Supreme Court clarified that a child born of a void or voidable marriage can inherit their parents’ share in a joint Hindu family property governed by the Mitakshara law.
Mitakshara School of Law –
- Attributed to Vijnaneshvara, a 12th-century scholar
- Focus – Interpretation of Yajnavalkya Smriti in matters of family, property, and inheritance law
- Subdivided into the Benares, the Mithila, the Maharashtra, and the Dravida schools.
- Emphasis on joint family property and ancestral property rights
- Defines rules for succession and inheritance within Hindu families
- Applies to Hindu Undivided Families across India, except West Bengal and Assam.
People detained in Tripura for demanding introduction of Roman script for tribal Kokborok language.
Kokborok –
- Language spoken by the Borok people (Tripura – one of the state language).
- Belongs to Tibeto-Burman family.
- Declared as official language of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
- Has close affinity with other language family like Bodo, Garo, Dimasa etc.
- 1st Kokborok Grammar written by – Doulot Ahammad
- Borok are branch of Boro people of Assam belonging to Sino-Tibetan linguistic group and racially Mongoloids.
India’s contribution to objects of cultural significance on display at the special Culture Corridor at G-20 summit would be Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, the ancient text.
Ashtadhyayi –
- Ashtadhyayi or ‘Eight Chapters’ – An ancient text written by the scholar Panini
- Period – End of the 4th century BC.
- It sets the standard for how Sanskrit was meant to be written and spoken.
- Explores the intricacies of the language’s phonetics, syntax, and grammar
- Offers ‘language machine’, where one can feed in the root and suffix of any Sanskrit word, and get grammatically correct words and sentences in return.
Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council will unveil a dashboard on technical textiles soon.
Technical Textiles –
- Functional fabrics that have applications across various industries including automobiles, civil engineering and construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial safety, personal protection etc.
- 12 technical textile segments: Agrotech, Meditech, Buildtech, Mobiltech, Clothtech, Oekotech, Geotech, Packtech, Hometech, Protech, Indutech and Sportech.
Union Education Minister talked about Jadui Pitara on 63rd Foundation Day of NCERT.
Jadui Pitara –
- A play-based learning-teaching material tailored for children in the age group of 3-8 years.
- Developed by – NCERT.
- Would benefit 10 crore children entering the play-based learning system in anganwadis or pre-primary sections of schools, leading up to Class 2.