Draft Heritage Bylaws: The Centre has withdrawn the draft heritage bylaws issued by the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. The Odisha Government is demanding the withdrawal of the bylaws for temples in the Ekamra Kshetra area of Bhubaneswar as well. Draft Heritage Bylaws: The government in 2010 formed the […]
Month: February 2021
New System Of Faceless Assessment And Appeal : Tax Disputes
New System Of Faceless Assessment And Appeal: The Finance Secretary has said that the new system of faceless assessment and appeal would help bring down tax disputes substantially. Tax Disputes (Data): As per official data, the amount involved in tax disputes was over Rs. 11 lakh crore in FY19-end, up 23% over a year-ago. Since […]
Voluntary Guidelines On Food Systems And Nutrition (VGFSyN)
Voluntary Guidelines On Food Systems And Nutrition (VGFSyN): The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has endorsed the first-ever Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSyN) which aims to support countries to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by utilizing a food systems approach. The endorsement took place during the CFS 47th […]
India Energy Outlook 2021 Report : Key Points
India Energy Outlook 2021 Report: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released the India Energy Outlook 2021 Report which explores the opportunities and challenges ahead for India as it seeks to ensure reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy for a growing population. The India Energy Outlook 2021 is a new special report from the IEA’s World […]
Agreement On Disengagement In The Pangong Lake : Keypoints
Agreement On Disengagement In The Pangong Lake: India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement in the Pangong lake area to cease their forward deployments in a phased, coordinated, and verified manner. As per the agreement: The Chinese side will keep its troop presence in the North Bank area to the east of Finger […]
Goa : 6th State To Complete Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Reforms
Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Reforms: Goa becomes the 6th State to complete Urban Local Bodies (ULB) reforms. Gets additional borrowing permission of Rs. 223 crore. Goa has joined five other States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, and Telangana, who have completed ULB reforms. Reforms in ULBs and the urban utility reforms are aimed […]
Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021 : Highlights
Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021: Lok Sabha today gave its nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021 The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha on February 4, 2021. It seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Act contains provisions to deal with domestic and international […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 12th February 2021
Today Current Affairs: 12th February 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Small Black Holes Discovered In Cluster NGC 6397
Small Black Holes Discovered In Cluster NGC 6397: The astronomers have discovered a concentration of smaller black holes in the cluster NGC 6397. Small black holes were discovered instead of one massive black hole at the heart of the cluster. The Globular clusters are a dense stellar system that hosts the closely packed stars. […]
India-Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon 2021 : Theme
India-Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon: With the goal to enable talented innovative students and start-ups from Australia and India to address common national issues through innovative technology solutions, About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) kick-started the India-Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon, 2021. I-ACE is supported by the Australian Department […]
