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Project RE-HAB

In News Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched research Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant Human Attack by using Bees) in the Kodagu district. About Project RE-HAB Under this Project, bee boxes will be used as a fence to prevent the attack of elephants. The bee boxes are set up in the passageways of human-elephant […]

Plea in Supreme Court for wrongful prosecution

In News A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines for compensation to victims of Wrongful Prosecution and implements the recommendations of Law Commission Report No-277 on Miscarriage of Justice in 2018. Key Points – India has no effective statutory/legal Mechanism for wrongful prosecutions due to […]

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021

In News Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has introduced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha, which gives more discretionary powers to the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi. About the Amendment Bill It proposes to amend Sections 21, 24, 33 and 44 of the 1991 Act. […]

The Indian Express

                                                                            Indian Express Subject Page No.                          Headlines                Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 7 Pledge […]

The Hindu

                            The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims  and Mains  GS II 1 Centre likely to allow residents to Fill their NPR details online (Governance) National Population Register (NPR), newly digitised forms and the concerns regarding it. GS II 2 […]

Facts in News

                       Facts in News AEG12 Mosquito Protein According to scientists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), a mosquito protein, called AEG12, strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika, and also weakly inhibits coronaviruses. It is […]

The UK’s Turing Scheme

In News The UK launched the Turing scheme to enable UK students to study abroad after leaving the European Union’s flagship Erasmus scholarship programme. About Turing Scheme It is named after the celebrated English mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. The scheme will enable schools, colleges and universities in the UK to apply for government funding. […]

Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

In News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Background The plea challenged various provisions of the Act. Section 2, 3, 4 not only offend the right to pray, practice and propagate religion (Article 25), the right to manage, […]

Panel on Mythical Saraswati River

In News The Centre has reconstituted an advisory committee to prepare a plan for studying the mythical Saraswati river for the next two years, earlier the panel’s term ended in 2019. Background The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on March 10 issued a notification for “reconstitution of the Advisory Committee for the Multidisciplinary Study of […]

Bamboo Flowering as a Threat

In News The gregarious flowering of bamboo inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala poses a potential threat to wildlife in the Nilgiri biosphere, a major tiger and elephant habitat. About Bamboo Flowering Thorny bamboo (Bamboosa Bambos) is a monocarpic (flowering only once) plant. It belongs to the Poaceae family (grass family) and its flowering cycle […]

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