FEMBoSA: Chief Election Commissioner of India and current Chairman, FEMBoSA Shri Sushil Chandra inaugurated the 11th Annual meeting of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of SouthAsia (FEMBoSA) for the year 2021. The meeting in Virtual mode was hosted by the Election Commission of Bhutan. Sushil Chandra, CEC, as the outgoing Chair of FEMBoSA, […]
Category: Current Affairs
National Commission For Indian System Of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021
National Commission For Indian System Of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021: Parliament has passed the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021, with the Rajya Sabah approving it. The Lok Sabha had passed it earlier. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021 proposes to amend the National Commission for […]
GSLV-F10/EOS-03
GSLV-F10/EOS-03: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s second mission of the year — to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket — faced a setback as it could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket. The GSLV-F10/EOS-03 rocket successfully lifted off from the second launch pad […]
Rana Punja Bhil
Rana Punja Bhil: A dispute has erupted in Rajasthan over the hoisting of a flag on the statue of Rana Punja Bhil, a historical figure considered as a hero by the tribal Bhil community. After the Amagarh fort dispute, this is the second issue in Rajasthan within a month. About Rana Punja Bhil: He was […]
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga Has Become The First In The Country To Use Satellite Phones: Kaziranga has become the first in the country to use satellite phones, which are generally used by the law-enforcing agencies. The satellite phones will give an edge to the forest personnel over the poachers and also during emergencies like floods. The public is […]
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021: The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, was passed by both the houses of the parliament. It seeks to amend the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. Key Provisions of the Bill: It seeks to remove the mandatory requirement of the Central government holding not less than […]
60th Public Enterprises (PE) Survey 2019-20
60th Public Enterprises (PE) Survey 2019-20: The 60th Public Enterprises (PE) Survey 2019-20 was released by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Ministry of Finance. It is the single largest source of information on Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and acts as a basis for informed policy making. The government has reallocated the Department of […]
Quality Of Life For Elderly Index
Quality Of Life For Elderly Index: The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released the Quality of Life for Elderly Index. The share of elders, as a percentage of the total population in the country, is expected to increase from around 7.5% in 2001 to almost 12.5% by 2026, and surpass 19.5% by […]
Fugitive Economic Offender
Fugitive economic offender: UK High Court has granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order, in favour of extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering before the Indian courts, on mental health and human rights grounds. The U.K.’s Home Department, in April 2020, approved […]
Jezero Crater on Mars: Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Perseverance rover: NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars and attempting to collect its first rock samples. However, no rock samples were collected during the first attempt. About Perseverance Rover: It was launched in 2020 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V. It carried a unique instrument, MOXIE or Mars Oxygen […]
