1. Nirbhay, the subsonic cruise missile developed by the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), failed again on Friday
when it lost control after about 12 minutes of flight and fell into the Bay of
Bengal.
2. Sex ratio falls to 898 girls per 1,000 boys Activists say
law against prenatal gender determination not working.
Newly released CRS data show that the sex ratio of
registered births fell from 909 in 2011 to 908 the next year and 898 in 2013.
Manipur and Haryana do particularly badly, as do Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and
Rajasthan. There are, demographers caution, problems with using CRS data on the
sex ratio. For one, it counts registered births only and since girls are less
likely to be officially registered than boys, the sex ratio derived from the
CRS is artificially depressed.
3. SC Bench strikes down National Judicial Appointment
Commission Act as ‘unconstitutional and void’ the collegium system remains
operative
4.Israel ‘upset’ over India’s ties with Palestine.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed
unhappiness with India’s “lenience” towards Palestine to President Pranab
Mukherjee. At a State lunch hosted by Mr. Netanyahu here on Thursday, he told
Mr. Mukherjee that Israel expects India to change its stand towards Palestine,
according to a person who was present at the lunch.
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