Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 2 November 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.
Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 2 November 2022
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: 2 November
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2022:
Since 2013, the second of November has been celebrated as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI). The day came into existence when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution in December 2013. The day raises awareness of the impunity, or lack of punishment, for crimes against journalists. It took a couple of years of work and extensive lobbying from IFEX (formerly International Freedom of Expression Exchange) and others to get the Resolution for marking the day passed.
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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2022: Theme
High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Conference on the Safety of Journalists with the theme “Protecting Media to Protect Democracy” will be the primary event commemorating the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Vienna, Austria. This year’s slogan is Knowing the “Truth is Protecting the Truth”.
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2022: Significance
IDEI brings attention to crimes against media persons and how criminals often get away with such offences. To mark the day, states are urged to do their best to prevent violence against journalists, ensure accountability, and bring perpetrators to justice.
The day is significant as putting a stop to impunity for crimes against journalists is a pre-requisite to guaranteeing freedom of expression and upholding justice in society. Continued impunity does not just result in more murders. It is also a sign of increased conflict and the breakdown of the law and judicial system.
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: History
The date for IDEI was chosen to commemorate the November 2, 2013, assassination of two journalists in Mali. Al Qaida claimed responsibility for the death and kidnapping of French media workers Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont. The culprits remain unapprehended to this day. Official figures show a grim picture for other journalists as well. More than 1,200 journalists were killed between 2006 and 2020 for doing their jobs, according to UNESCO’s Killed Journalists Observatory. In 90% of these cases, the killer went unpunished. Observation of the day is especially important in India, where 2021 was one of the deadliest years for Indian journalists in the past decade. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, six journalists were killed in the country between 2021 and 2022.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina confers ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour on Edward M Kennedy
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina confers ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour on Edward M Kennedy: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina posthumously conferred the honorary ‘Friend of Liberation War’ award on former US Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Dhaka for his contribution to the liberation of Bangladesh.
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Why this honour is given to Edward M Kennedy?
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled the great contribution of Edward Kennedy Senior with gratitude. She said Kennedy senior took a courageous stand against the genocide of innocent Bengali people by Pakistan despite the US government’s role during the 1971 liberation war.
- Recalling the strong opposition mounted by Kennedy Senior against the US government policy of supplying arms to Pakistan, Prime Minister Hasina said that Kennedy worked hard to stop US military and economic aid to Pakistan till the end of the war. She recalled that Kennedy visited the refugee camps in West Bengal where a large number of people from the then East Pakistan had fled to escape from Pakistan army brutality.
- Earlier, Kennedy Jr., accompanied by his family, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence in Dhaka on Sunday. Ted Kennedy Junior, is a former member of the Connecticut State Senate, USA. He is currently on a seven-day visit to Bangladesh to join the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-Bangladesh relations.
Google Buys Twitter-Backed AI Avatar Startup Alter for $100 mn
Google Buys Twitter-Backed AI Avatar Startup Alter for $100 mn: Tech giant Google has acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup that was working on using AI to generate avatars for social media users and brands to express their virtual identity. According to TechCrunch, Google bought the startup for about $100 million in an attempt to improve its content game and compete with TikTok.
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About Alter:
The U.S. and Czech-headquartered, Alter started as Facemoji, a platform that offered plug-and-play technology for helping game and App developers add avatar systems to their Apps. Its investors include Play Ventures, Roos Ventures and Twitter, which invested $3 million in the startup. Facemoji later rebranded as Alter.
What Has Been Said:
Google reportedly purchased Alter, an AI Avatar Startup, two months ago, according to numerous media reports. However, they have not released any official statement regarding the same yet. Reportedly, some of the top executives of Alter have updated their LinkedIn profiles mentioning their collaboration with Google. However, they have not specifically hinted towards the acquisition. As per several media reports, a Google spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition of Alter by Google but has denied to unveil further details about the financial and transaction details.
