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The Supreme Court rejected the demand to remove the words secular-socialist from the Preamble of the Constitution. Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player ever in IPL history. Pension for the elderly resumed in Delhi.
Information about some major current affairs, which are important for students preparing for government jobs…
NATIONAL
1. Winter session of Parliament started: The winter session of Parliament started from today i.e. 25th November. This session will continue till December 20. There will be 19 meetings in this session lasting 26 days. 16 bills including the Waqf Amendment Bill have been listed for this session.
However, Parliament will not meet on 26th November on the occasion of Constitution Day. The Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949.
- Among the 16 bills that have been included in the agenda of Parliament, there are 5 new bills.
- The remaining 11 bills are already pending in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha.
- Along with these pending bills, there is also a bill related to cooperative university in the list of new bills.
- A total of five new bills, including the Waqf Bill and the Muslim Waqf (Repeal) Bill, a bill related to the establishment of a National Cooperative University, are to be presented for discussion and passing.
- The first batch of supplementary demands for grants will also be discussed during the session.
- The Punjab Courts (Amendment) Bill, Merchant Shipping Bill, Coastal Shipping Bill will also be introduced in this session of Parliament.
- Apart from these bills, Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, Bill relating to adjustment of representation of Scheduled Tribes in Goa Assembly, Railways (Amendment) Bill and Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill are already pending.
- Earlier, the government called an all-party meeting on November 24 in New Delhi to discuss the issue of ensuring smooth functioning of both Houses of Parliament.
- 42 leaders from 30 political parties participated in the meeting and leaders from each party gave their suggestions.
2. The Supreme Court rejected the demand to remove the words secular-socialist from the Preamble of the Constitution: The Supreme Court on November 25 rejected petitions seeking removal of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Constitution. In the hearing held on November 22, the court had reserved the decision.
These words were added during Indira Gandhi’s government.
- The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said – These words were included in the Constitution through the 42nd Amendment (1976) and are part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
- The bench said- The words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ recorded in the Constitution explain the basic characteristics of Indian democracy. It is not appropriate to remove them. Any attempt to separate the Constitution from its basic objectives is not acceptable.
- The petitions filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain and others said that inclusion of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Constitution is unnecessary and illegal. These words affect people’s personal freedom and religious sentiments.
- Actually, the Constitution was adopted in 1949. At that time there were no ‘socialists’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution.
- In 1976, during the government of Indira Gandhi, the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ were included in the Preamble of the Constitution under the 42nd Constitutional Amendment.
3. Union Minister Annapurna Devi launched the ‘No Excuses Now’ campaign: On November 25, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi launched the national campaign ‘No Excuses Now’ in New Delhi. The main objective of this campaign is to appeal to all stakeholders, such as the public and the government, to take proactive steps to end gender-based violence.
Under this initiative, the government will organize various programs and workshops to promote gender equality and protect women’s rights.
- This campaign will spread awareness in the society and inspire people to consider this serious issue.
- This initiative is a collaborative effort between the Ministries of Women and Child Development and Rural Development.
- It is also supported by UN Women, the United Nations agency dedicated to gender equality.
- This campaign has been launched along with the ‘Nayi Chetna 3.0 Campaign’ to widely spread the call to action to end gender-based violence.
- Globally, every year a 16-day activism campaign is observed from the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women i.e. 25 November to the Human Rights Day i.e. 10 December to raise awareness about ending gender-based violence.
- A film on #NoExcusesNow was also released, highlighting the need for accountability of all stakeholders, including every single citizen, to end gender-based violence.
SUMMIT
4. PM Modi inaugurates Global Cooperative Conference of ‘International Cooperative Alliance’ (ICA): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Co-operation Conference of the ‘International Co-operation Alliance’ (ICA) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 25 November. This conference will be held from 25 to 30 November 2024 and will be attended by representatives from different countries.
The objective of this program is to promote prosperity for all through cooperation.
- At the inauguration ceremony, PM Modi also released a commemorative postage stamp on the Year of International Cooperation-2025.
- This event is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Cooperation of the Government of India and the International Cooperative Alliance.
- The main theme of the program has been “Building Prosperity for All through Co-operation”, in which policy, entrepreneurship, and leadership will be discussed.
- The conference will also see the presentation of the Rochdale Pioneers Award 2025, which will honor individuals or organizations who have contributed to the development of cooperatives. Managing Director of IFFCO Limited said that the objective of this conference is to showcase the products of Indian farmers and cooperative societies on the global platform.
STATE IN NEWS
5. Pension for the elderly resumed in Delhi: Before the assembly elections in Delhi, the AAP government announced the resumption of the pension scheme for the elderly on November 25. 80 thousand new elderly people have been added to the scheme. Earlier 4.50 people used to get the benefit of this scheme. Now 5.3 lakh elderly people will come under the purview of this scheme.
Delhi government launched a portal for elderly people to apply for pension.
- Senior citizens between 60 to 69 years will be given Rs 2000 every month.
- At the same time, elderly people above 70 years will get Rs 2500 per month.
- The current tenure of Delhi Assembly ends on 23 February 2025. Elections may be held in the next two months.
- The last assembly elections were held in February 2020, in which the Aam Aadmi Party won an absolute majority and 62 out of 70 seats.
Sport
6. Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player ever in IPL history: The mega auction of the Indian Premier League 2025 is going on from November 24 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Bidding is being done for a total of 577 players. On the first day on Sunday, 72 players were sold and Team India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant dominated it. Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history so far.
On the first day of IPL 2025 mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants bought Rishabh Pant with a bid of Rs 27 crore, making him the most expensive player.
- Shreyas Iyer became the second most expensive player after Pant, he was bought by Punjab for Rs 26.75 crore.
- Shreyas Iyer, who made Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) the champion last season, was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.
- The 5 most expensive players of the auction were Indians.
- Venkatesh Iyer has become the third most expensive Indian. Kolkata bought him for Rs 23.75 crore.
- Yuzvendra Chahal is the most expensive spinner in IPL history. Yuzvendra was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore.
TODAY’S HISTORY
History of 25 November: On this day in 1867, Alfred Noble patented ‘Dynamite’. Dynamite is also called gunpowder. Apart from dynamite, Alfred has 355 patents in his name today. The Nobel Prize for Peace is given every year in the name of Alfred Nobel. This dynamite made Nobel famous and because of this he chose the path of peace. Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 in Sweden. Alfred’s brother Ludwig died in 1888. Then a French newspaper inadvertently printed that Alfred Nobel had died. Along with this, the newspaper strongly criticized him and called him ‘Merchant of Death’.
This troubled Alfred and he became engaged in peace work. When Alfred died on December 10, 1896, 8 years after this incident, the world was shocked to know that he had kept 94 percent of his movable and immovable property to reward those people who had contributed to peace, physics, chemistry. Have done best work in the fields of science, medicine and literature.
The tradition of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize began on 10 December 1901.
- In 2002, Lucio Gutierrez became the President of Ecuador.
- In 1987, Param Vir Chakra awarded Indian soldier Major Ramaswami Parameswaran passed away.
- Yashwantrao Chavan, the 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India and the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died in 1984.
- India’s famous female cricketer Jhulan Goswami was born in 1982.
- France launched its first satellite in 1965.
- STD facility of telephone was first used between Kanpur and Lucknow in 1960.
- Lebanon gained independence from France in 1941.
- Dynamite was patented by Alfred Noble in 1867.
- Allahabad High Court was inaugurated in 1866.
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