• NITI Aayog will publish an online dispute resolution manual. This is an invitation to business leaders to adopt online dispute resolution solutions. The manual emphasizes the need for companies to adopt online dispute resolution mechanisms. According to the manual,…
• Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan will launch a new mission called `Aahaar Kranti’. About: • The mission is aimed to spread the message of the need for a nutritionally balanced diet and to understand the importance of accessible…
• The President of India appointed Sushil Chandra the senior-most Election Commissioner, as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. About: • Sushil Chandra will assume the charge of office of the Chief Election Commissioner with effect…
• Last week, the Supreme Court appeared to accept the Centre’s contention that the Rohingya people in India are illegal immigrants, most of whom are in a detention camp in Jammu, and others in Delhi. It said they should be…
• After decades of inactivity, the La Sourfriere volcano on the eastern island of the Caribbean Sea recently erupted. The volcano forced thousands of people from surrounding villages to evacuate. Since 1979, the volcano has been dormant. It began to…
• The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four States to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging. About: • The plea has referred to the August 2018…
• Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment to the winners. About: • With women empowerment as the theme, the objective of the award is to create awareness about issues…
• The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts for its space programme, including the country’s first woman astronaut. About: • Noura al-Matroushi has been identified as the UAE’s first woman astronaut, with her male counterpart as Mohammed al-Mulla.…
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the “Consumer Confidence Survey” report. The survey was conducted among more than 5,000 respondents in major cities in the country. The consumer confidence index dropped from 55.5 points in January 2021 to…
• India hosted the BRICS Finance Ministers’ Meeting. This is the first meeting of the BRICS countries under the auspices of India in 2021. As the chairman of the BRICS in 2021, India’s goal is to focus on cooperation within…
• Spices Board India and UNDP India Accelerator Laboratory signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a blockchain-based traceability interface for Indian spices. The MOU aims to establish a blockchain-based traceability interface for Indian spices to improve the transparency of…
• The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched Sankalp se Siddhi -Village and Digital Connect Drive. The main purpose of the drive is to activate Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in the…