Google’s AI Move:
Google has made significant investments in its AI technology in recent years. From language learning models to image generators, the company is putting AI at the center of its suite of products. With search, for example, Google is using AI to not only help people filter out bad results, but also to help those struggling with personal crises.
With its hardware, like the recently released Pixel 7, Google is integrating AI processing cores into the phone’s processor to better help process photos or translate speech. While Google’s social media aspirations fizzled out in 2018, it is finding renewed momentum with YouTube Shorts, the company’s short-form video platform meant to compete with Tik-Tok. Its possible Google Avatars could integrate with Shorts sometime in the future.
Formula-1 racing: Max Verstappen won Mexican Formula 1 GP 2022
Mexican Grand Prix 2022: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took first place at the Mexican Grand Prix 2022 to claim a record 14th victory of the season. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton placed second and third, respectively. Verstappen 14th victory of the season sees him pass Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for the most race wins in a single season in Formula One history. Verstappen is now the most successful driver in Mexican GP history, securing his fourth title. It was his 34th career race win & 14th of the 2022 season.
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Earlier in October, Verstappen claimed his second career world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, and last week he won the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, which saw him share the record for the number of season race wins. With his victory in Mexico, Verstappen also broke the record for the most points accumulated in a single season, previously set by Lewis Hamilton in 2019.
Recent Grand Prix 2022 Winner:
- US Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Japanese Grand Prix 2022- Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Singapore Grand Prix 2022- Sergio Perez (Mexico)
- Canadian Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Miami Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- French Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Spanish Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Hungarian Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Belgian Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Italian Grand Prix 2022 – Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Monaco Grand Prix 2022 -Sergio Pérez (Mexico)
- Australian Grand Prix 2022 – Charles Leclerc (Monaco)
- Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 – Charles Leclerc (Monaco)
- Austrian Grand Prix 2022 – Charles Leclerc (Monaco)
Gujarat Government Set Up Committee To Implement Uniform Civil Code(UCC)
Gujarat Government Set Up Committee To Implement Uniform Civil Code(UCC): Going to the Gujarat Assembly polls and waiting for the election schedule to be released, state home minister Harsh Sanghvi announced that the cabinet has decided to set up a committee to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.
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A Recent Phenomena:
Gujarat is the second BJP-ruled state after Uttarakhand to constitute a committee of experts on the UCC. The Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh and Assam have also supported the UCC’s proposal.
What Has Been Said:
Addressing a press conference in Gandhinagar, Union Minister Parshottam Rupala said, “From the days of our youth, we have been making demand for Ram Janmabhoomi, for (abrogation of) Article 370, for UCC. I want to congratulate and express my gratitude to Chief Minister Bhupendra Pate, he has taken the next step towards fulfilling an old demand of the BJP.” “Like Ram Mandir and Kashmir, this issue (of UCC) has been passed by the Gujarat government (in the cabinet). A committee will be formed soon and based on the committee’s report, the way for implementing this law will open up in the state of Gujarat.”
About The Committee:
The committee will be constituted under the leadership of a retired judge of the High Court. The Cabinet has empowered the Chief Minister to form the committee and it is likely to consist of three or four members. The scope of its work will also be decided.
Earlier Approach:
Since, family and succession laws come under the concurrent jurisdiction of the Centre and states, a state government can bring in a state law. But a uniform law across the country can only be enacted by Parliament. Earlier this month, the Center had told the Supreme Court that the matter would now be referred to the 22nd Law Commission.
Responding to petitions seeking uniformity in laws governing matters of divorce, succession, inheritance, adoption and guardianship, the Centre, in an affidavit, underlined that the Constitution obligates the state to have a Uniform Civil Code for citizens. It said citizens belonging to different religions and denominations following different property and matrimonial laws “is an affront to the nation’s unity”.
The government also told the Supreme Court that it cannot issue any direction to the legislature to enact any particular law. “This is a matter of policy for the elected representatives of the people to decide. It is for the legislature to enact or not to enact a legislation,” its affidavit stated.
