Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 22-09-2022

Consider the following statements with regards to the proceedings in the judiciary:

1) At present, no High Court in India provides live streaming of its proceedings.

2) On the day of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana’s retirement, the Supreme Court streamed its proceedings live.

3) USA Supreme Court has rejected pleas for broadcast of its proceedings, but it allows audio recording and transcripts of oral arguments.

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Consider the following statements with respect to death penalty in India:

1) Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) requires a judge to hear the accused after conviction on the question of sentence, and then pass sentence on him according to law.

2) In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled in ‘Bachan Singh v State of Punjab’ case that after the conviction, a separate sentencing hearing would be held, where a judge would be persuaded on why the death sentence need not be awarded.

3) In ‘Dattaraya v State of Maharashtra’, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment on the grounds that an adequate sentencing hearing was not held.

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‘Operation Octopus’, ‘Operation Double Bull’ and ‘Operation Thunderstorm’ are related to which of the following?

Consider the following statements with regards to the UN charter:

1) Since the UN’s founding in 1945, the mission and work of the Organisation have been guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter, which has been amended three times in 1963, 1965, and 1973.

2) The UN Charter codifies the major principles of international relations, from sovereign equality of States to the prohibition of the use of force in international relations.

3) It was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organisation, and came into force on 24 October 1945.

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In the context of which one of the following are the terms 'pyrolysis and plasma gasification' mentioned? (CSE Prelims-2019)