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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  General Studies-01 Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead. News: Nationally renowned journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, 55, known for her firebrand writing on social issues, was shot dead by unidentified assailants, right outside her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in west Bengaluru. Beyond News: Earlier she was punished for defaming a political leader (6 months & 10,000 fine). She got bail from higher court recently. 2 years ago,another writer MM kalburae killed in a similar way near his house. The police are analyzing footage from two CCTV cameras installed at her house and believed that they may hold vital clues. They said that she had neither complained to the police of any threats to her life nor sought security. General Studies-02 Modi’s 10 ‘noble…

CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  India thanks Switzerland for support in global fora{IR} News: India thanked Switzerland for its support in global multilateral organisations. Sought greater cooperation to ensure bilateral financial transparency and thanked the Swiss government for its support to India’s membership bid for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Beyond these, Note down following:- Important achievements Swift recognition of Indian independence, Treaty of friendshsip, Diplomatic supports, Trade & economic co-operation being 3rd largest from asia & largest trading partner, Switzerland’s investments like 11th largest investor & associated job creation..etc Future scope tourism, Automatic exchange of financial accounts information, Co-operation in Climate change, Development in railway system..etc [sociallocker id="2087"] [/sociallocker] GDP growth boards slow train at 5.7%{Indian Economy} News: India’s GDP grew at 5.7% between April…

CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Privacy ruling to have bearing on beef ban cases: SC{Rights Issues} Nb: Hindu Limited this issue to a sentence,This is from Indian express. News: A day after a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that right to privacy is a fundamental right, a two-judge bench of the court observed that the privacy ruling will have a bearing on the Maharashtra beef ban case pending before it. Beyond news: “The judgment will have some bearing on these cases,” the bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan remarked while hearing cross-appeals against the Bombay High Court order decriminalising possession of beef in case the animal was slaughtered outside the state even as it upheld the ban on slaughtering of…

CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Citizen vs State {Rights Issues} News: In a rare unanimous verdict pronounced by nine judges, the Supreme Court has ruled that privacy is a fundamental right that requires constitutional protection. Beyond news: This restatement of first principles became necessary mainly due to a strange and perverse argument by the Union government in the course of the hearings on the validity of its Aadhaar-based unique identity scheme that privacy is not a fundamental right. The fact that all the judges unanimously came down on this argument shows how much the government misunderstood the constitutional underpinnings of privacy as a value in itself and as an ineluctable facet of human dignity. The government argued that privacy is “so amorphous as to defy description”, that…