• The recent Supreme Court verdict striking down a part of the 97th Constitution Amendment, in so far as it dealt with cooperative societies under the domain of the States, has brought the focus on the extent to which the…
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage to K. Kamaraj on his birth anniversary. About: • Kumaraswami Kamaraj (1903 – 1975), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician. • He served as the Chief…
• Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has released the updated – The Drone Rules, 2021 for public consultation. The Drone Rules, 2021 will replace the UAS Rules 2021 (released on 12 March 2021). Key takeaways from the Draft Drone Rules,…
• Garment exporters will continue to get a rebate on central and state taxes on their outward shipments as the government approved extension of RoSCTL scheme till March 2024. About: • The move is aimed at enhancing competitiveness of the…
• Senior police officers of the Interpol’s member countries have endorsed measures to boost the role of its National Central Bureaus (NCBs), in view of the evolving ransomware threats. What is ransomware? • Ransomware is malware that employs encryption to…
• Scientists have for the first time detected gravitational waves produced by the collision of a neutron star and a black hole. • Previous gravitational wave detections have spotted black holes colliding, and neutron stars merging but not one of…
• The NDA government underwent a major overhaul with induction of 43 new faces and 12 ministers resigning from their posts. About: • The ministers who were dropped include senior leaders like IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Environment…
• A research paper by scientists at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), announcing a breakthrough in the field of chemical biology, and published in the prestigious Nature Chemical Biology (NCB), has been retracted as its key findings were…
• The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the new members of the Council of Ministers on 7 July 2021. About: • Articles 74 and 75 of the constitution of…
• The Rashtrapati Bhavan announced a slew of gubernatorial appointments, including that of Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot as the Governor of Karnataka, replacing Vajubhai Vala. About: • Governor is the head of the executive of…
• A light rail project has been proposed by the government of Kerala. • The project, if implemented, will substantially reduce the travel time between the two extremities of the State, namely the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south…
• The Centre’s digital agriculture proposals raised concerns of exploitation of farmers, data protection and consent, mismanaged land records, exclusion of landless cultivators and the corporatisation of agriculture, according to the feedback to the government. What is the government’s new…
