12-10-22 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has inked a pact with the Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (NLCIL) for purchase of 400 MW from the proposed Talabira power plant in Odisha.

In August, the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission had given the go-ahead for procuring power from the coal-based Talabira plant for a period of 25 years.

NLCIL is developing a 2400-MW power station at Talabira. Since it is to be a ‘pit-head’ station, the cost of power will be relatively low.

Chief Lalits recommendation to the government would start the process for appointment of Justice Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India.If the government approval comes through, Justice Chandrachud would be the first second-generation Chief Justice of India. His father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India and one of the longest serving ones.

Justice Chandrachuds years in The Supreme Court has seen his hand in almost every notable judgment of the court. His erudite verdicts and dissents on the Bench were marked by a reformist approach, especially in the arena of civil liberties, individual and womens rights.

His latest judgment had held thatsingle Women are equally eligible to the protection of abortion laws. Justice Chandrachud had decriminalised adultery, upheld the right of women short service officers in Army and Navy to be considered for permanent commission and stood by a womans right to marry a partner of her choice. Justice Chandrachud upheld theright of women of menstrual age to enter the Sabarimala temple.

For the research on Banking and financial crises

For the development of click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry

Noble Prize in Economics 2022

For conducting experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography.

Noble Prize in Chemistry 2022

For promoting the right to criticize power and protect the of citizens.

For showing outstanding efforts to document war crimes, Human Rights abuses, and the abuse of power.

Noble Prize in Physics 2022

For the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory.

Noble Peace Prize 2022

For the discovery of the genetic identity of two of humankinds earliest ancestors, and opening a new window on the HUMAN EVOLUTION process.

Noble Prize in Literature 2022

Noble Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2022