02-07-2024 - SM Monitoring Report
![महाराष्ट्र की पहली महिला मुख्य सचिव बनीं सौनिक](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/1715_1719909321_screenshot_2024-07-02_140433.png)
महाराष्ट्र की पहली महिला मुख्य सचिव बनीं सौनिक
First Women :- भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा (आईएएस) की अधिकारी सुजाता सौनिक को महाराष्ट्र की पहली महिला मुख्य सचिव बनीं। उन्होंने डॉ. नितिन करीर का स्थान लिया है। सुश्री सौनिक 1987 बैच की अधिकारी है।
![SEBI Notice To Hindenburg, Flags Kotak Fund Used To Short Sell Adani Enterprises](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6985_1719914185_1.jpeg)
SEBI Notice To Hindenburg, Flags Kotak Fund Used To Short Sell Adani Enterprises
Economy :- Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a show cause notice to Hindenburg Research LLC, Nathan Anderson, and the entities of Mauritius-based foreign portfolio investor Mark Kingdon for trading violations in the scrip of Adani Enterprises Ltd. leading up to Hindenburg Report and thereafter.
The regulator pointed out that the Hindenburg and the FPI entities undertook a misleading disclaimer that the report was solely for the valuation of securities traded outside India when it clearly pertained to listed entities in India.
![Union Government sponsors workshop on temples in Karnataka for engineering college faculty](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/9349_1719914507_screenshot_2024-07-02_152815.png)
Union Government sponsors workshop on temples in Karnataka for engineering college faculty
Goverment Schemes :- This is pitched as an initiative to familiarise people with Indian knowledge systems . The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), a division of the Ministry of Education of the Union Government, has sponsored a workshop for the faculty members of engineering colleges on ‘temple knowledge traditions’, with specific references to temples in Karnataka.
![Punjab government sent Amritpal Singh's application for parole to Lok Sabha Speaker](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/2404_1719915157_screenshot_2024-07-02_154136.png)
Punjab government sent Amritpal Singh's application for parole to Lok Sabha Speaker
Politics : Khalistan :- Punjab Government has sent an application to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla requesting the grant of parole for Amritpal Singh so he can take the oath as a Member of Parliament. Amritpal is currently detained in Dibrugarh Jail in Assam under the National Security Act.
![Afghan immigrant stabbed a bus driver in Swedan.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/3461_1719917346_grdxwsgb0aelbni.jpeg)
Afghan immigrant stabbed a bus driver in Swedan.
Islamization of Europe :- An Afghan immigrant stabbed a bus driver after the driver refused to let him ride for free. The incident occurred when the driver objected to the immigrant's request for a complimentary ride. Authorities are investigating the situation.
![Father Rape Minor daughter - He used to tell her, “All fathers do this to their daughters”](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6179_1719918722_grededfxuaa3bdh.jpeg)
Father Rape Minor daughter - He used to tell her, “All fathers do this to their daughters”
A Kerala Court has sentenced 43 year old Muhammed H., father of a minor girl who raped her for six years and finally impregnated her at 16, to 101 years in Jail along with a life imprisonment. Court says the man deserves “no mercy”.
![NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of reported discrimination by Foxconn.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/8864_1719918960_grededfxuaa3bdh.jpeg)
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of reported discrimination by Foxconn.
Initiatives for citizen, Tamil Nadu - Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices in excluding married women from job at its assembly plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
NHRC observes that the matter, if true, raises a serious issue of discrimination against married women causing the violation of the right to equality and equal opportunity.
Issues notices to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Labour & Employment and the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu seeking a detailed report within one week.
![New Yellow Dress Code for Ayodhya Ram Mandir Priests.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/1039_1719919248_grededfxuaa3bdh.jpeg)
New Yellow Dress Code for Ayodhya Ram Mandir Priests.
Sri Ram Mandir, Temple, Uttar Pradesh - The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, which manages the Ayodhya Ram Temple, has introduced bright yellow-coloured safa (headgear), chabandi (kurta) and dhoti for the priests, replacing the traditional saffron robes. Priests are now also barred from carrying smartphones into the garbhagriha or sanctum sanctorum.
![Pro-Kannada outfits have staged a protest demanding job reservations for locals.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/1953_1719919496_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
Pro-Kannada outfits have staged a protest demanding job reservations for locals.
Karnataka, Reservation, Politics - Members of several groups, including Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, participated in a protest march in Bengaluru.
They are also demanding job reservation for Kannadigas in Central government departments, whose offices are located in Karnataka. Demands included 100 per cent job reservations for low-category jobs in the private sector & demanded that an exam must be conducted for those staying in Karnataka for 15 years and those passing it should be considered Kannadigas.
![Gurfan stabs his girlfriend.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/1473_1719919852_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
Gurfan stabs his girlfriend.
Madhya Pradesh, Crime by Muslim - 17-year-old girl, Tamannah Qureshi, was brutally stabbed to death in a crowded marketplace in Jabalpur city of Madhya Pradesh by an accused identified as Gufran.
