Section 437A Of The Code Of Criminal Procedure: The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Union of India on a plea challenging the constitutionality of Section 437A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Section 437A of the CrPC requires a person who has been acquitted to furnish a bail bond and sureties to […]
Month: November 2023
Heeralal Samariya : Chief Of The Central Information Commission
Heeralal Samariya : Chief Of The Central Information Commission The Information Commissioner, Heeralal Samariya, was sworn in as the chief of the Central Information Commission (CIC) by the President Of India. Central Information Commission has been constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The jurisdiction of the Commission extends over all Central Public […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th Nov 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 7th Nov 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Small Modular Reactors
Small Modular Reactors: The Indian Government is considering offering incentives, similar to a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, to encourage the manufacturing of small modular reactors (SMRs) with the goal of increasing nuclear power’s share in India’s energy production. The government aims to attract private investments and scale up SMR production to reduce costs. PLI schemes, […]
India Flags Off First International Cruise Liner
India Flags Off First International Cruise Liner: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways flagged off the maiden voyage of the vessel Costa Serena, the first International Cruise Liner in India from Mumbai. The initiative aligns with the “Dekho Apna Desh” campaign, reflecting the government’s emphasis on promoting tourism. The development of cruise and […]
Asteroid Dinkinesh
Asteroid Dinkinesh: NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, on a mission to observe Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, recently made an unexpected discovery. It found that the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, which it was set to fly by, is actually a binary system of two asteroids bound together. Preliminary analysis suggests that the larger asteroid is about 790 meters wide, […]
Lamprey : Two New Species
Lamprey : Two New Species Chinese palaeontologists have discovered two new species of lamprey from fossils considered 160 million years old. Lamprey species are primitive fishlike jawless vertebrates placed with hagfishes in the class Agnatha. They belong to the family Petromyzonidae. They live in coastal and fresh waters and are found in temperate regions around […]
GST Amnesty Scheme
GST Amnesty Scheme: The finance ministry has come out with an amnesty scheme for filing appeals against Goods and Services Tax (GST) demand orders. GST Amnesty Scheme will be open till January 31, 2024. It will be available for entities that were unable to submit their appeals against orders issued by the tax officer on […]
Alycaeus himalayae : New Snail Species
Alycaeus himalayae : New Snail Species A new snail species named Alycaeus himalayae was recently discovered from a cave in Arunachal Pradesh. Alycaeus himalayae is a new snail species belonging to the genus Alycaeus. Alycaeus is a genus of small land snails. The genus is the first to be reported in India, as this genus […]
Cnemaspis Rashidi : A New Species Of Gecko
Cnemaspis Rashidi : A New Species Of Gecko A new species of gecko has been discovered in the Western Ghats near Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu. Cnemaspis Rashidi is a new species of gecko. So far, 93 species of gecko have been documented, and this is the 94th species. The new species is also called Rashid’s […]
