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India has lodged a "solemn protest" with China over the formation of two counties in the Hotan prefecture that incorporates territory of India's Ladakh. The protest from the Indian side came after Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the authorities in northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region had declared the formation of He'an County and Hekang County, in the Hotan prefecture. The Hotan prefecture contains parts of Aksai Chin that India accuses China of occupying and formation of the two new counties appears like Beijing firming up administrative measures in the region.
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The Union Health Ministry said that it was closely monitoring the alleged outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. The Ministry said while China had reported a rise in respiratory illness, particularly HMPV, India had not registered any unusual spike in winter respiratory diseases. Five years after the COVID pandemic, China is experiencing a surge in HMPV cases, particularly in children under 14 years. Symptoms include cough, fever, and shortness of breath, with potential complications like bronchitis and pneumonia. Cases of HMPV had been reported in 2011-12 in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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As Delhi schools kept adjusting their modes of teaching between online, offline or hybrid due to the pollution-related curbs, Ministry of Education annual data show that the percentage of city schools with digital facilities was significantly higher than the national average. Seventy-four percent of Delhi schools have smart classrooms against the national average of 24.4%. The UDISE+ report is based on voluntary uploading of data by schools across the country.
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Several economic indicators released over the past week are bad news for the Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank of India's hopes of a growth rebound in the second half of 2024-25 at least for the October-December quarter. While GDP growth slipping to 5.4% in the second quarter was termed a transient blip, policymakers have acknowledged slowing consumption demand led by restrained spending trends in urban India.
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The ruling government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party/National Democratic Alliance, has been pursuing the One Nation, One Election framework (ONOE) with all seriousness. This proposal seeks to synchronise the Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections under one single electoral cycle. While the advocates of the OΝΟΕ have cited several administrative and fiscal efficiencies, its opponents point to the far-reaching consequences of this plan on the democratic and federalist character of India, as laid out in the Constitution of India. During the initial years after Independence, the Election Commission of India (ECI) used to conduct simultaneous elections for both Parliament and State Assemblies. But this cycle of cooperative federalism was disrupted at the very outset with the appearance and imposition of Article 356, which is popularly known as President's Rule. When this was done for the first time in Kerala in 1959, an element of federal overreach began to take hold of the Union-State relations, as the will of the Union appeared to override State autonomy.
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An annual assessment by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on the state of groundwater, and its quality, has some worrying portents. First, the number of districts with excessive nitrate in their groundwater has risen from 359 in 2017 to 440 in 2023. This translates to a little more than half of India's 779 districts having excessive nitrate, or more than 45 mg/L (milligram per litre). There are two major concerns with excess nitrate content: first, methemoglobinemia, or a reduced ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen. This sometimes causes 'Blue Baby Syndrome,' in infants. The bigger problem is environmental: once nitrates in ground-water rise to the surface and become part of lakes and ponds, algal blooms throttle the health of aquatic ecosystems.
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The growth in international trade has amplified cross-border insolvency challenges, highlighting the need for effective regulation. Under the British Raj, India faced significant challenges in managing financial failures and cross-border commerce. To address domestic insolvencies, the Indian Insolvency Act of 1848 was introduced as the first insolvency law. This was later replaced by the Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act 1909, which applied to Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, and the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, which governed insolvencies in mofussil regions. After Independence, these laws remained unchanged, despite the Third Law Commission's 26th Report (1964) recommending modernisation. It was only in the 1990s, driven by economic liberalisation and the pressures of globalisation, that the need for a comprehensive insolvency law, with provisions for cross-border cases, became a focus of national discussions.
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French aircraft carrier strike group (CSG) led by FNS Charles De Gaulle on a deployment in the Indian Ocean is set to make stopovers at Goa and Kochi. The CSG operates Rafale-M fighter jets, 26 of which India is looking to procure, and a deal is expected to be concluded in the next couple of months. Britain has also announced that its CSG led by carrier Queen Elizabeth would on a deployment in the Indian Ocean Region and make a stopover in India in 2025. Deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Mission Clemenceau 25, the French CSG, comprising the aircraft carrier FNS Charles De Gaulle, along with its embarked air fleet and its escort vessels (frigates and supply ships), will be making stopovers at Goa and Kochi from January 4, the French Embassy said in a statement.
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The Union government released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, which will enforce provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. While the Act was passed more than a year ago, the rules that will result in its enforcement have thus far been under development, and are only now being floated for public consultation. The DPDP Act provides a legal framework for "data fiduciaries" entities that collect personal data from "data principals" or users in order to protect that data against misuse and penalise firms that violate data protection principles.-
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The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has completed full-scale implementation of the new Centralised Pension Payments System (CPPS) to provide PF pensions under the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS). Pension worth 1,570 crore, for December 2024, was disbursed to more than 68 lakh pensioners in 122 pension disbursing regional offices, the Union Labour Ministry said. The pilot of the CPPS was completed in October 2024 in Karnal, Jammu and Srinagar regional offices. The second pilot was taken up in November 2024 in 24 regional offices.
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Financial Services Secretary unveiled the revamped 'Baanknet' portal for e-auction of properties, including commercial properties, industrial land, shops, vehicles, and agricultural and non-agricultural land. This platform consolidates information on e-auction of properties from all public sector banks (PSBs) and offers a one-stop destination for buyers and investors to discover a wide range of assets, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.
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