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Table of Content
Pre- Mauryan Era Finds in Purana Qila 1
China’s Military Diplomacy in Southeast Asia 2
Mandatory Tobacco related Warning for OTT Platforms 6
World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector 9
Facts In News 11
Necrophilia 11
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) 11
Yuri Olefirenko 12
Lightweight Payments System 12
Shenzhou-16 (Tiangong Space Station) 13
City Investments to Innovate, Integrate & Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0) 14
Necrophilia
Syllabus: GS 1/2/Social Issues/Governance
In News
● The Karnataka High Court ruled that raping the dead body of a woman will not
come under the ambit of rape or unnatural offences under Sections 377
(unnatural sex) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code(IPC).
About Necrophilia
● It is defined as sexual attraction or sexual relations with corpses and dead
bodies.
● The act of necrophilia, though not defined as illegal by law in many counties
● It is deemed unnatural and frowned upon, also seen as a psychological disease.
● Global Scenario: Necrophilia is an offence in the United Kingdom, Canada,
New Zealand, and South Africa where necrophilia is an offence,.
● Status in India: Unfortunately in India no specific legislation is enacted, including
under the provisions of IPC.
Coutr’s recommendations
● High Court of Karnataka has recommended that the Union government amend
the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to bring necrophilia under the definition of the
offence of unnatural sex or introduce a new provision in IPC to make necrophilia
an offence.
● the Bench directed the State government to ensure CCTV cameras are installed,
mortuaries are regularly cleaned so that body is preserved in a proper manner to
maintain its dignity and that staff of mortuary are sensitised to handle bodies with
care in the mortuaries of all the government and private hospitals, to prevent an
offence against dead, particularly of women, within six months.
Source: IE
Yuri Olefirenko
Syllabus: GS 3/Defence
In News:
● Russia claimed it had destroyed the last major warship (‘Yuri Olefirenko’) of the
Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa.
About
● The Yuri Olefirenko is a medium-sized landing ship for troops and vehicles.
● First named “Kirovograd”, the ship was renamed in 2016 in honour of a Ukrainian
marine killed near Mariupol in 2015.
● Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decorated its crew in June 2022.
Source: TH