Hera Mission of ESA What is the News? Planning for humankind’s first mission to a binary asteroid system has entered its next engineering phase. ESA’s proposed Hera mission would also be Europe’s contribution to an ambitious planetary defence Read More ……
GLimpse of Trafficking bill,2018 and SC/SC Bill,2018
GLimpse of Trafficking bill,2018 and SC/SC Bill,2018 Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 = With declaring trafficking as criminal offence it has made provisions to systematically combat the organised nature of trafficking + 1) Read More ……
Examples of Judicial Activism
Examples of Judicial Activism SC imposed a ban on all public transport vehicles using diesel as a fuel and ordered them to convert to CNG SC imposed a restriction on the plying of commercial goods vehicles in the Read More ……
Angel Tax
Angel Tax What is the News? The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and Central Board of Direct Taxation are likely to increase the exemption threshold for startups from the so-called Angel Tax. Under the new Read More ……
River Information System (RIS) & Hilsa Fish
River Information System (RIS) & Hilsa Fish What is the News? To boost cargo movement on Ganga, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the second phase of river information system (RIS) between Farakka and Patna. Under the Jal Read More ……
Article 35A
Article 35A Article 35A treats non-permanent residents of J&K as ‘second-class’ citizens. Such persons are not eligible for employment under the State government and are also debarred from contesting elections Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is an Read More ……
Guru Padmasambhava
Guru Padmasambhava What is the News? Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled a 19-foot-high statue of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. This 29 tonne stone statue is placed in the middle of ‘Padma Sarovar’, a large Read More ……
National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO)
National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) National sex offenders registry = more than 4.4 lakh people convicted for various sexual offences after 2005 are listed. It includes name, address, photograph and fingerprint details of the convict. Details won’t Read More ……
Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU)
Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU) What is the News? Kerala has become the first State to set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical devices under Read More ……
Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill, 2018
Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill, 2018 Que: While legal recognition is the first step, mainstreaming transgender community is still a pipe dream in India. In this context, critically evaluate the adequacy of Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Read More ……