Current Affairs search results for: "MANIPUR"

1. Centre keen on lifting AFSPA from northeast

Tags: National News

PM Narendra Modi said that AFSPA may be partially withdrawn from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland (from 1st April) due to peaceful conditions since 2014.

• AFSPA will now be applicable only in 31 districts and partially in 12 districts in four states of Northeast Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

• These four states together have 90 districts.

• AFSPA was withdrawn completely in Meghalaya in 2018, Tripura in 2015 and Mizoram in the 1980s.

• What is AFSPA?

• Armed Forces Special Powers Act, (AFSPA), gives armed forces the power to maintain public order in “disturbed areas.”

• It came into force decades ago in the context of insurgency in the northeastern states.

• It provides "special powers" to the army, air force and central paramilitary forces.

• The Act provides that if "reasonable suspicion exists", the armed forces may also arrest any person without warrant; May enter or search premises without warrant and prohibit possession of firearms.

• AFSPA is presently in force in areas falling under the jurisdiction of 3 districts of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and 8 police stations of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Assam.

• What are the Disturbed Areas?

• A disturbed area means which is declared by notification under Section 3 of the AFSPA.

• A region may be disturbed because of differences or disputes between members of different, racial, religious, language or regional groups or castes or communities.

• The Central Government or the Governor of the State or administrator of the Union Territory have power to declare the whole or part of the State or Union Territory as a disturbed area.

2. Manipur celebrates Khongjom Day at Khongjom War Memorial Complex

Tags: State News

Khongjom Day was celebrated on 23rd April at Khongjom War Memorial Complex at Khebaching in Thoubal District of Manipur.

• Khongjom Day is celebrated every year on 23 April in Manipur.

• This day is observed in the memory of the brave Manipur warriors who made the supreme sacrifice against the British in the battle of Khongjom during the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891.

• The day is celebrated annually by the Government of Manipur at Khongjom War Memorial Complex located in Thoubal district.

• The Khongjom War Memorial Complex, a historic war memorial site, houses the world's tallest sword statue built in memory of the soldiers who fought in the war.

• Anglo-Manipur War 

• The Anglo-Manipur War was an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur, which was fought from 31 March to 27 April 1891.

• This historic war started due to jealousy, discontent, distrust and discord among the princes of Manipur.

• This war was fought at Kheba hills of Khongjom in Manipur and hence the name of this day is Khongjom Day.

• After the war ended on 27 April 1891, Manipur was under direct control of the British.

• After this war, the British government prosecuted many people and sentenced them to death.

3. NITI Aayog's Energy Climate Index

Tags: National

NITI Aayog has released the State Energy and Climate Index - Cycle 1 (SECI) in which Gujarat has topped the list of large states while Goa has topped the list of smaller states.

• The index compares states and union territories based on several indicators and will encourage them to transition to energy.

• This index by NITI Aayog aims to rank the states and union territories on the basis of performance on six parameters, which include the performance of power distribution companies, energy efficiency and access to energy.

• According to the commission report, Gujarat is followed by Kerala and Punjab respectively. In this list, states like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand have been placed at the last position.

• Goa tops the index among smaller states. It is followed by Tripura and Manipur respectively.

• The objective of SECI Round-I is to rank the states and union territories on six parameters. These six parameters can be seen in the following points:

• Performance of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discoms),

• access, affordability and reliability of energy,

• clean energy initiative

• energy efficiency,

• sustainable environment and

• New initiatives are included.

• A total of 27 indicators are included in these standards.

• States and Union Territories will be able to compare their benchmarks using the index and will be able to develop better policy regimes.

• Chandigarh tops the Union Territories (UTs). This is followed by Delhi and Daman and Diu/Dadra and Nagar Haveli respectively.

• Punjab has been ranked first among large states as per DISCOM performance, while Kerala topped in energy access, affordability and reliability categories.

