{"id":54683,"date":"2019-12-17T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54683"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T06:28:56","slug":"auto-draft-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/auto-draft-21\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 December 17th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-what-is-the-un-body-that-has-criticised-india-for-new-citizenship-act-6167392\/\">Explained:\nWhat is the UN body that has criticised India for new citizenship Act?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\nexpressed concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act for being fundamentally\ndiscriminatory in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nOffice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is the principal UN entity\non human rights. It is a part of the UN Secretariat. <\/li><li>It was established in 1993 and\nis headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li><li>Its mandate is to promote and\nprotect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and put\nforward in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948<\/li><li>The High Commissioner heads\nOHCHR&nbsp;and leads the United Nations&#8217; human rights efforts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United Nations Human Rights Council\n(UNHRC)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations\n system made up of 47 States. It was established in 2006 and is\n headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li><li>UNHCR is responsible for integrating human rights into all\n areas of its work and works closely with the OHCHR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\ntakeaways from CoP 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: UNFCC CoP25 concluded in Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\ntakeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>No agreement on carbon markets<\/strong>: No agreement was reached on Article 6 of\nthe Paris Agreement. Article 6 establishes the Sustainable Development\nMechanism (SDM) as a new carbon market instrument for the period after 2020<\/li><li><strong>Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), 2<\/strong>020: The index developed by Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and\nClimate Action Network (CAN), ranked USA and Saudi Arabia as topmost polluters.\nIndia was ranked 9<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li><li><strong>\u201cOcean deoxygenation: Everyone\u2019s problem\u201d:<\/strong> The report by IUCN noted that levels of oxygen in the oceans fell\nby around 2% from 1960 to 2010.<\/li><li><strong>Global Climate Risk 2020 report<\/strong>: The\nreport by Greenwatch, ranked Japan, the Philippines and Germany at the top for\noverall climate vulnerability in 2018. India was ranked 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li><li><strong>Global Carbon Budget 2019<\/strong>: In 2018, the\nglobal carbon dioxide emissions were dominated by emissions from China (28%),\nthe USA (15%), the EU (9%) and India (7%)<\/li><li><strong>Launch of Platform of\nScience-based Ocean Solutions: <\/strong>It aims to enhance the sharing of knowledge created by various actors in\nthe ocean and climate community to advance ocean-climate action<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>State of Global Climate Report 2019<\/strong>:\nReleased by World Meteorological Organization\u2019s (WMO), the report noted that the\nglobal average temperature in 2019 (January to October) was about 1.1 degrees\nCelsius above the pre-industrial period.<\/li><li><strong>Emission Gap Report<\/strong>: UNEP released\nEmission Gap Report which noted that at the current pace, the world is heading\nfor a 3.2\u00b0C temperature rise.<\/li><li><strong>Climate Ambition Alliance:<\/strong> 73 countries\njoined the Climate Ambition Alliance which was launched by Chile in September\n2019. It aims to accelerate the transformation needed to meet the goals of the\nParis Agreement.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/mhas-article-371-position-damps-bjps-rhetoric-in-jammu\/article30322766.ece\"><strong>Article 371<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and J&amp;K administration\u2019s has\ngiven separate statements on Article 371<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 371, contained in XXI of the Constitution,\ngrants some temporary, transition and special provisions to some states in\nIndia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\n <strong>Article<\/strong>\n <\/td><td>\n <strong>State<\/strong>\n <\/td><td>\n <strong>Provision<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371\n <\/td><td>\n Maharashtra and Gujarat\n <\/td><td>\n Governors of the states are given special\n responsibilities to set up development boards in regions such as Vidarbha,\n Marathwada, Kutchh etc.\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371A\n <\/td><td>\n Nagaland\n <\/td><td>\n Parliament cannot legislate in matter relating to\n religious\/social practices of Nagas, Naga customary law and procedure,\n transfer of land&amp; resources\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371B\n <\/td><td>\n Assam\n <\/td><td>\n President may provide for the constitution and\n functions of a committee of the Assembly consisting of members elected from\n state\u2019s tribal areas.\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371C\n <\/td><td>\n Manipur\n <\/td><td>\n Same as Assam\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371D &amp; E\n <\/td><td>\n Andhra Pradesh\n <\/td><td>\n 371D: Safeguards local people rights in matters of\n employment and education\n 371E: Parliament may by law provide for the\n establishment of a University in Andhra Pradesh.\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371F\n <\/td><td>\n Sikkim\n <\/td><td>\n Legislative Assembly must consist of not less than\n 30 members, seats provided to different sections in Sikkim.\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371G\n <\/td><td>\n Mizoram\n <\/td><td>\n Same as Nagaland\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371H\n <\/td><td>\n Arunachal Pradesh\n <\/td><td>\n Legislative Assembly must consist of not less than\n 30 members. The governor will have special responsibility with respect to law\n and order in the state.\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371I\n <\/td><td>\n Goa\n <\/td><td>\n Legislative Assembly must consist of not less than\n 30 members\n <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n 371J\n <\/td><td>\n six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region\n <\/td><td>\n Equitable allocation of funds, equitable\n opportunities in government jobs and education.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explained: What is the UN body that has criticised India for new citizenship Act? News: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act for being fundamentally discriminatory in nature. Facts: About Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) It is the principal UN entity&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/auto-draft-21\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 December 17th, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":48116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-brief","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/9-PM-Brief.png?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913715},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}