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World Refugee Day

September 2015 |

20th June is observed as World Refugee Day by the United Nations

August 2015 |

To recognize the brave spirit and resilience of refugees around t

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world

June 2015 |

The Theme this Year: One refugee without hope is too many

May 2015 |

Theme intended to persuade the people to Do One Thing to sh

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their unity for refugees around the world

March 2015 |

This year scripts the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Convention

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the United Nations

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As per UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) more than

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million refugees around the world

Refugee: Someone who has been put on to run away from his/her coun
due to harassment, war, or hostility

As per UNHCR In the beginning of this year over 1,98,000 refugees

India

The figure likely to go up to 2,04,000 by the end of December t

year
India is NOT party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its
Protocol
India does NOT have a national refugee protection framework
However, India keeps to allowing asylum to a large number

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refugees from neighboring countries and respects UNHCRs manda

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for other nationals, mainly from Afghanistan and Myanmar

Science & Techonlogy

Government of India deals in a different manner with differe

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refugee groups but in general it respects the principle of the UNH

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1951 Refugee Convention is the key legal document in defining w

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is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of nations

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Wimbledon begins in London

The biggest Tennis tournament Wimbledon Championship begins

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London

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125th

time the All England Lawn Tennis Club will host the Wimbled
Championship
The first tournament in 1877
Haryana lifts National Hockey Title after beating Karnataka
Haryana lifts

Hockey

India

first

Senior

National

Hock

Championship (Men) title by defeating its rival Karnataka 2-1

The final played at the floodlit Aishbagh Hockey Stadium in Bhopa

S K Uthappa of Karnataka announced player of the tournament
Ambubashi mela begins from June 22, 2011

Thousands of Sadhus and Sanyasins from home and abroad ha

assembled at the famous Shaktipeeth- Kamakhya Dham in Guwaha

Assam for the yearly Ambubashi mela beginning on Wednesday Ju

22, 2011

The door of the temple to remain close for the visitors for 3 da
from 23rd to 25th June 2011 due to the Mela

Security arrangements tightened in and around the temple comp

at Neelachal Hills
In the Monsoon Session Land Acquisition amendment bill to
introduced

As per Mr. Jairam Ramesh (The Union Environment and Fore

Minister) an amendment bill to the Land Acquisition Act would
tabled in the coming Monsoon session of Parliament

Report: Indias 32% land area affected by degradation

22 major programmes are being enforced in India, counting t

Mission for Green India, in order to deal with the issues
desertification, land degradation and droughts

Poverty and environmental degradation are major problems in d

lands, where forests and trees add appreciably to rural livelihoods

An estimated 32% of Indias total land area affected by la

degradation, majority of which is undergoing desertification
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Degradation will have harsh implications for livelihood and fo

security
The key anthropogenic factors resulting in degradation:
Unsustainable agricultural practices
Diversion of land to development programmes
Industrial effluents
Mining
Deforestation

The State Human Rights Commission looks for a reply from Ut

Pradesh Govt. on Rape cases

The State Human Rights Commission released notices to the Ut

Pradesh Government and different district officials seeking a reply

28th June 2011 on recent Rape cases in different districts
June 30 fixed as the next date of hearing by the Commission

Taking suo moto cognizance of Rape cases in different districts

recent past, the State Human Rights Commission hunted for

Answer from the State Senior Officials demanding them to p

forward a comprehensive account regarding the incidents of rape a

action taken in each case

About 4 atrocious Rape cases have been reported in the State duri

the last 24 hours in which police initially did not take appropri
action

The Officiating Chairman of the State Human Rights Commissi

Justice Vishnu Sahai, while referring incident of Kannauj in wh

accused has blinded a girl in their attempt to rape her remarked th

the the horrible manner in which rape was committed, the culprits
such crimes need to be strictly dealt with
From August 1, 2011 Monsoon Session of Parliament begins

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will be held from the 1st

August to 8th September

Decision to this effect taken at a meeting of the CCPA (Cabin

Committee on Parliamentary Affairs) headed by the Finance Minis

Pranab Mukherjee

The Committee decided to suggest to the President to summon t

session from 1st of August 2011

17 new Clusters for Small, Medium industries to be set up by W

Bengal Government

17 new Clusters to be set up by the WB Govt for Small and Mediu

industries in the state
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A Report to be prepared on land available in the closed factories

the state and the quantity of idle land taken by a variety of industr
groups for setting up industries

Field trial of VVPAT in 5 states to be conducted by the Electi

Commission
VVPAT: Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail

The EC to conduct field trial of VVPAT in 5 states on the 24th Ju

2011

A few Political Parties recommended in October last year that t

Commission should consider introducing VVPAT system

This is to ensure a further verifiability and transparency in t

electoral system
VVPAT system: In this system when the voter presses the button for

candidate of his choice, a paper ballot containing the serial number, na

of candidates and symbol of candidate will be printed

All National and State Political Parties requested to appoint th

representatives for the virtual elections so that they can give th

views and opinion on the proposed system

VVPAT system already used in Venezuela and in some states of t

US
The 5 districts where the trials will be held areLeh
Thiruvananthapuram
East Khasi Hills in Cherrapunjee
East Delhi
Jaisalmer

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