• Similarly, Haryana in the Clean Energy Initiative category and Tamil Nadu in the Energy Efficiency category has been the best among large states. This index is based on the figures of 2019-20.

Administrative Structure of NITI Aayog

Chairman: Prime Minister

Vice President: Rajiv Kumar at present appointed by the Prime Minister

Governing Council: Chief Ministers of all States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories.

Regional Council: The Prime Minister or a person nominated by him presides over the meeting of Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors to address specific regional issues.

Ad-hoc Membership: 2 ex-officio members on rotation from leading research institutes.

Ex-officio Membership: A maximum of four members of the Union Council of Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Secretary to the Government of India who is appointed by the Prime Minister for a fixed term.

Special Invitees: Experts from various fields nominated by the Prime Minister.

4. Yogi Adityanath sworn in second time as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Tags: Popular State News

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP ) leader  Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the  22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the Governor Mrs. Anandiben Patel on 25 March 2022. Yogi Aditya nath who was made Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017 was sworn in for the second time as the Chief Minister.

• The swearing in ceremony was held at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana cricket stadium , Lucknow. The ceremony  was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders and Ministers.
• The swearing-in ceremony was attended by the Chief Ministers of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the center . Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ,Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma , Uttarakhand Chief Minister  Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan , Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Das , Manipur Chief Minister  N.Biren Singh, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Karnataka Chief Minister  Basavraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Prema Khandu, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur were present during the ceremony.
•  52 ministers were sworn in including Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya as Deputy Chief Minister
• The BJP won 255 seats in the 403 Uttar Pradesh legislative Assembly which went to the polls in 2022. The alliance partner Apna Dal won 12 seats and the NISHAD party won 6. The total seats won by BJP and its alliances are 273.
  The election to constitute the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 10 February to 7 March 2022.
  
  

About Yogi Aditya Nath 

• Yogi Adityanath contested the assembly election from Gorakhpur Urban seat and won it by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sabhawati Shukla by a margin of 1,03,390 votes.

• He is a five time Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur constituencies (in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 )

• Yogi Adityanath has become the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to return to power after completing a full tenure of five years. 

• The last chief minister to win consecutive terms in Uttar Pradesh (undivided) was Narayan Dutt Tiwari in 1985. This makes Yogi Adityanath the first chief minister to retain power in 37 years.

• He was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand .

• In 2014 he became the head mahant of the Gorakhnath Math located  in Gorakhpur  after the death of mahant  Aavaidyanath. 

• The first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was Gobind Ballabh Pant (1950-1952) of the Congress party. 

5. N Biren Singh sworn as Manipur CM

Tags: Popular State News

Nongthombam Biren Singh of Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) was sworn in for the second term as the Chief Minister of Manipur on 21 March 2022. He was administered the oath of office by the Manipur Governor La Ganeshan .

• N. Biren Singh was the Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017-22 and  was reelected form his assembly constituency of  Heingang  at the recently held Manipur  legislative assembly election  2022.

• BJP won 32 seats in the 60 member Manipur Legislative Assembly election held  in two phases on 28 February and 5 March 2022.

• N.Biren Singh before joining politics was a footballer and a journalist . He played for the Border Security Force (BSF) football team.

• He is the 12th Person to be the Chief Minister of Manipur . The first Chief Minister was M.Koireng Singh.

6. BJP poised to form government in 4 states and AAP sweeps Punjab polls

Tags: National Popular

Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form governments in Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa while the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) swept away Punjab.

The general election to constitute a new legislative Assembly in the states of Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab  was held by the Election Commission of India  from 14 February 2022 to March 7 ,2022.

• Uttar Pradesh voted in 7 phases from February 10 to March 7 to elect 403 vidhan sabha members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

•  The 40-member assembly of Goa went to polls in a single phase on February 14.

• The 70 member assembly of Uttarakhand went to polls in a single phase on February 14. 

• The 117 member assembly of  Punjab went to polls in a single phase on February 20. 

