Nagaland Current Affairs Digest Jul – Sept 2024

Nagaland Current Affairs Digest Jul – Sept 2024

14 August 2024: Guinness World Record for the tallest coriander plant achieved by Yilobemo Erui (Wokha)

Guinness World Record for the tallest coriander plant Guinness World Record for the tallest coriander plant is 2.77 m (9 ft 1.06 in) and was achieved by Yilobemo Erui (India) in Wokha, Nagaland, India, as measured on 25 April 2024.

See all Guinness World Record from Nagaland here: Guinness World Records from Nagaland ( Updated 2024)

07 September 2024: Hokato Hotozhe Sema wins Bronze at 2024 Paris Paralympics

Who is Hokato Hotozhe Sema?

18 September 2024: Supreme Court sets aside criminal proceedings against 30 Army personnel involved in 2021 Nagaland -Oting killings which left 13 civilians killed

• Supreme Court sets aside criminal proceedings against 30 Army personnel (21 Para Special Forces) accused in a botched up operation in 2021 in Nagaland (Oting killings) which left 13 civilians killed.
• The case in the Supreme Court involves two writ petitions filed by the wives of two Indian Army officers, seeking to quash a suo-moto FIR registered by the Nagaland Police against army personnel, which includes their husbands.
• Nagaland, being a state under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958, requires sanction from the competent authority (Central Govt) to prosecute armed forces personnel under Section 6 of the AFSPA Act.
• The Central Government had denied the sanction in an order dated February 28, 2023, leading the court to close the case.

About the incident:

• The incident happened in December 2021 at Tiru and Oting area under Mon district of Nagaland.
• Army 21 Para Special Forces mistook coal mine workers returning home to be their insurgent targets.
• A total of 13 civilians were killed.
• Special Investigation Team (SIT) was setup by the State Government to probe the matter and chargesheet was filed in May 2022 at the district and sessions court in Mon.