14th APRIL 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Kerala introduces online Lok Adalat services for the first time in the country
- Kerala has become the first state to provide online Lok Adalat services. With this, it has been made possible to file petitions online and appear online. Kerala has introduced online Lok Adalat services with the aim of making it easier for everyone, especially those belonging to the marginalized communities, to access the justice system.
- Currently, online Lok Adalat sessions have been set up in Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode. However, the announcement that petitions can now be filed in the Lok Adalat online will break these barriers. This service will be fully implemented from the first week of May.
- In this way, facilities have been made for everyone to access the justice system, file petitions and appear for hearing through e-service centers in districts, talukas and panchayats.
- India has voted in favour of the world's first global carbon tax on the shipping industry, imposed by the United Nations' Shipping Agency. 62 other countries have also voted in favour of the carbon tax.
- The decision was taken at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London on Friday (April 11) after a week of intense negotiations. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships. It encourages technological innovation in a way that does not pollute carbon.
- The agreement is supported by 63 countries, including India, China and Brazil. But oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Venezuela are opposed. The US representatives did not participate in the negotiations at all. They did not participate in the vote either.
- DRDO tested the 30 kW MK-2(A) laser-guided energy weapon system in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool. This indigenously manufactured weapon system attacked and destroyed drones from a distance.
- The weapon system also intercepted several drone attacks and destroyed surveillance sensors. With this, the test was successful. By operating at lightning speed and hitting the target in a few seconds, it is the most powerful weapon system against drones.
- In the mixed team compound category, India's Jyoti Surekha-Rishabh Yadav won the gold medal by defeating Chinese Taipei by a score of 153-151 in the competition to be held in Florida, USA. With this, they have also qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
- This is the first World Cup gold for Rishabh Yadav. This is the 11th World Cup gold for Jyoti Surekha. In the men's team recurve event, the Indian team of Dheeraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Roy lost to the Chinese team by 1=5 points to win the silver medal.
