India-Netherland Virtual Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands held a Virtual Summit. It was the first high level Summit attended by PM Rutte after the general elections held in March 2021. Prime Minister Modi congratulated PM Rutte on his election victory and on becoming the Prime Minister […]
Month: April 2021
Ken-Betwa Project : Important Points
Ken-Betwa Project: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, asking him not to implement the Ken-Betwa river linking project. It is because the Panna Tiger reserve will be damaged by the river linking project. The state government’s open estimate is that around 40 percent of the area of the tiger […]
Places Of Worship Act, 1991 : Important Points
Places Of Worship Act, 1991: Experts have pointed out that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, prohibited inquiry into religious places such as Kashi and Mathura. This comes after a Varanasi court recently ordered an ASI inquiry at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque premises. Experts have also questioned if a civil court judge was competent […]
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Handbook : NITI Aayog
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Handbook: NITI Aayog—in association with Agami and Omidyar Network India and with the support of ICICI Bank, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Trilegal, Dalberg, Dvara, NIPFP—will launch the first-of-its-kind Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) handbook in India. The handbook is an invitation to business leaders to adopt ODR in India. It highlights […]
NASA’s Mars Odyssey Spacecraft
NASA’s Mars Odyssey Spacecraft: NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft marks 20 years of mapping the red planet. NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched 20 years ago on April 7, has made it the oldest spacecraft still working at the Red Planet. The orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke’s classic sci-fi novel “2001: A Space […]
Freedom Of Navigation Operation (FONOP) In The Indian EEZ
Freedom Of Navigation Operation (FONOP) In The Indian EEZ: India has protested the U.S. decision to conduct a patrol in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the western Indian Ocean, rejecting the U.S.’s claim that its domestic maritime law was in violation of international law. In a rare and unusual public statement, the U.S. […]
Supreme Court Judgement on Article 25
The Supreme Court: People Are Free To Choose Their Religion: The Supreme Court said that people are free to choose their religion, even as it lashed out at a petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country. The supreme court said that people have a right under […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 9th April 2021
Today Current Affairs: 9th April 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
What Is African Swine Fever?
African Swine Fever: An outbreak of suspected African swine fever (ASF) has killed 276 domestic pigs in Lunglei district of Mizoram. As a part of the preventive measures, the local authorities have restricted the procurement and supply of pigs from and to the affected area and the district beyond. About African Swine Fever (ASF): ASF […]
SARTHAQ: Implementation Plan For School Education
SARTHAQ: Recently, the education minister released an indicative and suggestive implementation plan for school education called SARTHAQ. Launched in pursuance of the goals of NEP2020 and to assist States/UTs in this task. The programme aims at providing an all-around development for the students at the primary and secondary level. It will also establish a safe, […]
