Press Council Of India Chairperson : Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, a former judge of the Supreme Court, has been selected for the post of the Press Council of India (PCI) Chairperson. Justice Desai had recently headed the Delimitation Commission on J&K which was set up to redraw the Assembly constituencies of […]
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Guidelines For Prevention Of Misleading Advertisements And Endorsements For Misleading Advertisements, 2022
Guidelines For Prevention Of Misleading Advertisements And Endorsements For Misleading Advertisements, 2022: The Central Consumer Protection authority (CCPA) under the Department of Consumer Affairs has notified ‘Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’. The guidelines seek to ensure that consumers are not being fooled with unsubstantiated claims, exaggerated promises, misinformation […]
Schedule Of Election For The 16th Presidential Election
Schedule Of Election For The 16th Presidential Election: Election Commission of India has announced the schedule of election for the 16th Presidential Election. The term of office of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, is ending on 24th July, 2022. As per Article 62 of the Constitution of India, an election to fill the […]
Draft Anti-Trafficking Bill
Draft Anti-Trafficking Bill: Activists from different part of the country are planning to travel to the national capital and press for the passage of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021. Highlights of the Bill: The bill proposes stringent punishments for offenders, including hefty fines and seizing of their properties. The Bill […]
One Candidate One Constituency
One Candidate One Constituency: The Chief Election Commissioner asked the Ministry of Law & Justice to limit the seats from which a candidate can contest to just one. It had also recommended a ban on exit polls and opinion polls and said there should be some restriction on conducting and disseminating the results of opinion […]
Criteria of Surrogacy in India
Surrogacy: Petitioners in the Delhi High Court questioned why marital status, age, or gender were the criteria for being allowed to commission or not commission surrogacy in India. As per the Surrogacy Act that kicked in from January this year, a married couple can opt for surrogacy only on medical grounds. The law defines a […]
‘Grievance Appellate Committees’ For Hearing Appeals Regarding Social Media Posts
‘Grievance Appellate Committees’ For Hearing Appeals Regarding Social Media Posts: A proposal for setting up ‘Grievance Appellate Committees’ for hearing appeals regarding social media posts has been put forward by the government of India. In 2021, multiple stand-offs over content moderation and takedown happened between the government and the social media platforms. Twitter accounts of […]
Safety Of Aadhaar
Safety Of Aadhaar: The Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI) chose to withdraw its advisory two days after it was issued, encouraging users to desist from distributing photocopies of their Aadhaar Card. The notification has been withdrawn to avoid any misinterpretation UIDAI advisory say Holders should utilise a masked Aadhaar card instead of the […]
Caste based Census : Bihar
Caste based Census : Bihar A multi-party meeting held in Bihar unanimously decided to start the caste-based census very soon after the proposal is placed in the Cabinet. All parties which have representation in the legislature attended the meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. It would be a “time-bound exercise and each and every […]
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer PARAM ANANTA is India’s latest super computer. It has 838 TeraFlops supercomputing capability. It was commissioned at IIT Gandhinagar under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) It has been developed jointly by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. Param Ananta will rank […]
