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By admin: Dec. 1, 2021

1. Supreme Court to allow setting up of medical board for Jayalalitha Death inquiry

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The Supreme Court said it will pass orders to allow the setting up of a medical board of AIIMS doctors to help Justice A. Arumugasamy Commission of Inquiry to gather the facts on the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterJayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital in Chennai in 2016.

  • Justice A. Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry was set up by the Tamilnadu Government in 2017 to inquire into the cause of death of the former Chief Minister of Tamilnadu J.Jayalalitha.
  • She died on 5 December 2016 at Apollo Hospital, Chennai.

By admin: Dec. 1, 2021

2. Accidental Death and Suicided Report 2020

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The National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB) released its report on ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ (ASDI) for 2020.

Highlights of the report:

  • The  road accidents and related deaths fell in the pandemic year, the number of deaths by suicides rose by 10% from 2019, taking the total figure to an all-time high of 1,53,052.
  • The coronavirus lockdown led to a fall in deaths caused by accidents. Accidental deaths fell by 11% from 2019 to 2020 to 374, 397, the lowest figure since 2009.
  • The number of deaths by suicide per lakh population in 2020 stands at 11.3%, up from 10.4% in 2019.
  • Daily wage earners made up the largest proportion of people who died by suicide in the country in 2020 at 24.6%, according to the ASDI report. 
  • Tamil Nadu was the state with the highest number of deaths by suicides among daily wage earners with 6,495, followed by Madhya Pradesh (4,945), Maharashtra (4,176), Telangana (3,831) and Gujarat (2,745).

National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB)

  • It is a government of India agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is responsible for collecting and analysing the crime data as per the Indian Penal Code(IPC) and other laws.
  • It is a repository of crimes and criminals in India 
  • It was set up in 1986.
  • Headquarters: New Delhi 

By admin: Dec. 1, 2021

3. Admiral R. Hari Kumar takes charge as the new Chief of Naval Staff

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Admiral R Hari Kumar became the 25th Chief of Naval Staff succeeding Admiral Karambir Singh. Admiral Kumar was the commander of the Western Naval Command before he was made the Navy chief. 

Indian Navy 

It is the Naval branch of the Indian Armed forces and the President of India is the supreme commander of the Navy.

The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral commands the Navy.

Headquarters: Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.

Motto(s): “शं नो वरुणः” (sham noVarunah). Translation: May the Lord of Water be Auspicious to us. Taken from Taittiriya Upanishad.

Established: 26th January 1950, 

Indian Navy Day4 December 

Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on December 4 to commemorate the attack on the Karachi harbour during the India-Pakistan war 1971 under operation Trident. 

Commands of Indian Navy:

Commands

Headquarters

Western Naval Command

Mumbai

Eastern Naval Command

Visakhapatnam

Southern Naval Command

Kochi

Andaman and Nicobar (tri-service)

Port Blair