Passage 1
Supreme Court has said that the Constitution is silent on criteria for granting promotion to govt servants and ruled that the legislature and executive are free to decide the norms for promotion keeping in view the nature, functions and requirements of a promotional post.
A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra in a recent judgment said, “In India, no govt servant can claim promotion as their right because Constitution does not prescribe criteria for filling seats in promotional posts.
The legislature or the executive may decide the method for filling vacancies to promotional posts based on the nature of employment and the functions that the candidate will be expected to discharge.”
Source – https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-promotion
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Passage 2
In an historic development, the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of its member countries, today agreed a package of critical amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), and made concrete commitments to completing negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year, at the latest. These critical actions have been taken in order to ensure comprehensive, robust systems are in place in all countries to protect the health and safety of all people everywhere from the risk of future outbreaks and pandemics.
These decisions represent two important steps by countries, taken in tandem with one another on the final day of the World Health Assembly, to build on lessons learned from several global health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The package of amendments to the Regulations will strengthen global preparedness, surveillance and responses to public health emergencies, including pandemics.
Source- https://www.who.int/news/item/01-06-2024-world-health-assem
