13.03.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM

• US state department concerned about those not in NRC

• The US state department in a report raised concerns over fate of persons excluded from the national register of citizens in Assam.

• In its annual report on human rights, the US report said NRC exclusions have “lead to uncertainty over the status of these individuals, many of whose families had lived in the state for several generations.

• The remark had, at the time, created some disquiet in Bangladesh over whether India might push these eventually stateless persons into their country, already battling an influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

INTERNATIONAL

• India stands worlds 2nd largest arms importer says SIPRI

• According to the latest report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014–18 and accounted for 5%of the global total. Saudi Arabia which holds the long-held tag as largest importer accounted for 12% of the total imports during the period. 
• Russiaaccounted for 58% of Indian arms imports in 2014–18, compared with 76% in 2009-13. Israel, the U.S., and France all increased their arms exports to India in 2014-18.
• The Russian share in Indian imports is likely to sharply go up for the next five-year period as India signed several deals including S-400 air defence systems, four stealth frigates, AK-203 assault rifles, a second nuclear attack submarine on the lease, and deals for Kamov-226T utility helicopters, Mi-1

• UK Parliament rejects Prime Minister’s Brexit deal for a second time

• UK Members of Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May‘s Brexit deal, which sets out the terms of the UK’s exitfrom the European Union(EU), for the second 
• MPs voted by 391 to 242 to reject the deal.
• The UK is due to leave the EU on March 29.
• Brexit is an abbreviation for “British” and “exit” referring to the UK’s decision in a June 23, 2016 referendum to leave the European Union (EU).
• The UK joined the European Communities (EC) in 1973 under the Conservative government of Edward Heath.

Gk bit – Difference between Europeun Union and Schengen area

• The European Union (EU)is a political and economic union of 28 member states.The EU has developed an internal tariff-free single market and ensures the free movement of all EU citizens between the 28 countries.
• The Schengen Area is an zone made up of 26 European stateswhich have officially abolished passport and other types of border control at their mutual borders. For visitors to the EU it effectively means that the Schengen Area acts as a singular country,
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