Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 17 August 2022

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FIR registered against school teachers in Pune under Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) over thrashing Class 10 students.

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Corporal Punishment (CP) means punishment that is physical in nature.
There is no statutory definition of CP targeting children in the Indian law.
Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ to children and makes it punishable offence.
JJA prescribes punishment for cruelty to children.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) guidelines
Constitute Corporal Punishment Monitoring Cell.
Develop mechanism and frame protocols to address grievances of students.

Addressing the seventh meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre, New Delhi, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi heralded the collective efforts of all the States in the spirit of cooperative federalism as the force that helped India emerge from the Covid pandemic.

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The Governing Council discussed the agenda items which included crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds, pulses and agri-commodities, implementation of the National Education Policy and urban governance.
In his closing remarks, the Prime Minister said that each state should focus on promoting its 3Ts, Trade, Tourism, Technology, through every Indian Mission around the world.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar on August 4 has participated in the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
Both parties deliberated on ways to elevate ASEAN-India cooperation in the post pandemic era, including enhancing cooperation in areas of smart agriculture, healthcare, new & renewable energy, digital inclusivity and fintech.

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ASEAN is an intergovernmental organization of 10 countries aimed primarily at promoting economic growth and regional stability among its members.
ASEAN is located at the Centre of Indo-Pacific from where 50% of the global trade passes through. Thus, having huge strategic importance.
2022 marks 30 years of ASEAN-India relations and it has been designated as ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
ASEAN is India’s fourth largest trading partner that accounts for 10.6% of India’s overall trade.
ASEAN is at centre of India’s ‘Act East policy’ and ‘Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)’.
India is a member of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which focuses on political and security dimensions for ASEAN.

As a part of the celebrations during Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Communication is hosting the International Telecommunication Union’s Regional Standardization Forum (RSF) for Asia and Oceania region on 8 August 2022 in New Delhi.

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The theme of the Forum is “Regulatory and Policy aspects of Telecommunications/ICTs”.
The Forum will be succeeded by four-day meeting of International Telecommunication Union-T Study Group 3 Regional Group Asia and Oceania (ITU-T SG3RG-AO) from 09th August 2022 to 12th August 2022.

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has initiated a project to recognise the prior skills of 75,000 people and upskill them in association with the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

About Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):

Component of Skill India’s flagship scheme PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana).
It is an assessment process used to evaluate a person’s existing skill sets, knowledge and experience gained either by formal, non-formal or informal learning.

The Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath has said that the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV failed to place the satellites in the intended orbit due to sensor anomaly.

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SSLV-D1-EOS 02 launched had placed the satellites into 356kmX76 kms elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit.
Due to which the two satellites remained unstable and are no longer usable.
However after reaching an altitude of 356 kms there was a failure of logic to identify sensor failure and go for the salvage motion. Hence the launch vehicle developed an anomaly.
The ISRO Chairman has said that a team of experts will go deeper to find out the reason for this isolation.