Daily Current Affairs and GK | 4 September 2024
Main Headlines:
- 1. On September 3, the anti-rape ‘Aparajita’ bill was passed in the West Bengal Assembly.
- 2. In the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won bronze medal in the archery mixed team event.
- 3. World Bank increased India’s growth forecast for FY25 to 7%.
- 4. SEBI to implement a single corporate filing system across exchanges.
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Topic: State News/West Bengal
1. On September 3, the anti-rape ‘Aparajita’ bill was passed in the West Bengal Assembly.
- The proposed bill provides for the death penalty for persons convicted of rape if their acts result in the death or vegetative state of the victim.
- Additionally, it provides for life imprisonment without parole for those convicted of rape and gang rape.
- The title of this law is 'Aparajita Women and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Law and Amendment) Bill 2024'.
- The law aims to strengthen protection for women and children by amending and introducing new provisions relating to rape and sexual offences.
- Under the bill, an Aparajita Task Force will be formed, in which punishment will be given within 21 days of the preliminary report.
- Routes on which nurses and female doctors travel will be covered. For this, the state's govt has sanctioned Rs 120 crores.
- A two-day special session of the Assembly has been called on September 2, 2024, in the wake of the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.
- The bill was introduced by state Law Minister Malay Ghatak.
Topic: Sports
2. In the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won bronze medal in the archery mixed team event.
- The pair of Shital Devi and Rakesh Kumar won the bronze medal in the compound open archery mixed team event.
- The Indian team performed remarkably and defeated Italy's Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina with a score of 156-155.
- Sheetal Devi, 17, from Jammu district is the first and only active female archer in the world to participate in archery without hands.
- In another feat, Indian shuttler Suhas Yathiraj secured his second consecutive silver medal in the men's singles SL4 category at the ongoing Paris Paralympic Games.
- Suhas lost to local favorite Lukas Mazur with a scoreline of 9-21, 13-21.
(Source: News on AIR)
Topic: Economy/Banking/Finance
3. World Bank increased India’s growth forecast for FY25 to 7%.
- World Bank raised India’s growth forecast for Fiscal Year 2024-25 by 40 basis points to 7 per cent. Its earlier forecast was 6.6 per cent.
- The debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to decline from 83.9 per cent in FY23/24 to 82 per cent by FY26/27.
- The current account deficit is expected to remain at around 1-1.6 per cent of GDP up to FY26/27.
- In recent years, the global trade landscape has witnessed protectionism.
- India’s robust growth prospects along with declining inflation will help in reducing extreme poverty.
- India can boost its growth further by using its global trade potential.
- India should adopt a three-pronged approach for achieving the $1 trillion merchandise export target by reducing trade costs further, lowering trade barriers, and deepening trade integration.
Topic: Indian Economy
4. SEBI to implement a single corporate filing system across exchanges.
- SEBI will soon implement a single corporate filing system across stock exchanges.
- This new system will simplify the process for companies and ensure that investors receive timely and consistent information across all exchanges.
- It will reduce the burden on companies that have to file the same disclosure separately on multiple stock exchanges.
- This change means that once a company submits a disclosure to one exchange, it will become automatically available on other.
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