• The 60 member assembly of  Manipur  went to polls in  two phases on 28 February and  5 March 2022.

In Uttar  Pradesh,the alliance partners of BJP were Apna Dal(Sonelal) and NISHAD Party(Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal") .The alliance partner Apna Dal won 12 seats and the NISHAD party won 6. The total seats won by BJP and its alliances are 273.

Notable winners of the Poll

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of BJP  won from Gorakhpur Urban seat by defeating Samajwadi Party’s Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla. This was the first time he contested an Assembly poll. 

• Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav  won the Karhal seat  by defeating the Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Satya Pal Singh Baghel.

• Manipur Chief Minister N.Biren Singh of BJP defeated Congress's P Sharatchandra from Heingang seat.

• Goa Chief Minister Pramod  Sawant  won the  Sanquelim assembly constituency seat  as he defeated Congress leader Dharmesh Saglani. 

Notable losers

• Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader, Pushkar Singh Dhamilost the election from Khatima to the Congress candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri.
• Punjab Chief Ministerand Congress Party (I) candidate  Charanjit Singh Channi contested from two constituencies and lost both . He was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) candidate Labh Singh Ugoke in the Bahadaur assembly seat. He also lost his traditional Chamkaur singh sahib seat to  his name sake ,Chanranjit singh Channi  of Aam Aadmi Party.
• Former Chief Minister of Punjab ,Captain Amrinder Singh who formed a new party, Punjab Lok Congress lost his Patiala Urban constituency to AAP's Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.
• Congress Party Punjab chief , Navjot Singh Sidhu lost the Amritsar East seat to AAP candidate Jeevanjyot Kaur
• Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya  was defeated by Pallavi Patel of Samajwadi Party in Sirathu constituency .

Pushkar Singh Dhami and Charanjit Singh Channi have resigned from their post .

Chief Election Commissioner of India : Sushil Chandra .

7. Padma Awards 2022

Tags: Awards National News

Ahead of Republic Day 2022, the Government of India on 25th January 2022 announced the Padma Awards. Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian awards of the country which is conferred in three categories, i.e. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

• A total of 4 Padma Vibhushans, 17 Padma Bhushans and 107 Padma Shri awards have been conferred this year. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
• These awards are conferred by the President of India at the ceremonial functions which are held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year.

Padma Vibhushan (4):

This award is awarded for exceptional and distinguished services.

• Former Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, India’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat, Hindustani Classical vocalist Prabha Atre and Radheshyam Khemka of Gita Press have been named for the Padma Vibhushan.
• Apart from Gen. Rawat, Singh and Khemka have been conferred the award posthumously.

Padma Bhushan (17):

This award is awarded for distinguished service of a high order.

Name	Field - State/Country
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Public Affairs - Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Victor Banerjee	Art - West Bengal
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous)	Art - Punjab
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Public Affairs - West Bengal
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran	Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo)	Trade and Industry - Telangana
Ms. Madhur Jaffery	Others-Culinary - United States of America
Shri Devendra Jhajharia	Sports - Rajasthan
Shri Rashid Khan	Art - Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi	Civil Service - Rajasthan
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella	Trade and Industry - United States of America
Shri Sundararajan Pichai	Trade and Industry - United States of America
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla	Trade and Industry -Maharashtra
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous)	Science and Engineering - Mexico
Ms. Pratibha Ray	Literature and Education - Odisha
Swami Sachidanand	Literature and Education - Gujarat
Shri Vashishth Tripathi	Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh

Padma Shri (107):

This award is awarded for distinguished service in any field.

