Jagdeep Dhankhar : India’s 14th Vice-President National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as India’s 14th Vice-President of India. Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician, who is the 14th vice president-elect of India. He served as the Governor of West Bengal. He is a member of the Bharatiya […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
Model Tenancy Act
Model Tenancy Act: According to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Model Tenancy Act has been rectified by only four states, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam. The existing rent control laws are restricting the growth of rental housing and discourage owners from renting out their vacant houses due to fear […]
National Anti-Doping Bill
National Anti-Doping Bill: The parliament passed the National Anti-Doping Bill unanimously on Wednesday by a voice vote. The Bill aims to provide a statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and the National Dope Testing Laboratory in sports. The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports said India will now join the […]
100% Quota To Locals
100% Quota To Locals: SC Quashes Jharkhand Decision to Grant 100% Quota to Locals in Govt Jobs Observation by SC “‘The citizens have equal rights, and the total exclusion of others by creating an opportunity for one class is not contemplated by the founding fathers of the Constitution of India” Jharkhand Government in 2016 granted […]
New Zealand’s Bill On Tobacco Endgame
New Zealand’s Bill On Tobacco Endgame: To fulfil its plan to be smokefree by 2025, the New Zealand Parliament recently tabled the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill. Emulating New Zealand, Malaysia is also considering a ban on smoking and the sale of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people born after […]
District Legal Services Authorities
District Legal Services Authorities: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the first All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet in New Delhi on July 30, 2022. The first-ever national-level meet of District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) is being organized at Vigyan Bhawan by National Legal Services Authority. The meeting will deliberate […]
Coffee (Promotion and Development Bill), 2022
Coffee (Promotion and Development Bill), 2022: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is planning to replace the 80-year-old Coffee Act with the new Coffee (Promotion and Development Bill), 2022, which has been listed for the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Coffee Act, 1942 was first introduced during World War II, in order to protect the […]
Delimitation In Four North-East States
Delimitation In Four North-East States: Supreme Court issues notice on the plea seeking delimitation in Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur. As per section 8A of RPA 1950, President can order delimitation exercises in these four states. However, no such exercise has taken place in these four states in the last 51 years due to various […]
Johar
Johar: The 15th President of India, Droupadi Murmu, assumed office with a ‘Johar’ greeting to the country. ‘Johar’, which essentially means ‘salutation and welcome’, is used within the tribal communities of Jharkhand, and in parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. According to several tribal leaders from Jharkhand, the word ‘Johar’ also means ‘paying respect’. Tribal communities […]
Suspending An MP
Suspending An MP: Nineteen opposition members were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week on July 26, provoking Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien to say that the government had turned Parliament into a “deep, dark chamber”. The general principle is that it is the role and duty of the Presiding Officer — Speaker of Lok […]