It is alleged that girl was ignoring gurfan. The whole incident was recorded in CCTV.
![SFI supporters attacks college principal at Gurudeva College of Advanced Studies in Kozhikode.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6602_1719920145_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
SFI supporters attacks college principal at Gurudeva College of Advanced Studies in Kozhikode.
Kerala, Kozhikode, Islamic Communist Nexus - The confrontation reportedly began over disagreements related to the arrangement of a help desk for degree admissions. The attack has left Principal Dr. Sunil Bhaskaran injured and hospitalized.
In 2016, SFI members made a mock grave for Dr N Sarasu on the day of her retirement as the principal of Victoria College in Palakkad. in January 2017, SFI members publicly burned the chair of the principal of Maharaja’s College in Kochi.
![After hijab, now Mumbai college bans jeans, T-shirt.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6997_1719920449_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
After hijab, now Mumbai college bans jeans, T-shirt.
Hijab Ban, Education, Dresscode, Initiatives for citizen - Acharya & Marathe College in Chembur issued a new dress code banning jeans and T-shirt, days after the Bombay High Court dismissed a plea filed by students of the college, challenging the institute’s dress code banning hijab and other religious identifiers that it issued last year in 2023.
![Universities To Take Appropriate Measures For Including NCC As Elective Subject.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/9495_1719920943_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
Universities To Take Appropriate Measures For Including NCC As Elective Subject.
Education, Initiatives for Citizen - The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a notification regarding the inclusion of NCC as an elective subject in Indian universities.
The notification also added that NCC as an elective subject can only be offered to students who are enrolled as NCC Cadets. The government has allowed students to take up NCC as an elective subject in colleges since 2021.
![Army inducts 1st-ever indigenous chip-based 4G station.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6179_1719921266_grededfxuaa3bdh.jpeg)
Army inducts 1st-ever indigenous chip-based 4G station.
Karnataka, Make in india, Defense - Chip-Based 4G Mobile Base Station, Which It Procured From Bangalore-Based Firm Signaltron. Signaltron has supplied 20 units to the army and the deployment of the base stations depends on their strategic requirement.
![BSF Guns Down Pakistani Intruder.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/3083_1719922254_cut_and_paste_album_of_charts_part_a_and_part_b_more_than_300_charts_.jpeg)
BSF Guns Down Pakistani Intruder.
Illegal Infiltration, Pakistan, Punjab, Terrorist - The Border Security Forces (BSF) gunned down a Pakistani intruder in Punjab on, July 1, 2024 As per security forces, the intruder was neutralised at the International Border in the Fazilka district of Punjab around 9.30 pm when he entered into Indian territory in the Abohar sector.
it is also being ascertained why he was entering the Indian border. His body has been taken into possession.
![Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover makes big discovery at Moon's Shiv Shakti Point.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/2464_1719922560_cut_and_paste_album_of_charts_part_a_and_part_b_more_than_300_charts_.jpeg)
Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover makes big discovery at Moon's Shiv Shakti Point.
ISRO, Chandrayaan 3, Innovation - Pragyan encountered numerous small rock fragments. These fragments were found scattered around the rims, wall slopes. Researchers noted an increase in both the number and size of rock fragments.
Findings could advance lunar exploration, support previous studies.
![5 officers of Public Service Commission suspended in UP.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/9010_1719922801_cut_and_paste_album_of_charts_part_a_and_part_b_more_than_300_charts_.jpeg)
5 officers of Public Service Commission suspended in UP.
Uttar Pradesh, High Court, Initiatives for citizen - A plea in the Allahabad High Court alleged that the answer sheets of Judicial Service Civil Judge (Junior Division) Main Examination-2022 were changed.
The High Court had then directed the commission to investigate the matter, which revealed that two bundles of 25 copies each had been mixed up.
![PIL plea in Madras High Court questions naming of 3 new criminal laws in Hindi and Sanskrit.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/6780_1719924207_-2-karnataka-reservation-until-2024-07-03-since-2024-07-01-search-x.png)
PIL plea in Madras High Court questions naming of 3 new criminal laws in Hindi and Sanskrit.
Judiciary, Tamil nadu, Politics - A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the Hindi names of the new criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 as ultra vires the constitution, the Official Language Act 1963, and the Tamil Nadu Official Language Act.
The petition, filed by Lawyer Ramkumar Adityan, said out of the 28 states and 8 union territories in the country, only 9 states and 2 union territories have Hindi as their official language.
![Gurfan stabs 17-year-old Tamannah to death for ‘avoiding him’](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/9928_1719924889_screenshot_2024-07-02_182205.png)
Gurfan stabs 17-year-old Tamannah to death for ‘avoiding him’
Crime Against Non-Muslim Women : Crime Against Women :- On July 01, 2024, a 17-year-old girl, Tamannah Qureshi, was brutally stabbed to death in Jabalpur city of Madhya Pradesh by an accused identified as Gufran. The police have launched an investigation and arrested the accused.