Name	Field - State/Country
Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala	Trade and Industry - West Bengal
Prof. Najma Akhtar	Literature and Education - Delhi
Shri Sumit Antil	Sports - Haryana
Shri T Senka Ao	Literature and Education - Nagaland
Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo)	Art - Uttar Pradesh
Shri Subbanna Ayyappan	Science and Engineering - Karnataka
Shri J K Bajaj	Literature and Education - Delhi
Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam	Literature and Education - Tamil Nadu
Srimad Baba Balia	Social Work - Odisha
Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay	Science and Engineering - West Bengal
Ms. Madhuri Barthwal	Art - Uttarakhand
Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat	Literature and Education - Ladakh
Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar	Medicine - Maharashtra
Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi	Literature and Education - Punjab
Shri Pramod Bhagat	Sports - Odisha
Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri	Art - Tamil Nadu
Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia	Art - Sikkim
Shri Maria Christopher Byrski	Literature and Education - Poland
Acharya Chandanaji	Social Work - Bihar
Ms. Sulochana Chavan	Art - Maharashtra
Shri Neeraj Chopra	Sports - Haryana
Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary	Social Work - Assam
Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil	Sports - Kerala
Shri S Damodaran	Social Work - Tamil Nadu
Shri Faisal Ali Dar	Sports - Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi	Trade and Industry - Chandigarh
Dr. Prokar Dasgupta	Medicine - United Kingdom
Shri Aditya Prasad Dash	Science and Engineering - Odisha
Dr. Lata Desai	Medicine - Gujarat
Shri Malji bhai Desai	Public Affairs - Gujarat
Ms. Basanti Devi	Social Work - Uttarakhand
Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi	Art - Manipur
Ms. Muktamani Devi	Trade and Industry - Manipur
Ms. Shyamamani Devi	Art - Odisha
Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous)	Literature and Education - Gujarat
Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia	Social Work - Gujarat
Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve	Art - Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre	Medicine - Maharashtra
Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi	Art - Rajasthan
Shri Dhaneswar Engti	Literature and Education - Assam
Shri Om Prakash Gandhi	Social Work - Haryana
Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati	Literature and Education - Andhra Pradesh
Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous)	Literature and Education - Jharkhand
Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous)	Literature and Education - Bihar
Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru	Literature and Education - Odisha
Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous)	Art - Andhra Pradesh
Shri Ryuko Hira	Trade and Industry - Japan
Ms. Sosamma Iype	Others - Animal Husbandry - Kerala
Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia	Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Sowcar Janaki	Art - Tamil Nadu
Ms. Tara Jauhar	Literature and Education - Delhi
Ms. Vandana Kataria	Sports - Uttarakhand
Shri H R Keshavamurthy	Art - Karnataka
Shri Rutger Kortenhorst	Literature and Education - Ireland
Shri P Narayana Kurup	Literature and Education - Kerala
Ms. Avani Lekhara	Sports - Rajasthan
Shri Moti Lal Madan	Science and Engineering - Haryana
Shri Shivnath Mishra	Art - Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous)	Medicine - Madhya Pradesh
Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah	Art - Telangana
Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous)	Civil Service - Delhi
Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan	Art - Puducherry
Ms. R Muthukannammal	Art - Tamil Nadu
Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin	Others - Grassroots Innovation - Karnataka
Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik	Others - Agriculture - Karnataka
Shri Tsering Namgyal	Art - Ladakh
Shri A K C Natarajan	Art - Tamil Nadu
Shri V L Nghaka	Literature and Education - Mizoram
Shri Sonu Nigam	Art - Maharashtra
Shri Ram Sahay Panday	Art - Madhya Pradesh
Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya	Literature and Education - Thailand
Ms. K V Rabiya	Social Work - Kerala
Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi	Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
Shri Sheesh Ram	Art - Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ramachandraiah	Art - Telangana
Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao	Medicine - Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai	Social Work - Gujarat
Ms. Padmaja Reddy	Art - Telangana
Guru Tulku Rinpoche	Others - Spiritualism - Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar	Sports - Goa
Shri Vidyanand Sarek	Literature and Education - Himachal Pradesh
Shri Kali Pada Saren	Literature and Education - West Bengal
Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah	Medicine - Tamil Nadu
Ms. Prabhaben Shah	Social Work - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Shri Dilip Shahani	Literature and Education - Delhi
Shri Ram Dayal Sharma	Art - Rajasthan
Shri Vishwamurti Shastri	Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir
Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan	Literature and Education - Russia
Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous)	Literature and Education Karnataka
Shri Kaajee Singh	Art - West Bengal
Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh	Art - Manipur
Shri Prem Singh	Social Work - Punjab
Shri Seth Pal Singh	Others - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh	Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji	Social Work - Punjab
Dr. Bhimsen Singhal	Medicine - Maharashtra
Shri Sivananda	Others - Yoga - Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar	Science and Engineering - Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Ajita Srivastava	Art - Uttar Pradesh
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami	Others - Spiritualism - Goa
Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous)	Medicine - Maharashtra
Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar	Literature and Education - Haryana
Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi	Medicine - Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Lalita Vakil	Art - Himachal Pradesh
Ms. Durga Bai Vyam	Art - Madhya Pradesh
Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas	Science and Engineering - Gujarat
Ms. Badaplin War	Literature and Education - Meghalaya

