7 August 2015 Current Affairs

Tripura assembly passes resolution against death penalty

Tripura Assembly passed a resolution on 7 August 2015 to request the Union Government to amend Section 302 of the IPC to abolish capital punishment. The resolution is apparently fallout of recent hanging of Yakub Memon, prime accused in Mumbai serial blasts.Congress MLA Jitendra Sarkar moved a motion in the assembly in its opening day on 7 August 2015 against death penalty and asked to replace it with life sentence unto death.


A Global Satellite ‘GlobalSat’ for DRR Dedicated to APJ Abdul Kalam

As a tribute to the vision of the celebrated rocket scientist and former Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, “GlobalSat”, a global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction has been dedicated to the former Indian President.The global satellite has been proposed under the UN framework. Dr.ApJ Abdul Kalam has died on July 27.This has been stated by Milind Pimprikar, Chairman of CANEUS (CANada-Europe-US-ASia) Organization on Space Technologies for Societal Applications headquartered in Montreal, Canada.Founded in 1999, CANEUS serves to develop a common platform for space technology solutions for natural and man-made disaster management.


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