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Current Affairs April 2015Seychelles becomes 161st member of World Trade Organisation

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Seychelles, an archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became the 161st member of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO). It is one of the smallest nations among the WTO members.This approval by WTO ended Seychelles 20-year long wait to become a member of WTOsince it had applied for WTO membership in May 1995.Seychelles also became the 33rd government to accede to the rules-based multilateraltrading system through Article XII negotiations since the WTO was established in 1995.The President of Seychelles, James Michel had signed the legal instrument for theisland nation to the WTO on March 25, 2015 a day after the accession protocol wasratified by the Seychelles National Assembly.As per the WTO rules, the 30-day countdown to its WTO membership was activated onMarch 27, 2015 and Seychelles officially became a WTO member on April 26, 2015.It should be noted that the Protocol of Accession was signed by former Seychelles’Minister of Trade, Finance and Investment Pierre Laporte and WTO Director General (DG)Roberto Azevedo.Tags: Seychelles • WTO

Union Cabinet gives nod to amendments in the Prevention of CorruptionAct, 1988

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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod toamendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), 1988 by pursuing the Preventionof Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013.The proposed amendments in the bill to amend parent Act mainly aim at laying downmore stringent measures to tackle corruption.It also seeks to fill in the perceived gaps in the domestic anti-corruption law as per theUnited Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).Key Amendments

Proposes more stringent punishment for the offences of bribery, both for the bribegiver and the bribe taker.Enhances punishment from the minimum 6 months to 3 years and from the maximumfive years to seven years.Extends the protection of prior sanction for prosecution to public servants who cease

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to hold office due to retirement and resignation.Non-monetary gratification is also be covered within the definition of the wordgratification in the PCA 1988.

BackgroundThe Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was introduced in the Rajya Sabhain August 2013. But the Bill was not passed in Rajya Sabha.The amendment Bill incorporates the recommendations given by the 20th LawCommission headed by Justice (retd) AP Shah in its 254th Report in order to bring anti-corruption law in line with the UNCAC.Tags: Bills And Amendments • Cabinet Decisions • Narendra Modi

Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr. Ananda Kumar won 2015 Whitley Awards forwildlife conservation

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Two Indians, Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr Ananda Kumar have been awarded with theprestigious 2015 Whitley Awards for their contribution to wildlife conservation indeveloping countries.Both of them received a Whitley prize worth 35000 pound along with seven otherenvironmentalists at a ceremony in Royal Geographical Society, London.Dr. Pramod Patil was awarded for his work to protect the iconic great Indian bustard(GIB) in the Thar Desert.While, Dr Ananda Kumar received this award for developing innovative communicationsystems namely Elephant Information Network (EIN) has enabled human-elephantcoexistence in southern India.

About Whitley AwardThe Whitley Award was established in 1994 by Edward Whitley and given by theWhitley Fund for Nature (WFN).Every year, the award recognises and celebrates effective national and regionalconservation leaders across the globe.

The award is also dubbed as Green Oscar.

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