CURRENT AFFAIRS 02 NOVEMBER 2024

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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: November 02, 2024

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World Numbat Day

World Numbat Day was established as a day to celebrate Western Australia’s unique mammal icon and to encourage people to take action to conserve the species. The first World Numbat Day was initiated by Project Numbat Inc. and celebrated in 2015. The day has been an annual event ever since.
It is possible for people who live in Australia to help numbats by encouraging responsible pet ownership, spreading the word about the marsupial’s plight and never removing hollow logs from the bush.

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GST receipts’ growth picks up again, but still off target

India’s Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections surpassed ₹1.87 lakh crore in October, marking the second highest monthly collections on record, with growth rebounding to 8.9% in October from September’s 40-month low uptick of 6.5%.
Net revenues, after factoring in refunds, grew at a slower pace of 7.9% to a tad over ₹1.68 lakh crore in October. However, this also marked a recovery from September’s growth rate of 3.9% which was the slowest so far in 2024-25.
Last month’s GST revenues were only eclipsed by the April 2024 collection of ₹2.1 lakh crore. Despite the improved growth figure, GST revenues so far continue to undershoot the Budget 2024-25 math, which factored in a rise of about 11% in net revenues.

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Ban on firecrackers goes up in smoke, winds come to national capital’s rescue

Air pollution in the national capital on Friday morning was 14 times higher than the permissible limit prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to the official data.
With city residents openly flouting the ban on firecrackers notified by the Delhi government on October 21, Delhi’s overall 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) settled at 339 (‘very poor’), up from 328 (‘poor’) a day earlier, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s official bulletin. A higher value of AQI suggests an increase in air pollution.
However, experts said the AQI had spiked even higher on the night of Deepavali but was mitigated by winds that blew across the Capital through the night.

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Goa Speaker dismisses plea to disqualify eight Congress MLAs who ‘defected’ to BJP

Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday dismissed the disqualification petition filed by the Congress against eight of its MLAs who had defected to the ruling BJP in 2022.
The disqualification petition was filed by former Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar against legislators Digambar Kamat, Aleixo Sequeira, Sankalp Amonkar, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rudolf Fernandes, and Rajesh Faldesai. The eight MLAs had joined the BJP on September 14, 2022, taking the ruling party’s strength in the 40-member Assembly to 28.
Mr. Chodankar, in his petition, had sought that the Speaker disqualify these eight MLAs under Para 2 of the 10th Schedule read with Article 191

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Elephant deaths: officials await autopsy reports; activist demands CBI probe

Post-mortem examinations and various other tests on all 10 elephants that have died since Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) have been conducted and the wildlife officials are now waiting for the results to ascertain the exact cause of death, officials said on Friday.

Post-mortem on nine elephants was performed on Thursday while one examination was conducted on Friday.

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Rajesh Kumar Singh takes charge as Defence Secretary

Rajesh Kumar Singh took over as Defence Secretary at South Block, New Delhi, on Friday. He took over from the incumbent, Giridhar Aramane, a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre who retired from service on Thursday after a two-year stint. Before taking charge, Mr. Singh laid a wreath and paid homage to the fallen heroes at the National War Memorial in New Delhi. He is a 1989-batch IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, and had assumed the charge as Officer on Special Duty (Defence Secretary-designate) on August 20. Earlier, Mr. Singh was holding the charge of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry.