Current Affairs 13th October 2018

Current Affairs 13th October 2018 - Important Points

• Panel is set up to look into all #MeToo cases by - WCD Ministry
• International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018 observed globally on - 13th October 2018
• India elected to UN Human Rights Council with highest votes on - 12th October 2018

Current Affairs 13th October 2018 - Details

Panel is set up to look into all #MeToo cases by - WCD Ministry

Maneka Gandhi, WCD Union Minister announced to set up a four member panel  to investigate all #MeToo cases on 12th October 2018. This information was shared by WCD minister through tweet where she clearly mentioned that such kind of sexual harassment and mental trauma is beyond imagination and has to be dealt with zero tolerence at work places specially.

Important Highlights

• Senior Judicial and legal persons will be the part of this panel.
• Under the campaign #MeToo, whatever the cases are rising , they will be  examining them.

Did you know?
This #MeToo campaign was started in 2017 as a hashtag on Twitter.

International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018 observed globally on - 13th October 2018

The International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed globally on 13th October 2018 to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. The day celebrated how people and communities around the world are minimizing their exposure towards disasters and raising awareness about the risks associated with them. This day was celebrated with the theme of the 2018 International Day for Disaster Reduction was ‘Reducing Disaster Economic Losses’.

India elected to UN Human Rights Council with highest votes on - 12th October 2018

India was elected on 12th October 2018 to the United Nations' Human Rights Council ' for a period of 3 years starting from 1st January 2019.

India secured 188 votes in the Asia-Pacific category which is the highest number of votes among all other candidates. After this election, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said that India's win with the highest number of votes reflects the country's standing
in the international community.

Important Highlights

• The UN General Assembly having 193 members, held elections for new members to the UN Human Rights Council.
• The countries needed a minimum of 97 votes in order to get elected to the Council.
• 18 new members were elected to UNHRC by absolute majority conducted through a secret ballot.
• India bagged the highest number of votes among all 18 countries in the five regional categories.
• In the Asia Pacific category, India received 188 votes followed by Fiji with 187 and Bangladesh with 178 votes.
• The new members will be serving a term of three years beginning 1st January 2019.