26 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs
Thai-Protests-2013
1) Which South East Asian country witnessed huge anti-government protests on 25 November, 2013 after which state of emergency was imposed in the capital? – Thailand (Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Thai capital Bangkok on 25 November in an effort to paralyse the government within three days and bring about a change in administration. Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seen as the de facto leader of the Pheu Thai party that leads the current government in Thailand. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is his younger sister. Suthep Thaugsuban, a former member of parliament with the opposition Democrat Party, led marches on government offices)
2) Who is the new defence lawyer in the ongoing case of Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, who has slammed the evidences in this case on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of this attack? - Rizwan Abbasi (Abbasi has been representing all seven accused in the case including Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba commander Zakiur Rehman. He took over the case after the exit of Riaz Akram Cheema. Abbasi said no concrete evidence was provided by the Indian authorities against any of the seven accused in jail)
3) The Centre and Nagaland government have recently landed into a constitutional row due to an act of the Nagaland govt. The Centre during November 2013 sent out a strong missive to the state govt. over this issue. This controversy arose after which decision of the Nagaland state govt.? – Nagaland state govt.’s assertion that it has right to independently exploit its natural resources (The issue at hand is the interpretation of Article 371-A of the Constitution relating to Nagaland. Nagaland govt. had in 2012 issued the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulation Act, under which it sought to regulate mining of natural resources)
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