The Prevailing Condition:
Article 44 of the Constitution – in Part IV which deals with Directive Principles of State Policy – states: “The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.”
Goa is the only state in India that has a uniform civil code regardless of religion, gender and cast. A former Portuguese colony, it inherited the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 that is still applicable in the state even after it joined the Indian Union in 1961.
Different personal laws are applied to other religious communities in other parts of the country. For instance, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is applicable to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 is applicable to matters related to Parsis, the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 for Christians and the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 is applicable to Muslims in personal matters.
French Open 2022 Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag won men’s doubles title
French Open 2022 Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag won men’s doubles title– India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the French Open Super 2022 badminton tournament men’s doubles title after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in straight games 21-13, 21-19 in the final, in Paris. With that, Satwick and Siragos also won their first Super 750 and second BWF World Tour titles this year.
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This was their fourth BWF World Tour title, although the previous three had been low-level tournaments. Their first Hyderabad Open 2018 was a Super 100 tournament while Thailand Open 2019 and India Open 2022 were both Super 500 events. The win also makes Chirag and Satwiksairaj the first Indian doubles pair to clinch a BWF Super 750 crown. The duo had also made it to the 2019 French Open final but lost the title decider to Indonesian aces Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
UP’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve Becomes 53rd Tiger Reserve of India
UP’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve Becomes 53rd Tiger Reserve of India: The fourth and 53rd tiger reserves in India will be located in Uttar Pradesh. The tiger reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km out of which the core area is 230.32 sq km and the buffer area is 299.05 sq km. Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate change Bhupendra Yadav confirmed the development.
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UP’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve Becomes 53rd Tiger Reserve of India- Key Points
- Besides Ranipur, Uttar Pradesh has three tiger reserves namely Dudhwa, Pilibhit, and Amangarh.
- Uttar Pradesh government approved the development of the first tiger reserve in the Bundelkhand region of the state on 28th September 2022.
- The UP government has also approved the notification of the Ranipur Wildlife Protection Act, 1973.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also decided to establish the Ranipur Tiger Conservation Foundation along with sanctioning of requisite posts.
- Ranipur Tiger Reserve is covered by northern tropical dry deciduous forests and is home to mammals like megafauna tiger, leopard, bear, spotted deer, sambhar, and chinkara among others.
- According to the state government, the establishment of a tiger reserve in Ranipur will open up eco-tourism in the region and create immense employment opportunities.
Assam’s eminent artist Neel Pawan Baruah passes away
Assam’s eminent artist Neel Pawan Baruah passes away: Neel Pawan Baruah, one of Assam’s most famous artists, passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 84. Baruah was born in Jorhat to Assam’s eminent poet Binanda Chandra Baruah, popularly called ‘Dhwani Kobi’, and Labanya Prava Baruah. An alumnus of Santiniketan’s Kala Bhawan, Baruah was a versatile artist with his oeuvre ranging from painting, pottery, mask-making and writing poetry.
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He studied glazed pottery in Sriniketan after receiving his degree in fine arts, and he also worked for a while at the Garhi Studio in New Delhi. An artist who often experimented with different media, Baruah has left a rich legacy of sketches on cigarette packets and matchboxes which has been displayed at many exhibitions in the state and across the country.
Notably: In 2021, the Government of Assam awarded him the ‘Assam Sourav’ award. He was married to Dipali Barthakur, the ‘Nightingale of Assam’, who passed away on 21 December.
Supreme Court Bans Two-Finger Test
Supreme Court Bans Two-Finger Test: On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court reiterated its ban on the “two-finger test” in rape cases, warning individuals who use such tests are guilty of misconduct. Observing that the test was based on a patriarchal mindset that assumed that sexually active women could not be raped, the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli regretted that such a method of examination was being used even.
