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Daily Current Affairs – 5 May, 2026

    West Bengal Tea Workers Invoke ILO Article 24

    Context

  • Tea plantation workers in West Bengal have raised issues of labour rights violations with the International Labour Organization (ILO) by invoking Article 24 of the provisions.

    • About

  • Concerns of Workers: They have alleged systemic labour rights violations despite India’s ratified conventions.
  • They cite starvation deaths, severe malnutrition, non-payment of wages and dues, lack of minimum wage and discrimination against women and Adivasi workers.
  • The Article 24 enables industrial associations of employers or workers to file a representation against any member state that has failed to secure the effective observance of a ratified ILO convention within its jurisdiction.
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    Geoengineering Approach to Stabilise Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)

    Context

  • A recent study from Utrecht University examines whether constructing a dam across the Bering Strait could help stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

    • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)

  • The AMOC is a vast ocean current system in which warm, salty surface water flows northward, cools, becomes denser, sinks in the North Atlantic, and then returns southward at deeper levels.
  • The AMOC is essential for regulating the Earth’s climate, as it redistributes heat from the tropics to higher latitudes and helps maintain temperature balance across regions.
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    Supreme Court on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026

    Context

  • Recently, the Supreme Court of India flagged the critical issues like Self-identification vs State verification and Welfare targeting vs individual dignity in Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.

    • Background: Legal Evolution of Transgender Rights in India

  • NALSA Judgment, 2014: It recognised transgender persons as the ‘third gender’, and affirmed right to self-identification without medical intervention. It established self-determination as a core constitutional value.
  • It is linked gender identity to Article 21 (Right to Life and Dignity).
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    Fall in Reservoir Levels in Eight States

    Context

  • The Central Water Commission (CWC), which monitors 166 reservoirs and 20 river basins across India, has flagged a sharp decline in water levels in its latest data.

    • About

  • Water levels in India’s major reservoirs have fallen to below 40% of total capacity.
  • Several reservoirs have reached critically low or zero levels. In Bihar, the Chandan dam has run completely dry.
  • Most of India’s 20 river basins are now operating between 30% and 60% of capacity, with only a few above that range. 
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    IMF Paper: Digitalisation reforms improved MSME productivity in India

    Context

  • A recent working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted how India's public administration digitalization reforms have improved productivity in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

    • Major Highlights

  • The business environment reforms undertaken in India between 2010-11 and 2014-15 were mainly through digitalisation of business-related public administration.
  • The paper lists reforms into six areas: tax systems, construction permits, environment and labour compliance, inspections, commercial disputes and single-window clearances.
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    Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 

    In News

  • Recently, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court reiterated an important legal principle while reviewing a case under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh. 

    • Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 

  • The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 was enacted to correct historical injustices faced by forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers by legally recognizing their long-standing dependence on forests for livelihood, habitation, culture, and survival.
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    News In Short 05-05-2026

    Context

  • UNESCO has partnered with the Government of Sikkim to document indigenous Ru-Soam (cane bridge) engineering practices.

    • About Ru-Soam Bridges

  • Ru-Soam are traditional cane bridges built by the Lepcha community.
  • These bridges are constructed using locally available natural materials such as bamboo, cane, and wood.
  • They demonstrate a high level of ecological understanding and structural resilience suited to mountainous terrain.
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