Poshan Or Nutrition Tracker: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has spent over ₹1,000 crore on its Poshan or Nutrition Tracker, which records real-time data on malnourished and ‘severe acute malnourished’ children in each anganwadi. But four years since its launch, the Government is yet to make the data public. Government officials have cited […]
CSR Funds For Monuments
CSR Funds For Monuments: A private member’s Bill has been introduced in Parliament mandating that 25% of all corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds be used for restoration, management and maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites. While some members supported the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019, few others disagreed with the mandatory provision. The Archaeological Survey […]
High Court And Supreme Court Judges Amendment Bill 2021
The High Court And Supreme Court Judges Amendment Bill 2021: The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to amend the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of […]
Rules To Admit Questions: Parliament
Rules To Admit Questions: Parliament A question raised by a Member of Parliament was disallowed “because of national interest. Also, over the last few sessions, MPs have often alleged their questions have been disallowed. In both Houses, elected members enjoy the right to seek information from various ministries and departments in the form of starred […]
Private Members Bill: In News
Private Members Bill: Rajya Sabha reserved its decision to allow the introduction of a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Preamble to the Constitution. The Bill seeks to change the words in the Preamble “EQUALITY of status and of opportunity” to “EQUALITY of status and of opportunity to be born, to be fed, to be […]
Greater Tipraland: Tripura
Greater Tipraland: Tripura Several tribal outfits in Tripura have joined hands to push their demand for a separate state, Greater Tipraland for indigenous communities in the region. Among the political parties that have come together for the cause are TIPRA Motha (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance) and IPFT (Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura). The parties […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 6th December 2021
Today Current Affairs: 6th December 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Cyclone Jawad: Key Points
Cyclone Jawad: A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Jawad and is likely to make landfall near Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The name was given by Saudi Arabia has given the cyclone its name ‘Jawad’. The meaning ‘Jawad’ is liberal or merciful. The carries significance as this cyclonic storm […]
S-gene Drop Out: Important Points
What Is The S-gene Drop Out? The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been confirmed in India and in at least 30 other countries by the World Health Organization (WHO). While the variant can only be reliably confirmed with genome sequencing, the WHO has also recommended that certain commonly used COVID-19 detection tests, with […]
What is Default Bail?
Default Bail: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order granting bail to advocate and activist Sudha Bharadwaj. In its bail order, the court has asked the NIA Court to decide the conditions for her release on December 8. While she was given ‘default bail’, eight others […]
