• The eighth meeting of the UAE – India High-Level Joint Task Force on Investments was hosted by India, in virtual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Joint Task Force (JTF) was created in 2012 as a forum…
• To recognize the contributions towards defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani, Society of Biological Chemists (India) has chosen Dr. Susanta Kar, Senior Scientist, Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for this year’s Prof.A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award.…
• According to an order issued by the ministry, information and broadcasting department is setting up a committee to review the guidelines on television rating agencies in India. About: • In 2014, Ministry of information and broadcasting has formulated policy…
• In a new report released by the IPBES, the authors have warned that future pandemics will emerge more often, they’ll spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world and kill more people than COVID-19, unless significant measures are…
• The Supreme Court ruled that Computation of maintenance to estranged wife will include child care. Key highlights: • The Supreme Court said if an estranged wife gave up her job to take care of children and the elderly in…
• There could be a delay in the rollout of 5G technology because of differences between most states and the Centre in policies for setting up critical telecom infrastructure. Some issues faced: • The fee levied by states on companies…
• The RBI rejected Aircel’s resolution plan on the grounds that Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) cannot infuse equity in an insolvent company at the resolution stage. • This brought into focus the conflict between the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Special Marriage Act Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Recently, three couples (two male, one female) have filed petitions, two in the Delhi High Court, and one in the…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Special Marriage Act Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • That the CMs of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and now ministers in Karnataka are considering a law against what they…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Direct Benefit transfer Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Its advocates, including Central and state governments, have pitched Direct Benefit Transfers as an antidote to a persistent problem of…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Star Campaigner Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance Context: • The Supreme Court’s stay on the revocation of the status of former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath as a ‘star…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Income crisis Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • India has an incomes crisis: incomes of people in the lower half of the…
