Karnataka Anti-Cow Slaughter Legislation: Highlights Accusing the Government of creating fear psychosis among farmers using the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, a convention of dairy farmers has demanded that the legislation be scrapped at the earliest in their interest. Police were harassing farmers by using the provisions of the legislation. While […]
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World Book And Copyright Day 2022
World Book And Copyright Day 2022: To promote awareness on the benefits of reading books, World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day 2022 is observed every year on April 23. The day is celebrated by UNESCO and other related organisations across the world to honour authors, and books, promote the art […]
Global Security Initiative : China
Global Security Initiative : China A new Global Security Initiative put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping will look to counter the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and the Quad — the India, U.S., Australia, Japan grouping — according to Chinese officials. Xi last week first proposed what he called a Global Security Initiative, speaking at the […]
National Curriculum Framework
National Curriculum Framework: Union Education Minister will be launching the Mandate Document of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) on 29th April, 2022. The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 recommends the development of National Curriculum Frameworks (NCF) in four areas- School Education, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), Teacher Education and Adult Education. For providing inputs for […]
Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak
Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak: Union Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh today launched ‘Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak’, a 90-day campaign with a mission to saturate 75 Districts across 28 States/UTs with beneficiary schemes of 09 central ministries. Celebrating the spirit of the year- long Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), the identified […]
MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme
MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme: Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises launched the MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme. This Scheme is an extensive drive to enable and facilitate MSMEs adopt Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) practices and motivate and incentivize them for ZED Certification while also encouraging them to become MSME Champions. Through […]
Amendment In Civil Registration System
Amendment In Civil Registration System: According to the 2020-21 annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Central government is planning to revamp the Civil Registration System (CRS) to enable the registration of birth and death in real-time with minimum human interface that will be independent of location. The RGI (Registrar General of […]
Cyber Breaches
Cyber Breaches: India’s nodal cybersecurity agency, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has taken the following steps to prevent Cyber Breaches: All service providers, intermediaries, data center providers, corporates, and government organizations have to report cyber incidents within six hours of their detection. The new directions require virtual asset, exchange, and custodian wallet providers to maintain […]
Malcha Mahal
Malcha Mahal The Delhi government is about to renovate the 14th century monument Malcha Mahal. It was built in 1325 by the then Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq and was, for a long time, used as a hunting lodge. It later became the residence of the descendants of the Nawab of Awadh. It is said that […]
Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program
Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program: Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India announced the Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program. Its overall aim is to enable creation of Microprocessors for the future in India, for the world and achieve industry-grade silicon & Design wins by December’2023. DIR-V will see partnerships between Startups, Academia […]
