Pension Scheme For Gig Workers: India’s pension fund regulator (PFRDA) has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90 per cent of the overall workforce into the pension fold under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) In a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling […]
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CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC
CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected large-scale anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. At the time, the process to update the NRC was started in December 2014 with a deadline for completion in February 2015 and the project […]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister. He sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for a third time, a day after the former guerrilla leader dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands […]
‘Rooh Afza’ Trademark : Case Update
‘Rooh Afza’ Trademark : Case Update On December 21, 2022 the Delhi High Court, in the case of Hamdard National Foundation (India) vs Sadar Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., restrained Sadar Laboratories from manufacturing and selling beverages under the impugned trademark ‘Dil Afza’. The court observed that the trademark ‘Rooh Afza’ is prima facie a strong mark […]
Key Features Of J&K Land Grant Rules 2022
Key Features Of J&K Land Grant Rules 2022: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has notified “J&K Land Grant Rules 2022” which has ended the owners right to hold on to properties on lease in the Union Territory (U.T.) and plans to outsource these properties afresh online. The new laws replaced “J&K Land Grants Rules 1960”, […]
Lok Sabha Passes Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill
Lok Sabha Passes Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill: Lok Sabha passes Anti-maritime Piracy Bill to promote trade security. The bill will bring the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea into domestic law and enable Indian authorities to take action against piracy on the high seas IPC is not valid for foreigners in international waters: Previously, […]
Goa Liberation Day :19th December
Goa Liberation Day :19th December December 19 is celebrated as Goa Liberation Day. The day is celebrated annually to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’ undertaken by the Indian armed forces to defeat Portuguese colonial forces and liberate Goa in 1961. Operation Vijay – a 36-hour military operation (started on December 18, 1961 and concluded […]
Kerala University Laws (Amendment) Bills
Kerala University Laws (Amendment) Bills: Kerala Assembly passes University Laws (amendment) Bills to amend laws relating to the governance of State universities and remove the Governor as the Chancellor of State universities. The Governor and the State Government of Kerala had been at loggerheads for months now. It got worse when the Governor denied assent […]
Family Pehchan Patra For J&K Residents
Family Pehchan Patra For J&K Residents: The Government of India has recently decided to introduce a Family Pehchan Patra (FPP) for residents of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Family Pehchan Patra will be an identity card with a unique 8-digit alphanumeric number (like in a PAN Card) to identify each family and its […]
What Are Undertrials?
What Are Undertrials? The Indian President has raised the issue of the plight of a large number of undertrials holed up in the prisons. An undertrial is a person who is currently on trial or who is imprisoned on remand whilst awaiting trial or a person who is on a trial in a court of […]
