Devadasi Practise in some Southern Parts of India What is the news? More than 36 years after the Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act of 1982 was passed, the State government is yet to issue the rules for Read More ……
Category: Current Affairs
Bru Refugees in Tripura
Bru Refugees in Tripura What is the news? Around 35,000 Bru refugees living in relief camps in Tripura would continue to receive free ration till March 31. The home ministry has conveyed to the state government that the Read More ……
Kartarpur Corridor
Kartarpur Corridor What is the news? Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has written to the Centre to finalise the infrastructure to be built around the Kartarpur Corridor to ensure its early operationalisation. About the Corridor Kartarpur Sahib, the Read More ……
World Gold Council (WGC)
World Gold Council (WGC) What is the News? WGC has released a report on gold demand in 2019. Increased market uncertainty and expansion of protectionist economic policies will make gold increasingly attractive as a hedge in 2019, says Read More ……
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System What is the news? China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), touted as a rival to the widely-used American GPS, has started providing global services. Pakistan became the first country to use the BeiDou Read More ……
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) What is the News? Pakistan has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a bilateral economic project and has no military dimensions. A US media report alleged that China has hatched a secret Read More ……
National Register of Citizens (NRC)
National Register of Citizens (NRC) What is the News? The Centre has given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by June 30. In a Read More ……
India’s Second Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC
India’s Second Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC What is the News? The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Submission of India’s second Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Read More ……
FDI Policy on E-commerce
FDI Policy on E-commerce What is the News? Department of Industrial Policy &Promotion(DIPP) recently issued a clarification to the existing rules pertaining to Foreign Direct Investment in e-commerce companies. The updated norms for foreign direct investment in ecommerce Read More ……
Significance of Chabahar Port
Significance of Chabahar Port What is the News? The opening of the first office of Indian Ports Global Limited at Iran’s Chabahar and the takeover of operations of the Shahid Beheshti port is a milestone in India’s regional Read More ……