• Recently, the Allahabad High Court (HC) has ruled that couples seeking to solemnise their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 can choose not to publish the mandatory 30-day notice of their intention to marry. Before that, in a…
• Actor Anuskha Sharma and her husband, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, became parents to a girl on January 11. While the Indian team is on a tour to Australia, Kohli came back to India after the first Test, on…
• Pakistan has issued special permits to Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the crown prince and five other members of their family to hunt Houbara bustard during the 2020-21 hunting season. • The Arab royals hunt the bird…
• The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and MSME launched an innovative new paint named Khadi Prakritik Paint. • It is developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission. About: • The “Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind eco-friendly…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Anti-cow slaughter Mains level: Issues related to economics of animal-rearing. Context: • In rushing through an anti-cow slaughter ordinance without a debate, the Karnataka government undoes more than a century of nuanced debate on…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Farm laws Mains level: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System-objectives, functioning, Context: • The Supreme Court passed an interim order in the on-going contestation between…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: UN Security Council Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context: • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made his speech to the UN Security Council…
• Recently, the Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the National Centre of Meteorology of the UAE. Key highlights of MoUs: • Cooperation to support the…
• A study finds only 30% of Indian executives in the survey knew about 3D printing, compared to 77% of American executives. About: • 3D printing or additive manufacturing uses computer-aided designing to make prototypes or working models of objects…