29th January Current Affairs

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29th January Current Affairs legacyias.com/29th-january-current-affairs/ January 29, 2020

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African Cheetahs to prowl Indian forests Mysuru police step in after FB post on child marriage EU motion calls CAA ‘discriminatory’ Defying U.S., U.K. gives 5G role to Huawei Trump unveils West Asia plan, Palestinians protest

AFRICAN CHEETAHS TO PROWL INDIAN FORESTS Why in news? The Supreme Court lifted its seven-year stay on a proposal to introduce African cheetahs from Namibia into the Indian habitat on an experimental basis.

Earlier verdict of SC: In May 2012, the top court had stalled the plan to initiate the foreign cheetahs into the Palpur Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh fearing they may come into conflict with a parallel and a much-delayed project to reintroduce Asiatic lions into the same sanctuary. The court was also worried whether the African cheetahs would find the sanctuary a favorable climate as far as abundance of prey is concerned Asiatic Cheetah once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Kyzyl-Kum Desert, Pakistan and India, but has been extirpated there during the 20th century and surviving today only in Iran

MYSURU POLICE STEP IN AFTER FACEBOOK POST ON CHILD MARRIAGE Why in news? Thanks to a Facebook post of a schoolgirl, the marriage of a 11 ​year​old girl has been averted in Mysuru

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