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दहेज प्रथा का उन्मूलन एक आवश्यक संवैधानिक, सामाजिक आवश्यकता है: सर्वोच्च न्यायालय

समाचार में

  • सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने दहेज-विरोधी कानूनों के प्रवर्तन को सुदृढ़ करने हेतु प्रणालीगत निर्देश जारी किए।

    • सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के निर्देश 

  • न्यायिक निगरानी: उच्च न्यायालयों को आईपीसी की धारा 304-बी (दहेज मृत्यु) और 498-ए (क्रूरता) के अंतर्गत लंबित मामलों की शीघ्र निपटान हेतु निगरानी करनी होगी, तथा अनुपालन समीक्षा के लिए निर्णय का प्रसार करना होगा।
  • प्रशासनिक प्रवर्तन: राज्यों को दहेज निषेध अधिनियम, 1961 की धारा 9 के अंतर्गत दहेज निषेध अधिकारी (DPOs) नियुक्त करने और उन्हें पर्याप्त संसाधन उपलब्ध कराने होंगे, साथ ही उनके संपर्क विवरण व्यापक रूप से प्रसारित करने होंगे।

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    विकसित भारत – रोजगार और आजीविका मिशन (ग्रामीण) की गारंटी: वीबी जी राम जी विधेयक, 2025

    संदर्भ 

  • ग्रामीण विकास तथा कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री ने लोकसभा में विकसित भारत – रोजगार और आजीविका मिशन (ग्रामीण): वीबी जी राम जी विधेयक, 2025 प्रस्तुत किया।

    • परिचय  

  • यह विधेयक महात्मा गांधी राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोजगार गारंटी अधिनियम, 2005 (मनरेगा) को प्रतिस्थापित करेगा।
  • यह कदम “मांग-आधारित ढाँचे” से “आपूर्ति-आधारित योजना” की ओर बदलाव को दर्शाएगा।

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    News In Short 15-12-2025

    Context

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India, on his 75th death anniversary (15 December 1950).

    • About

  • Born on October 31, 1875, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel served as independent India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister. 
  • He is widely regarded as the architect of India’s national integration and a key force behind the establishment of modern civil services, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
  • He headed various Constitutional Committees, such as Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Committee on Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas, Provincial Constitution Committee.

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    Push for Public Sector Bank Reforms

    Context

  • The Union Budget 2026–27 is expected to unveil a policy direction on the next phase of public sector bank (PSB) reforms based on two parallel tracks—Consolidation 2.0 and calibrated dilution of government ownership.

    • What are the Reforms?

  • Consolidation 2.0: The government is considering merging the five smallest PSBs with mid-sized banks with objectives to;
  • To create banks with sufficient scale, balance sheet strength, and market presence.
  • To reduce fragmentation in the PSB landscape.

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    ICMR Adopts Demow Model for National Snakebite Prevention

    Context

  • The Demow Model from eastern Assam’s Sivasagar has been chosen as one of the successful systems of snakebite prevention and management under a project sanctioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
  • The project, called the Zero Snakebite Death Initiative: Community Empowerment and Engagement for Mitigation of Snakebite Envenoming.

    • Snakebite Envenoming

  • The snakebite envenoming (poisoning from snake bites) was classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a high-priority neglected tropical disease.
  • An estimated 1.8 – 2.7 million people worldwide are envenomed annually. 
  • Snake Bites in India: In India, around 90% of snake bites are caused by the ‘big four’ among the crawlers – common krait, Indian cobra, Russell’s viper and saw scaled viper.

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    Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill

    Context

  • The Union Cabinet has approved the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.

    • About

  • The bill proposes a unified regulator for higher education, replacing existing statutory bodies such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
  • UGC oversees non-technical higher education, the AICTE oversees technical education and the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers’ education.

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    Govt Strengthens Framework Against Fake News

    Context

  • The Information and Broadcasting Minister said that the government has strengthened the framework to combat fake news and deep fakes across media platforms.

    • About

  • Fake news is known as information that is false or misleading and presented as news. 
  • Deep Fakes are digital media — video, audio, and images, edited and manipulated using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  • They incorporate hyper-realistic digital falsification and can be used to damage reputations, fabricate evidence, and undermine trust in democratic institutions. 

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    Amendment of Insurance Laws Bill, 2025

    Context

  • The Union Cabinet approved the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025.

    • About

  • The Bill seeks to revamp India’s insurance framework, proposing changes to the: Insurance Act, 1938, the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and the IRDAI Act, 1999.
  • Aim: Modernisation, wider coverage and stronger regulatory oversight.

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    Courts Must Protect, Not Regulate Free Speech

    Published on: 15th December, 2025

    Recent observations by the Supreme Court in Ranveer Allahbadia vs Union of India (2025), where the Court suggested the creation of new regulatory mechanisms for online content, have revived a critical constitutional debate: Should courts merely protect free speech, or can they legitimately shape its regulation?”

    संक्षिप्त समाचार 15-12-2025

    संदर्भ

  • प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने भारत के लौह पुरुष सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल को उनकी 75वीं पुण्यतिथि (15 दिसंबर 1950) पर श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की।

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  • सरदार वल्लभभाई  पटेल का जन्म 31 अक्टूबर 1875 को हुआ तथा स्वतंत्र भारत के प्रथम उपप्रधानमंत्री और गृह मंत्री रहे।
  • उन्हें भारत के राष्ट्रीय एकीकरण का शिल्पकार और आधुनिक सिविल सेवाओं, विशेषकर भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा (IAS) की स्थापना के पीछे प्रमुख शक्ति माना जाता है।

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