Daily current affairs 9th February

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February 9, 2022

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# Anti-conversion bill

  • The Haryana cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft of the Haryana prevention of unlawful conversion of Religion bill, 2022.
  • This bill seeks to prohibit religious conversion effected through misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement, or by any fraudulent means.
  • According to the draft bill, the burden of proof ‘lies on the accused’.
  • The bill on the lines of recent anti-conversion laws passed in other states, proposes to make conversion by marriage an offence.

# Hijab row

  • The Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered closure of high schools and colleges in the state for three days after the row over dress code escalated.
  • The Karnataka high court, meanwhile, commenced hearing a batch of petitions questioning the ban on wearing hijab in colleges.
  • Students wearing saffron robs were also denied entry into the colleges.

# Covid-19

  • The country recorded 71550 new covid-19 cases on Tuesday.
  • The total number of infections has reached 4.23 crore and the active cases have crossed the 10 lakh mark.
  • Kerala recorded 29471 infections, followed by Maharashtra (6107) and Tamil nadu (4519) on Tuesday.
  • The test positivity rate has been reduced to 5.3℅.

# European union

  • The European Union on Tuesday unveiled a plan to quadruple the supply of Semiconductors in Europe by 2030.
  • European Union is hoping to limit the bloc’s dependence on Asia for a key component used in electric cars and Smartphones.
  • The highly anticipated European Union chips act will mobilise more than $49.1 billion of public and private investments.

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