Ambubachi Mela ,Assam And ‘Sao Joao’ Festival ,Goa: The Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu mela held at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. This yearly Mela is celebrated during the monsoon season that happens to fall during the Assamese month Ahaar, around the middle of June when the sun transit to the zodiac of Mithuna, […]
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Right
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Right: In a significant curtailment of women’s rights, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark decision giving women in America the right to have an abortion before the foetus is viable outside the womb — before the 24-28 week mark. It also overturned was Planned Parenthood […]
Vanijya Bhawan And Niryat Portal
Vanijya Bhawan And Niryat Portal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the new premises of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry – ‘Vanijya Bhawan’ in June 2022. Prime Minister has launched Vanijya Bhawan and NIRYAT (National Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade) Portal. Vanijya Bhawan is the new premises of the Ministry of Commerce and […]
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface To Air Missile
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface To Air Missile: Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy from an Indian Naval Ship at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. VL-SRSAM has been designed and developed jointly by […]
Card Tokenisation
Card Tokenisation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the timeline for tokenisation of debit and credit cards by three months till 30th September, 2022 to avoid disruption and inconvenience to cardholders. After 30th September, no entity in the card transaction or payment chain, other than the card issuers and card networks, should store the […]
Draft Guidelines To Regulate Child Participation In The Entertainment Industry
Draft Guidelines To Regulate Child Participation In The Entertainment Industry: The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has published draft Guidelines to Regulate Child Protection within the Entertainment Industry. The “Guidelines to Regulate Child Participation in the Entertainment Industry” were issued by the Commission in 2011. The new draft increases the scope […]
National Air Quality Resource Framework Of India
National Air Quality Resource Framework Of India: Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government inaugurated the National Mission on “National Air Quality Resource Framework of India (NARFI)”. NARFI has been developed by the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. The NARFI is an information mechanism to help decision-makers in government, municipalities, start-ups and in the […]
Open Network For Digital Commerce
Open Network For Digital Commerce: The government has launched the pilot phase of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) with an aim to “democratise” the country’s fast growing digital e-commerce space that is currently dominated by the two U.S.-headquartered firms — Amazon and Walmart. ONDC is a freely accessible government-backed platform that aims to democratise […]
Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: The government is considering transferring the administration of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) and Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act, 1988 from the finance ministry to Ministry of Home Affairs to bring all issues related to narcotics […]
Eco-Sensitive Zones
Eco-Sensitive Zones: Farmers in Kerala continue to protest across several high ranges of the state against the Supreme Court’s recent order to establish 1-km Eco-Sensitive Zones around all protected areas, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. The widespread unrest is borne out of the fear of farmers losing their livelihood. As per the National Wildlife Action […]
