World’s First Database Of Genomic Variants Of Oral Cancer: DBT-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani has created world’s first database of genomic variants of oral cancer. NIBMG has made this database publicly-accessible. dbGENVOC is a browsable online database of GENomic Variants of Oral Cancer and is a free resource. First release of dbGENVOC contains […]
Central Information Commission (CIC)
Central Information Commission (CIC): The Supreme Court has directed the Central government to place on record the latest information on the appointment of Information Commissioners, vacancies and pendency of cases in the Central Information Commission (CIC). A plea has sought directions to the government authorities for implementing the top court’s directions in the 2019 judgment. […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th July 2021
Today Current Affairs: 7th July 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Policy Document On The Conservation Of River Ganga : NMCG
Policy Document On The Conservation Of River Ganga.: National Mission for Clean Ganga has released a policy document on the conservation of river Ganga. Highlights of the policy: Cities situated on Ganga river banks will have to incorporate river conservation plans when they prepare their Master Plans. These “river-sensitive” plans must be practical and consider […]
Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021
The Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021:: The Standing Committee on Information and Technology has conveyed its discontent to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the “super censorship” clause introduced in the draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021. Cause of concern: In the draft, there is a provision which allows the government to order recertification for […]
Recusal Of Judges
Recusal Of Judges: The Calcutta high court has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for seeking recusal of Justice Kaushik Chanda from her Nandigram election petition over the judge’s alleged links with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The court said the amount paid in penalties by the West […]
Open Network For Digital Commerce
Open Network For Digital Commerce: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has issued orders appointing an advisory committee for its Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) project that is aimed at curbing “digital monopolies”. This is in the direction of making e-commerce processes open source, thus creating a platform that can […]
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD): Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) reservoir on the upper Blue Nile, which raised tensions from Sudan and Egypt ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the issue. Ethiopia had previously announced it would proceed to the second stage of […]
Tele-Law Programme
Tele-Law Programme.: Justice Department commemorates the milestone of crossing 9 lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-Law programme. The programme connects the disadvantaged and needy seeking legal advice from Panel Lawyers through e-interface platform available in Common Service Centres(CSC). Tele–Law began its humble journey in 2017 by covering 170 districts in 11 States through 1800 CSCs. In […]
Maitree Power Project – India-Bangladesh
Maitree Power Project: Secretary (Power) Govt of India met Secretary (Power) Govt of Bangladesh for the issues related to 1320MW Maitree Power project. The Maitree super thermal power project is a 1,320MW coal-fired power station under construction in Rampal, Bangladesh. It is located at Moithara, Rampal, in the Bagerhat district, approximately 23km south-east of the […]
