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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is attempting to mediate to solve the crisis in Mali. Since 1960, when Mali gained independence from France, there have been five coups — and only one peaceful transition from one democratically elected president to another. Recent coup: Nine […]

Centre Extends Powers Related To Citizenship Application

Centre Extends Powers Related To Citizenship Application: The Central Government issued a notification granting powers related to citizenship applications under existing rules to authorities of five states. The order has been issued under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship Rules, 2009 and not under the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 since its rules have not […]

Chief Secretary Transfer Issue

Chief Secretary Transfer Issue: The Central Government may initiate disciplinary action against the West Bengal Chief Secretary after he failed to report to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in New Delhi as ordered earlier. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the “placement of services” of the Chief Secretary, as per […]

Bell of Faith Scheme of Kerala

The ‘Bell of Faith’ scheme: Kerala: The ‘Bell of Faith’ scheme will now be implemented for senior citizens staying alone in villages. Previously, this scheme was successfully implemented in a number of urban households in Kerala. It is a safety project conceived under Kerala’s Community Policing Scheme. It will help elderly citizens attract the attention […]

Tardigrades in Space : International Space Station

International Space Station: Research purposes: On June 3, NASA will send 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids and some 5,000 tardigrades (also called water bears) to the International Space Station for research purposes. The water animals, which will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS, are part of experiments that could help scientists […]