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BENEVOLENT IAS ACADEMY, COIMBATORE (DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS) BENEVOLENT IAS ACADEMY #25, Sri Nagar, Hope College, Peelamedu (PO), Coimbatore – 641004.Ph: +91422-4521607, Cell: +91-9787731607, 9787701067/9787701068. Web:www.benevolentacademy.com.E-Mail:[email protected] Dated 29.01.2020 TODAY’S IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS UPSC-IAS|IPS|IFS (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) IN NEWS: US House passes bill on sanctions against Chinese officials for meddling in Dalai Lama’s succession EXAM POINT OF VIEW: GS Prelims and GS I (Essay) - International Relation and Disputes According to the bill, the succession or reincarnation of Tibetan Buddhist leaders, including a future 15th Dalai Lama, is an exclusively religious matter that should be decided solely by the Tibetan Buddhist community. Under the draft legislation, Washington would freeze any American asset and ban US travel of Chinese officials if they are found to be involved in “identifying or installing” a Dalai Lama approved by Beijing. Addressing the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the bill sends Beijing a clear signal that it will be held accountable for interfering in Tibet’s religious and cultural affairs. The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that authorises financial and travel sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of selecting the successor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet. Introduced by Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by the President, will also prohibit China from opening any new consulate in the US until Beijing allows Washington to open its diplomatic station in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. (Source: The Hindu) The Global Magnitsky Act allows the US to sanction foreign government officials implicated in human rights abuses anywhere in the world.
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#25, Sri Nagar, Hope College, Peelamedu (PO), Coimbatore – 641004.Ph: +91422-4521607, Cell: +91-9787731607, 9787701067/9787701068. Web:www.benevolentacademy.com.E-Mail:[email protected]
Dated 29.01.2020
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IN NEWS:
US House passes bill on sanctions against Chinese officials for meddling in Dalai Lama’s succession EXAM POINT OF VIEW: GS Prelims and GS I (Essay) - International Relation and Disputes
According to the bill, the succession or reincarnation of Tibetan Buddhist leaders, including a future 15th Dalai
Lama, is an exclusively religious matter that should be decided solely by the Tibetan Buddhist community.
Under the draft legislation, Washington would freeze any American asset and ban US travel of Chinese officials if
they are found to be involved in “identifying or installing” a Dalai Lama approved by Beijing.
Addressing the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the bill sends Beijing a clear signal that it will be held
accountable for interfering in Tibet’s religious and cultural affairs.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that authorises financial and
travel sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of
selecting the successor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.
Introduced by Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House
Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by the President, will also
prohibit China from opening any new consulate in the US until Beijing allows
Washington to open its diplomatic station in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.
(Source: The Hindu)
The Global Magnitsky Act allows the US to sanction foreign government
officials implicated in human rights abuses anywhere in the world.
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Further we may discuss about the Global Magnitsky Act.
What does the Magnitsky Act do?
The law was signed by President Barack Obama on December 14, 2012. In 2016, Congress enacted the
Global Magnitsky Act, which allows the US government to sanction foreign government officials
implicated in human rights abuses anywhere in the world.
Global Magnitsky Act.
The Magnitsky Act, formally known as the Russia and Moldova
Jackson–Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law
Accountability Act of 2012, is a bipartisan bill passed by the U.S.
Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in December
2012, intending to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of
Russian tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009.
Since 2016 the bill, which applies globally, authorizes the US government to sanction those who it sees
as human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them from entering the U.S
Reciprocal system
Last year, the US Congress passed the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, demanding that American
journalists, diplomats and tourists be given the same freedom to travel to Tibet that Chinese officials
have to travel freely in the US.
The bill also mandates the US State Department to begin collaborative and multinational efforts to
protect the environment and water resources of the Tibetan Plateau.
“We are protecting Tibet’s environmental and cultural rights:
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Alok Kansal appointed as new general manager of Western Railway
Alok Kansal appointed as the General Manager of the Western Railway (WR). Kansal is a 1983-batch officer of the Indian Rai way Service of Engineers (IRSE). Kansal was working as the principal executive director, civil engineering (Planning) at Railway Board. Central Rai way (CR) General Manager Sanjeev Mittal was holding the additional charge as WR GM. The post held by Anil Kumar Gupta, who retired in November 2019.
Indian environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev won the 2020 Tyler Prize
Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev won the 2020 Tyler Prize.
He won the Nobel Prize for the environment for his groundbreaking green economy work.
He acknowledged for his work on bringing the economic consequences of environmental degradation and loss to the attention of corporate and political decision-makers.
They will each receive a gold medallion and share a USD 200,000 cash prize.
Tyler Prize
The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is one of the oldest international environmental awards, recognizing individuals who have contributed outstandingly to the scientific knowledge and public leadership to preserve and enhance the global environment. Union Cabinet approves medical termination of pregnancy amendment Bill 2020
The Union Cabinet approved extending the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks. Medical Termination of Pregnancy
To amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The Bill will be introduced in the ensuing session of Parliament. While addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting. The upper limit for permitting abortions extended from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks.
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Jitendra Singh launches Bhuvan Panchayat V3 web Portal
Union Minister of State for PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Bhuvan Panchayat V3 web Portal that will enhance network application of gram panchayats. The Portal will function with the help of satellite technology developed by ISRO. Indian space technology
Indian space technology is designed to benefit every Indian household. The workshop on space-based information support for decentralized planning s will connect gram
panchayats and help the flow of information. The space technology is an essential tool to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of new
India. Central banks approves reduced fees for UPI RuPay payments
Central Banks in India approve that they will not charge a part of the fees on Unified Payments Interface UPI and RuPay card transactions as long as the merchant discount rate MDR remains zero following the government announcement. The move was discussed and approved in the NPCI steering committee meeting.
NPCI to remove multiple charges like interchange fees, payments service provider (PSP) fee, and switching fees. A bank, which used to get MDR from merchants for facilitating the payments, would pay interchange fees to the issuer bank and then pay a switching fee to the network NPCI along with a price to PSPs like PhonePe or Google-Pay. Unified Payments Interface
It is an instant real-time payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India facilitating inter-bank transactions.
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