Legal Current Affairs for 03 January 2026

Launched: In November 2025, for 6 years (FY 2025-26 to 2030-31) with financial outlay of ₹25,060 crore.
Objective: Providing affordable trade finance, specifically for MSMEs, labour-intensive sectors (e.g. Textile), etc.
Mission Architecture: Two distinct but integrated pillars:
Niryat Protsahan (Financial Support): through instruments like interest subvention, collateral guarantees, and credit cards for e-commerce exporters.
Niryat Disha (Non-Financial Support): support for export quality, compliance, international branding, and logistics.

Information Technology Act, 2000
Section 66E: Punishes violation of privacy (capturing/transmitting private images without consent).
Section 67: Punishes publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
Section 67A: Punishes sexually explicit content in electronic form.
Section 67B: Specifically covers sexual content involving children.
IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (under IT Act, 2000)
Rule 3 (Due diligence by intermediaries): Platforms must remove unlawful content, stop hosting obscene/sexual content.
Rule 4 (Additional rules for Significant Social Media Intermediaries): They must appoint Chief Compliance Officer, Grievance Officer, enable traceability of unlawful content etc.
Non-compliance risks loss of ‘safe harbour protection’ (which shields from liability for user-generated content).
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023: Platforms must inform police when they detect serious cognisable offences especially involving women or children.

Born: In 1730 as the princess of Ramnad (Ramanathapuram), Tamil Nadu.
Skills: Trained extensively in warfare, including horse riding, archery, and martial arts like Silambam and Valari.
Key Contributions:
Forged an alliance with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
Established the “Udaiyaal” battalion: one of the first all-women army units in world history.
Pioneer of Suicide Tactics: Her loyal commander, Kuyili, is credited with the first recorded suicide attack in Indian history by setting herself on fire to destroy a British ammunition depot in 1780.
In 1780, she successfully recaptured Sivaganga, defeating the British nearly 77 years before the 1857 Revolt.

Location: The only known species of its genus (Melanobatrachus indicus), it is endemic to the Western Ghats of south-western Ghats.
It is mostly found in high-altitude evergreen forest and shola forest.
Characteristics:
It is a rare frog with a slender, elongated body of uniform width.
This species is terrestrial and associated with leaf-litter, rocks and another ground cover of moist evergreen tropical forests.
IUCN status: Vulnerable

It is an indigenous digital identification and data storage system developed to ensure end-to-end traceability of batteries throughout their entire lifecycle.
It includes a unique identification number for each battery pack, capturing and storing vital information from extraction to final disposal.
Battery categories that are required to maintain a Battery Pack Aadhaar as an electronic record include Electric Vehicle Batteries and Industrial Batteries with capacity greater than 2kWh.
Significance: Enabling second-life usage, regulatory compliance, and efficient recycling.

Signed: 31st December 1988, and entered into force on January 27, 1991.
It requires both nations to exchange information on January 1st each year regarding the location of their nuclear installations.
Aim: Refrains both sides from directly or indirectly causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country.
Significance: Considered a key measure for reducing nuclear risk between India and Pakistan.

Launched: In 2015.
Overview: It is a three-tier system (Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States)
Objectives:
Programme Implementation (coordination between agencies)
Project Monitoring (technology-based platform)
Grievance Redressal (CPGRAMS).