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 […]
Category: Current Affairs
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 […]
Rise In Heart Attacks
Rise In Heart Attacks: India’s financial capital Mumbai witnessed a six-fold rise in deaths related to heart attacks in the first six months of 2021 when the city was under the grip of the second wave of Covid-19. Reason: Post-Covid development of thrombosis: SARS-Cov-2 damages the heart and blood vessels in infected patients which leads […]
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She is currently Indian ambassador to Bhutan. Ruchira Kamboj will succeed T S Tirumurti. She is likely to take up assignment soon. Ruchira Kamboj joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987 […]
Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP)
Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP): The Boris Johnson administration has come up with a new legislation, the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would enable the U.K. to override provisions of the Brexit deal that concern trading arrangements in Northern Ireland the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP). Northern Ireland is the only part of the U.K. that shares […]