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What Did The Honorable SC Said:
“This court has time and again deprecated the use of two finger-test in cases alleging rape and sexual assault. The so called test has no scientific basis. It instead re-victimises and re-traumatises women. The two finger test must not be conducted. The test is based on an incorrect assumption that a sexually active woman cannot be raped. Nothing can be further from the truth.”
The bench directed the Union Health Ministry to ensure that victims of sexual assault and rape are not subjected to two-finger tests. “The probative value of a woman’s testimony does not depend on her sexual history. It is patriarchal and sexist to suggest that a woman cannot be believed when she states that she was raped merely because she is sexually active,” the bench added.
The apex court made the remarks while deciding an appeal filed against the Telangana High Court judgment quashing the conviction recorded by the trial court in a rape case.
What Is the Two-Finger Test:
A “per vaginal” or two-finger test is an explicitly intrusive physical examination wherein a doctor inserts two fingers inside the vagina of a rape survivor to check if the hymen is intact or not. It examines the laxity of vaginal muscles in order to determine if the woman has engaged in or has been subjected to sexual intercourse – a proof of virginity. In some cases, it is done by inspecting the size of a vaginal opening and for tears in the hymen.
Erstwhile Judgement Of SC:
In May 2013, the Supreme Court imposed a ban on two-finger testing of rape victims, saying it violated their right to privacy. The court had asked the government to provide better medical procedures in order to confirm sexual assault.
In 2018, UN Human Rights, UN Women, and the World Health Organization called for a ban on two-finger testing to eliminate violence against women. They declared it a “medically unnecessary, often times painful, humiliating and traumatic practice that must end.”
Yet, the two-finger test continues to be practised in some cases. In 2018, an Indian Air Force officer at the Air Force Administrative College, Coimbatore, accused her batchmate of rape and also alleged that she was subjected to a prohibited ‘two-finger test’ to confirm sexual assault.
Central Vigilance Awareness Week is observed from 31st October to 6th November 2022
Central Vigilance Awareness Week is observed from 31st October to 6th November 2022: The week that includes October 31st, the late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday, is known as Vigilance Awareness Week and is observed by the Central Vigilance Commission. The theme of this year’s Vigilance Awareness Week, which runs from October 31 to November 6, 2022, is “Corruption-free India for a Developed Nation.”
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As a precursor to Vigilance Awareness Week 2022, the Central Vigilance Commission had carried out a three-month campaign highlighting certain preventive vigilance initiatives as focus areas for all the Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations.
The following are some of the six focus areas:
a) Property Management
b) Management of Assets
c) Record Management
d) Technological Initiatives comprising two parameters
- Website Maintenance & updation
- Identification of new areas for service delivery for customers to be brought on the online portal and initiation of steps for creating an Online platform.
e) Updation of guidelines/circulars / Manuals wherever found necessary
f) Disposal of complaints
About the Vigilance Awareness Week:
During the Vigilance Awareness Week, public meetings will be held at district and block levels involving students, youth, educators, serving and retired government officials. officials, self-help groups, NGOs and civil society members in order to raise public awareness against the menace of corruption and gain the support of all stakeholders in anti-corruption campaigns.
Further, debate, quiz, cartoon, slogans, painting, rangoli & poster competitions on anti-corruption theme amongst the school and college students have been planned. Public rallies, walkathon and marathon etc. involving students and different sections of society will also be organised at different places to raise awareness.
About the Central Vigilance Commission:
- According to the Central Vigilance Commission Act of 2003, the Central Vigilance Commission is responsible for policing public administration for integrity and fighting corruption.
- It is charged with monitoring all vigilance activities under the Central Government and advising various authorities in Central Government and organizations under it, in planning, executing and reviewing their vigilance work in order to bring out systemic improvement in governance.
- In addition, the Commission works to educate the general public, particularly the youth, on the importance of establishing transparency, accountability, and corruption-free governance through its outreach initiatives.
