15th April 2022 important Current affairs for UPSC | BPSC | UPPSC

1. Palmking butterfly

Recently, the rare butterfly Palmking (Amathusia phidippus) was sighted for the first time in Tamil Nadu. 

 2. Neptune: Anti-ship Cruise Missile

Recently, Ukraine claimed that it has damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet Flagship ‘Moskva’ by Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles. 3. Traditional New Year Festivals

The President of India has greeted people on the eve of Chaitra Shukladi, Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Vaisakhi, Vishu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi and Puthandu-Pirappu and Bohag Bihu. These festivals of the spring season mark the beginning of the traditional new year in India. 

4. Human rights report about India released by US.

The US State Department released a strong and critical report on human rights in India in 2021.

 Defintion of the Human rights Section 2(1)(d) of the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993 defines Human Rights as the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India. National Human Right Commission: 

 Appointment: The chairman and members are appointed by the President on the recommendations of a six-member committee consisting of the Prime Minister as its head, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, leaders of the Opposition in both the Houses of Parliament and the Union Home Minister. 

 Tenure: The chairman and members hold office for a term of three years or until they attain the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. 

Powers of NHRC:

• It has all the powers of a civil court 
• It has no power to punish the violators of human rights, nor to award any relief including monetary relief to the victim. 
• It is not empowered to act when human rights violations through private parties take place. 

5. Solomon Islands signed security deal with China

The Solomon Islands is part of the ethnically Melanesian group of islands in the Pacific and lies between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. 

A recent leaked document has revealed that the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific has reached a deal with China which outlines an unprecedented level of security cooperation. 

 Quiz Time 

 1. Where is Solomon Island located? 

         a) North Pacific ocean 

         b) South Pacific ocean 

 2. Which of the following is not correct about National Human Right commission? 

        a) The tenure of the chairman is 3 years. 

        b) It has the power to award monetary awards to the victims. 

 3. Recently, in which of the following states a rare butterfly Palm king was sighted. 

        a) Arunachal Pradesh 

        b) Tamil Nadu