![People who call themselves Hindus have always indulged in violence and lies: Rahul Gandhi](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/7090_1719925708_screenshot_2024-07-02_182957.png)
People who call themselves Hindus have always indulged in violence and lies: Rahul Gandhi
Politics : Hindu Got Insulted :- On July 01, 2024 Rahul Gandhi during his parliamentary speech made controversial remarks on Hindus saying, “Those who call themselves Hindus only talk about violence.”
During his speech, Rahul Gandhi, said, “All our great men have spoken about non-violence and eliminating fear. But those who call themselves Hindu only talk about violence, hatred, untruth.”
Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to the Speaker on 02 July 2024 regarding removal of the statement from the records of the Lok Sabha.
On July 02, 2024 Rahul Gandhi Refuses to Apologise for 'Anti-Hindu' Remarks Made in the Lok Sabha .
![ZSI has recorded a new species of forest-dwelling horned frog in Arunachal Pradesh.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/9443_1719925973_screenshot_2024-07-02_183952.png)
ZSI has recorded a new species of forest-dwelling horned frog in Arunachal Pradesh.
Environment :- A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Led by Bhaskar Saikia and Bikramjit Sinha of ZSI Shillong, the team included K.P. Dinesh and A. Shabnam of ZSI Pune and Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor of ZSI Itanagar has recorded a new species of forest-dwelling horned frog in Arunachal Pradesh.
![Plea in Allahabad High Court against Rahul Gandhi election withdrawn](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/4791_1719926289_grdll-uwgaazvwa.jpeg)
Plea in Allahabad High Court against Rahul Gandhi election withdrawn
Politics :- The Allahabad High Court on 01 July 2024 refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha.
A Bench of Justice Ranjan Roy and Justice Om Prakash Shukla allowed the petitioner, a farmer from Karnataka, to withdraw the plea while granting him the liberty to pursue remedies under the Citizenship Act since the petitioner had disputed Gandhi's Indian citizenship.
![The Indian and Chinese armies remain in a standoff at the LAC.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/3027_1719926661_screenshot_2024-07-02_185035.png)
The Indian and Chinese armies remain in a standoff at the LAC.
Border Dispute : India-China Relation :- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) - China's armed forces - continues to strengthen its position along China's southern border with India.
The Indian and Chinese armies are still in a standoff along the Chinese border at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The standoff started in June 2020 when the Chinese, breaking all previous agreements signed in 1993 and 1996, clashed with Indian forces in Galwan Valley, killing 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers.
![Maharashtra introduce anti-paper leak law](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/7078_1719926894_screenshot_2024-07-02_185613.png)
Maharashtra introduce anti-paper leak law
Education : Paper Leak :- The Maharashtra state cabinet has cleared a draft bill to prevent question paper leaks during competitive examinations, which moots stringent punishment for violators, including intermediaries tasked with conducting such exams. Titled the Maharashtra Competitive Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, the bill mandates a jail term of 3-5 years and a fine up to ₹10 lakh for individual violators, while institutional violators will be liable for imprisonment for 3-10 years, a fine of ₹1 crore.
In June 2024, the Centre notified the rules to operationalise The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, an anti-cheating law passed by Parliament in February 2024.
![Madhya Pradesh CM proposes strict law to combat paper leaks](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/2453_1719926998_screenshot_2024-07-02_185925.png)
Madhya Pradesh CM proposes strict law to combat paper leaks
Education : Paper Leak :- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has announced new measures to combat paper leaks in the state, proposing a law with a 10-year jail term and Rs 1 crore fine, categorising it as a non-bailable offence.
![Muslim migrants beat man to death after he stopped them from raping a 15-year-old girl in Spain.](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/8366_1720008120_screenshot_2024-07-03_172902.png)
Muslim migrants beat man to death after he stopped them from raping a 15-year-old girl in Spain.
Islamization of Europe :- A Spanish man David Lledo, 39, was beaten to death with a baseball bat by 3 Moroccan Muslim migrants because he tried to save a girl (15) they were trying to rape.
David Ledo was brutally attacked, causing fatal injuries to his head, neck and torso. On 02 July 2024, some 1,000 people took to the streets to march in David’s honour.
The killers are a trio of squatters from Morocco who had ‘moved into’ the area a month ago – after taking over a luxury two-storey villa with a swimming pool in the upmarket Gata Residencial urbanisation.
![Indian Air Force inaugurates "Weapon System School"](https://media.thisdatethatyear.com/uploads/smcal/4736_1720093182_1.jpeg)
Indian Air Force inaugurates "Weapon System School"
Defense :- Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari on 02 Juluy 2024 inaugurated the newly established Weapon Systems School (WSS) at Air Force Station Begumpet, Hyderabad. This follows the approval for the creation of a new Weapon System branch in 2022.
This new cadre will cater to 4 specialization's namely:
✔️Weapon System Operators for twin seater aircrafts like Su30MKI
✔️Remotely Piloted Aircrafts
✔️Intelligence & surveillance
✔️Surface based weapons like missiles & CIWS.