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Recusals By Judges

In News Recently, Two Supreme Court judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal. On June 21, Delhi High Court judge Anup Bhambhani recused himself from hearing a plea by digital media houses challenging the validity of the IT rules regulating intermediaries.   About Judge Recusal When there is a conflict of […]

Mangroves Plantation Along Odisha Coast

In News : The Odisha government has proposed to raise mangrove and casuarinas plantation in the coastal belt.  The state has around 480-kilometres-long coastal belt.   Need Odisha is one the most cyclone-prone states in the country and it also is vulnerable to various natural disasters like flood, hailstorm, drought due to its unique geo-climatic […]

Pandemic and Malnutrition

In News The Parliamentary panel asked the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) to conduct a survey on the impact of the pandemic on anganwadi services and malnutrition levels among children.   About The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports fixating on the need for data to understand “how anganwadi […]

Pygmy Hogs Conservation

In News Recently, 8 of 12 captive-bred pygmy hogs have been released in the Manas National Park of western Assam. This is the second batch to have been reintroduced into the wild under the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) in 2021.   Pygmy Hogs Scientific Name: Porcula salvania Features These are the world’s rarest and […]

UNESCO To Downgrade Status Of Great Barrier Reef

In News UNESCO has decided to downgrade the status of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.   About The UN body released a draft report recommending the reef’s World Heritage status to be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline. Although the Report did commend Australia’s efforts to improve reef quality and its financial commitment. […]

The Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Page No.                          Headlines                Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 1   2   82.7 lakh jabbed in one day: New phase of vaccination kicks in with Central procurement   Share info with Govt, […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   6 SC seeks govt. decision on ex gratia payment   A time to give (Polity and Governance) Know about the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the Supreme Court on ex gratia payment to families with Covid-19 fatalities. The government’s […]

Facts in News

Facts in News Indira Gandhi Canal Recently, the repair and relining of the Indira Gandhi Canal has been accomplished, restoring 70 km of both the main canal and the feeder distributaries in Rajasthan and parts of Punjab. Previously known as the Rajasthan Canal, it was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal on 2nd November 1984.  The […]

Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021

In News Recently, the government released the draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the general public for comments until July 2.  The new draft proposes to amend the Cinematograph Act of 1952 with provisions that will give the Centre “revisionary powers” and enable it to “re-examine” films already cleared by the Central Board of Film […]

Delimitation In Jammu and Kashmir

In News Recently, the Delimitation Commission for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has started the exercise by writing to all 20 District Commissioners (DC). On Independence Day 2020, the Prime Minister of India had said that elections would be held in J&K after the delimitation process in the Union Territory was over.    […]

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