Global Study on Homicide 2019 by UNODC
●The Global Study on Homicide 2019 by UNODCHide — uploads.disquscdn.com
•UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime
•Asia, which accounts for 60% of the global population, recorded the lowest rate of homicide in 2017( accounted for 23% of total homicide victims worldwide)
•Americas had the highest homicide rate
•Homicide is the act of one human killing another
●Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA);-
~Is Supreme Court mandated body tasked with taking various measures to tackle air pollution in NCR [to protect & improve quality of environment ]
•Besides the chairman, the EPCA has 14 members, some of whom are the environment secretary of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council
●Uniform Civil Code (UCC);-
↪Is a proposal to have a generic set of governing laws for every citizen without taking into consideration the religion
•Article 44 of the Constitution says that there should be a Uniform Civil Code
•Reform family law;-{by Law Commission}
↪took a stand in favour of “equality ‘within communities’ b/w men & women” (personal law reform), “rather than ‘equality between’ communities” (UCC).
●National Youth Corps:
•National Youth Corps (NYC) is a scheme of the Department of Youth Affairs implemented through Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS).
•National Youth Volunteers (NYVs) are engaged under the scheme National Youth Corps (NYC) initially for a period of 01 year extendable upto 02 years on an honorarium of ₹ 5,000/- per month
●Kaushal Yuva Samwaad
•It is aimed at creating an open dialogue with the youth across all skill training centres to hear their views, ideas, opportunities and recommendations which could help the Ministry in scaling the existing programs and improve overall efficiency of its projects.
•Kaushal Yuva Samwaad is being organized across all Skill India training centres
●National Translation Mission (NTM):
•It is a scheme launched in 2008 which is being implemented through the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore.
•Objective: to establish translation as an industry in general and to facilitate higher education by making knowledge texts accessible to students and academics in Indian languages.[text books are being translated in all Languages of the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India]
•UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime
•Asia, which accounts for 60% of the global population, recorded the lowest rate of homicide in 2017( accounted for 23% of total homicide victims worldwide)
•Americas had the highest homicide rate
•Homicide is the act of one human killing another
●Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA);-
~Is Supreme Court mandated body tasked with taking various measures to tackle air pollution in NCR [to protect & improve quality of environment ]
•Besides the chairman, the EPCA has 14 members, some of whom are the environment secretary of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council
●Uniform Civil Code (UCC);-
↪Is a proposal to have a generic set of governing laws for every citizen without taking into consideration the religion
•Article 44 of the Constitution says that there should be a Uniform Civil Code
•Reform family law;-{by Law Commission}
↪took a stand in favour of “equality ‘within communities’ b/w men & women” (personal law reform), “rather than ‘equality between’ communities” (UCC).
●National Youth Corps:
•National Youth Corps (NYC) is a scheme of the Department of Youth Affairs implemented through Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS).
•National Youth Volunteers (NYVs) are engaged under the scheme National Youth Corps (NYC) initially for a period of 01 year extendable upto 02 years on an honorarium of ₹ 5,000/- per month
●Kaushal Yuva Samwaad
•It is aimed at creating an open dialogue with the youth across all skill training centres to hear their views, ideas, opportunities and recommendations which could help the Ministry in scaling the existing programs and improve overall efficiency of its projects.
•Kaushal Yuva Samwaad is being organized across all Skill India training centres
●National Translation Mission (NTM):
•It is a scheme launched in 2008 which is being implemented through the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore.
•Objective: to establish translation as an industry in general and to facilitate higher education by making knowledge texts accessible to students and academics in Indian languages.[text books are being translated in all Languages of the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India]
