National Affairs
1. Govt. revokes Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir
The Union government has moved to scrap provisions under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which grants special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in the Union of India.
It has decided that Jammu and Kashmir would be turned into a Union Territory with a legislature, and the Ladakh division would be made a separate Union Territory (without legislature).
Home Minister Amit Shah has announced in the Rajya Sabha that provisions of Article 370 were being scrapped.
