22 November 2014 Current Affairs
Isro’s Mangalyaan Among Time Magazine’s ’25 Best Inventions of 2014′
Time Magazine released list of 25 Best Inventions 2014. Mangalyaan has been named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine which described it as a technological feat that will allow India to flex its “interplanetary muscles.” The list also includes two inventions of Indians for developing an exercise space for prisoners in solitary confinement called Blue Room and a tablet toy for kids called Osmo.
Maharashtra Govt Set Up All-party Committee To Review Issue Of Maratha Reservations
The Maharashtra Government set up an all-party committee to review the issue of Maratha reservations. The appointment of committee came up after Bombay High Court stayed 16 percent reservation to Maratha community and 5 percent to Muslims in education and jobs. The committee is headed by state Education Minister, Vinod Tawde will study the court order thoroughly and point out discrepancies. It will be corrected by amending the law in the upcoming winter session of Maharashtra Assembly.
United Nations Members Resolve To End Child Marriage
The United Nations agreed that all members should pass and enforce laws banning child marriages, resolving to end a practice that affects about 15 million girls every year. The committee of the 193-nation General Assembly that deals with human rights adopted by consensus a resolution urging all states to take steps to end “child, early and forced marriage.” There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday, many in conditions of poverty and insecurity, according to U.N. statistics. Child marriage among girls is most common in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger in West Africa, which has the highest overall rate, 77 percent of women between 20 and 49 were married before the age of 18. Bangladesh has the most girls who married under 15 and India is home to one third of all child brides worldwide.