UN Peacekeepers: External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar has announced the rollout of a technological platform in partnership with the UN — ‘UNITE Aware’ — to help enhance the safety of UN peacekeepers. The platform has been used in four UN missions. This was announced during the recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) open debate on […]
Category: Current Affairs
Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 : Anti-Conversion Law
Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law: Gujarat Government has defended its new anti-conversion law in High Court saying marriages cannot be tool for “forceful conversion”. The HC is hearing two petitions that have challenged the newly enacted amendment in the law, which deals with forcible religious conversion through marriages. During the hearing, the Court observed that the amended […]
Supreme Court Collegium
Supreme Court Collegium: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the government nine names for appointment as judges in the court, and in the process, scripted history by naming Karnataka High Court judge B.V. Nagarathna, who may become India’s first woman CJI a few years from now. Key Recommendations: The Collegium has for the first […]
Kigali Amendment : India
Kigali Amendment To The Montreal Protocol: The Union Cabinet has approved ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for phase down of Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) by India, adopted by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on October, 2016 at 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal […]
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)
Mission On Palm Oil: The Union Cabinet has given its approval to launch a new Mission on Oil palm to be known as the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the North east region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A […]
Nuclear Fusion Technology
Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion Research: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced that an experiment carried out in its National Ignition Facility has made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the experiment, lasers were used to heat a small target or fuel pellets. These pellets containing deuterium and tritium fused and produced more […]
Foreigner’s Tribunals
Foreigners’ Tribunals: Assam government’s Political Department has issued a notification ordering the State police’s Border wing not to forward any case against Gurkhas to the Foreigners’ Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act of 1946. The Border wing is tasked with identifying people of doubtful citizenship and serving them notices for a Foreigners’ Tribunal — a quasi-judicial […]
India’s Water Crisis & Women
India’s Water Crisis & Women: India is water-stressed due to changing weather patterns and repeated droughts. And the worst sufferers of this crisis are mostly women. Water scarcity in India is expected to worsen as the overall population is expected to increase to 1.6 billion by the year 2050. Although India has 16% of the […]
National Intellectual Property Awards 2020
National Intellectual Property Awards 2020: Minister of Commerce and Industry conferred the National Intellectual Property Awards 2020 to the winners at an event. Addressing the event , Shri Goyal said the key achievements of his Ministry includes Granting of 28,391 patents in 2020-21 as compared to 4,227 grants during 2013-14 (572% growth. Reduction in Time […]
RoDTEP Scheme
RoDTEP Scheme: Centre has notified RoDTEP Scheme Guidelines and Rates (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products). The scheme for zero rating of exports will boost our exports & competitiveness in the global markets. The rates of RoDTEP will cover 8555 tariff lines. Scheme’s objective is to refund, currently un-refunded: Duties/ taxes/ levies, at […]
