Section 124A (sedition) Of The Indian Penal Code: The Supreme Court suspended pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code, while allowing the Union of India to reconsider the British-era law. All pending trials, appeals and proceedings with respect to the charge framed under Section 124A of the […]
Pardoning Power Of Governor
Pardoning Power Of Governor: A claim by the Centre that the President, and not the Tamil Nadu Governor, has “exclusive power” to decide on the plea for pardon by the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict A.G. Perarivalan drew flak from the Supreme Court before it reserved the case for judgment. A three-judge Bench said the government’s […]
Marital Rape
Marital Rape: Two judges of the Delhi High Court gave a split verdict on the question of criminalising rape within marriage, leaving the law unchanged. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the Bench, struck down as unconstitutional the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which says that sexual intercourse by a man with […]
Centre Of Excellence For Khadi (CoEK)
Centre Of Excellence For Khadi (CoEK): Khadi and Village Industries Commission has collaborated with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to set up Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK). Khadi and Village Industries Commission has collaborated with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to set up Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK). The CoEK hub […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 12th May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 12th May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Initial Public Offering (IPO) Of LIC
Initial Public Offering (IPO) of LIC: The biggest-ever initial public offering (IPO) of India is by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). It has been fully booked under all the offered categories LIC’s IPO has received bids for 2.95 times the shares that were being offered. This helped the central government to raise Rs […]
World Governance Indicators (WGI) : World Bank
World Governance Indicators (WGI) : World Bank According to a presentation prepared in 2020, by the then Principal Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Sanjeev Sanyal, inputs that go into the making of the World Bank’s World Governance Indicators (WGI) are arbitrary. A presentation titled— “Subjective Factors that impact India’s Sovereign Ratings: What can […]
Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs)
Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs): The Army has identified a holding formation on the Western front and a Strike formation on the Northern borders to be converted into agile Integrated Battle Groups (IBG). IBGs are brigade-sized, agile, self-sufficient combat formations, which can swiftly launch strikes against adversary in case of hostilities. Each IBG would be tailor-made […]
PMJJBY, PMSBY And APY Complete 7 Years
PMJJBY, PMSBY And APY Complete 7 Years: Social security schemes Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) have completed seven years of their launch. The schemes were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9, 2015. PMJJBY: It is a one-year life insurance […]
AIM-PRIME Playbook
AIM-PRIME Playbook: The AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers in Innovation, Market Readiness, and Entrepreneurship) Playbook was launched by NITI Aayog. The playbook was aimed at promoting early-stage science-based, deep technology ideas to market through training and guidance over a period of 12 months using a blended learning curriculum. AIM-PRIME: Objective:Promoting science-based, deep technology ideas to market […]
