Mikhail Gorbachev: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. As the country’s head of state from 1988 to 1991, he served as […]
Tag: 1st Sep 2022
Muslim Personal Law Practices
Muslim Personal Law Practices: A five-judge Constitution Bench on Tuesday impleaded the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the National Commission of Women (NCW) and the National Commission of Minorities as parties in a batch of petitions challenging the Muslim Personal Law practices such as polygamy and nikah halala. The Supreme Court also issued notice in […]
Special Marriage Act, 1954 Challenge Dismissed
Special Marriage Act, 1954: The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 under which couples seek refuge for inter-faith and inter-caste marriages. The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the SMA, calling it violative of the right to privacy guaranteed […]
Inflation
Inflation: There are wide disparities in the pace of price rise experienced by consumers across the country, with a dozen States clocking an average inflation of less than 6% and another 12 States averaging more than 7% through 2022 so far. Headline inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index has averaged 6.8% in the first […]
Cloud Seeding
Cloud Seeding: Countries in middle-east and north Africa are racing to develop chemicals to get rain drops out of the cloud. Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances (such as silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice […]
PAREKH
PAREKH: Union government is planning to set up a national regulator PAREKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) for achieving a benchmark framework to assess students at the secondary and higher secondary level. PARAKH, is also part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. PAREKH is a proposed regulator, which will […]
Forensic Evidence
Forensic Evidence: Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years. The order was issued hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Police Headquarters here. Since Delhi is a Union Territory, its police force is under […]
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly: The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), praised India for its contributions to the global body. He described India as a “source of pride” not only for South Asia but for all peace-loving democracies. India was 1st country to raise Apartheid issue at UN. More than 2 lakh troops […]
