Centre’s approval.
- SC has turned down Uttar Pradesh government plea to not bind the governor with a deadline of three months to decide on remission pleas of convicts serving life term.
- SC dismisses challenge to delimitation in Jammu & Kashmir.
- SC issued notices to Centre and five states (Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand) over the failure to elect Deputy Speaker.
- Uttarakhand Governor gave his assent to the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Measures for Control and Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023 to prevent the use of unfair means in exams.
- NGT has imposed penalty, based on polluter pays principle, on Delhi government for gaps in management of solid and liquid waste.
- SC ruled that Children’s right not to have their legitimacy questioned frivolously is part of their Privacy Rights.
- Cabined approved extension of term of 22nd Law Commission of India.
- SC rejected a PIL regarding menstrual leave for workers and students across the country.
YLCC would like to thank Udita Miyan for her valuable insights in this article.
