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Prelim Bits 25-03-2017

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March 25, 2017

Fishing communities in India           

States

Fishing Communities

Gujarat

Kharvas, Kolis and Macchiyaras

Maharashtra

Kolis

Karnataka

Mogaveeras

Kerala

Mukkuvar, Anjootty, Dheevera, and Pooislan

Tamil Nadu

Pattinavars, Mukkuvars, and Paravas

Andhra Pradesh

Vadabalijas, Jalaris, Pattapu, and Palles

Odisha

Vadabalijas, Jalaris,  Kaibartas, Khandayats, and Rajbhansis

West Bengal

Kaibartas

 

Law Commission Report

  • Recently, law commission has submitted its 267th report following SC's request to examine ways to arm the Election Commission to crack down on hate speech in 2014.
  • In the report, Law Commission has defined Hate Speech as " It is any word written or spoken, signs, visible representations within the hearing or sight of a person with the intention to cause fear or alarm, or incitement to violence".
  • It also proposed a new law - The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2017, to make speech inciting hatred and speech that causes fear, alarm or provocation of violence, a criminal offence under IPC.
  • Law commission is an executive (non-statutory) body created by the government from time to time.
  • The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted every three years. Accordingly, 21st law commission was constituted in 2015 headed by Justice Balbir Singh for the period of 2015 to 2018.
  • Law Commission is requested to work upon specific issues and submit its views assigned by the Law ministry and the Supreme Court on various occasions.

 

INS Vikramaditya

  • INS Vikramaditya is a Kiev class aircraft carrier which was commissioned by Russian Navy in 1987 under the name Baku.
  • It was later renamed as Admiral Gorshkov and later offered to India in 2004.
  • It is the biggest and heaviest ship to be operated by the Indian Navy.
  • Recently, Indian Navy has successfully launched the first trial of the recently installed Surface-to-Air missile system from its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
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