Note:

• Former West Bengal Chief Minister buddhadeb Bhattacharjee turned down the Padma Bhushan.
• Veteran singer Sandhya Mukherjee refused to accept the Padma Shri.

8. Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura celebrate their 50th Statehood Day

Tags: State News

All three states received their full statehood on 21st January 1972 as per the provisions of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

From November 1956 till January 1972, Manipur and Tripura were Union Territories whereas Meghalaya was an autonomous part of the state of Assam.

The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, also created separate High Courts for Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura.

Meghalaya	Manipur	Tripura
Capital - Shillong Governor - Satya Pal Malik CM - Conrad Sangma Unicameral Legislature Anthem - Meghalaya Geet State Mammal - Clouded leopard  State Bird - Hill myna State Flower - Lady's Slipper Orchid State Tree - Gamhar	Capital - Imphal Governor - La Ganesan CM - N Biren Singh Unicameral Legislature Anthem - Sana Leibak Manipur State Mammal - Sangai  State Bird - Nongyeen State Flower - Shirui Lily State Tree - Uningthou	Capital - Agartala Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya CM - Biplab Kumar Deb Unicameral Legislature State Mammal - Phayre's Langur State Bird - Green Imperial Pigeon State Flower - Nageshwar State Tree - Agar

9. Birju Maharaj, the legendary Kathak dancer, dies at 83

Tags: National News

Pandit Birju Maharaj, the torchbearer of Lucknow's Kalka-Bindadin Gharana of Kathak, passed away at the age of 83.

• He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj, who served as court dancer in Raigarh princely state. 
• He also practiced Hindustani classical music and was a vocalist
• In 1964, he received the honorary Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and in 1986 he received Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian honor.
• He has choreographed for several films like Shatranj Ke Khiladi by Satyajit Ray till Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, Devdas, Bajirao Mastani, and many others.

Classical Dance form of India 

According to the government of India there are Eight classical dance form in India 

Dance  Origin /State 

Bharatnatyam:  Tamil Nadu 

Manipuri Dance : Manipur 

Kathak: North India, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan Delhi, Madhya Pradesh.

Odissi : Odisha 

Kathakali : Kerala 

Mohiniattam : Kerala 

Kuchipudi: Mainly Andhra Pradesh 

Sattriya : Assam 

10. Election Commission double the broadcast time for Parties

Tags: National News

Election Commission of India has decided to double the broadcast  time allotted to each National Party and recognized State Parties in poll bound states.

• The election commission order states that a base time of 90 minutes will be given to each national party and recognized state party of Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The facilities will be available from the regional kendras of All India Radio and Doordarshan.
• The earlier allotted time was 45 minutes.
• The time allotted to the recognized political parties in these states has been increased as due to the corona pandemic the emphasis is on avoiding rallies and maintaining  non physical contacts for campaigning

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