Guidelines For Prevention Of Misleading Advertisements And Endorsements For Misleading Advertisements, 2022: The Central Consumer Protection Authority has come up with the Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022. Bait advertising: It means enticing consumers to buy the product at a lower price. Computers and other high-tech items are easy […]
Category: Current Affairs
Odisha’s Mo Bus
Odisha’s Mo Bus: Mo Bus, the bus service of Odisha’s Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) authority, has been recognised by the United Nations as one of 10 global recipients of its annual Public Service Awards for 2022 – for its role in “promoting gender-responsive public services to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)” Mo Bus […]
National Import-Export For Yearly Analysis Of Trade (NIRYAT) Portal
National Import-Export For Yearly Analysis Of Trade (NIRYAT) Portal: PM inaugurated Vanijya Bhawan and launched the National Import-Export for Yearly Analysis of Trade (NIRYAT) portal The portal will also provide a public database on exports from states and will help break down silos and help the industry to take fast decisions. It will also ultimately […]
Governor’s Powers To Call For a Floor Test
Governor’s Powers To Call For a Floor Test: In Maharashtra’s political crisis, the Governor’s decision to call for the floor test has been in the spotlight once again. Article 174 of the Constitution authorizes the Governor to summon, dissolve and prorogue the state legislative assembly. Article 174(2)(b) of the Constitution gives powers to the Governor […]
Bedti-Varada River Interlinking Project
Bedti-Varada River Interlinking Project: Environmental groups in Karnataka have criticised the project to link the Bedti and Varada rivers in Karnataka, calling it unscientific and a waste of public money. The Bedti-Varada project was envisaged in 1992 to supply drinking water. The plan aims to link the Bedti, a river flowing west into the Arabian […]
Cooperative Banks
Cooperative Banks: The Minster of Home Affairs and Cooperation has addressed a conclave, organised by the National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies (NAFCUB), emphasising the needed Reforms for Urban Cooperative Banks (UCB). The NAFCUB is an Apex Level Promotional body of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies Ltd. in the Country. Its […]
Glischropus meghalayanus
Glischropus meghalayanus: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. The species, found near the forested patch of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. The present discovery is the first report of a thick-thumbed bat not only from India but […]
Balika Panchayat
Balika Panchayat: Gujarat becomes first State in the country to launch Balika Panchayat. The country’s first-ever girl Panchayat, “Balika Panchayat”, which was started in several villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district, aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation of girls in politics. This is a unique initiative […]
Padma Bridge Project
Padma Bridge Project: The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has denied any foreign funding in the construction of the Padma Bridge project. It asserted that the ‘Padma multipurpose bridge has been entirely funded by the government of Bangladesh.’ It said that some quarters are trying to portray that the bridge which is to be inaugurated by […]
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals: Scientists have recorded Four Species of Azooxanthellate Corals under the Genus Truncatoflabellum (Scleractinian: Flabellidae) for the first time from Indian waters. Findings: Truncatoflabellum crassum, T. incrustatum, T. aculeatum, and T. irregulare are the four species of corals found. These groups of coral were previously found from Japan to the Philippines […]
