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Bihar Vidyapeeth

In News  Recently, Bihar Vidyapeeth was finally cleared of encroachments on the orders of the Patna High Court, putting an end to litigations stretching over five decades. About Bihar Vidyapeeth It was established during the freedom struggle as National University by Mahatma Gandhi, Moulana Mazharaul Haque, Dr Rajendra Prasad and the other similar leading luminaries […]

Reforming Death Penalty

In News The Supreme Court has suo motu opened a review of the process by which courts award the death penalty. India’s justice system Death penalty or capital punishment is the highest degree of punishment that can be awarded to an individual under any penal law in force in any part of the world. Capital […]

Nepal PM Visit to India

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India and his Nepali counterpart launched multiple projects to boost connectivity between the two countries. Key Highlights  Focus Areas: Developmental cooperation,  Power cooperation for projects and transmission infrastructure. Connectivity:  First broad gauge Passenger Rail link: A 35-km cross-border railway line is launched. Linking Jaynagar in Bihar to Kurtha […]

Emergency in Sri Lanka

In News Sri Lanka’s President declared an Emergency as thousands of people came out on the streets to protest the crippling power cuts and shortages of essential commodities caused by the country’s economic meltdown. What triggered the crisis? Sri Lanka’s economic crisis can be traced to two key developments in the immediate past. The Easter […]

India and Turkmenistan Bilateral Meeting

In News  Recently, the Indian President for the first time visited Turkmenistan, where he signed four agreements, including in financial intelligence and disaster management and agreed to expand bilateral trade and energy cooperation to further strengthen the multifaceted partnership. Major Highlights  The following MoUs and Agreements were signed in the presence of the two Presidents: […]

Facial Recognition System (FRS)

In News Facial Recognition System (FRS) will be implemented in a phased manner. About Facial recognition System is part of the Digi Yatra initiative of the government for providing passengers seamless and hassle-free experience at airports. The first phase is planned at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune, Vijayawada, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad Airports by March 2023.  Preliminary […]

Part III of Six Assessment Report: IPCC

In News  The 56th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved the Summary for PolicyMakers (SPM) of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6 WGIII) titled ‘Mitigation of Climate Change’. Major Highlights of the report  Updated global assessment: It  provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation  […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1 Blockchain system in Gadchiroli to weed out fake caste certificates (Science and Technology ) What is Blockchain Technology?How does it operate? Concerns and potential. GS 2 1 Out on bail in hate speech case, Yati Narsinghanand at it again: tells Hindus […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   WHO pauses Covaxin supply via UN bodies   (Health ) Why the World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended supply of Covaxin,What is emergency use authorisation (EUA)?When can EUA be granted?What is the process of getting an emergency use authorisation in […]

Digital Form J

In News  The Punjab Mandi Board has decided to send a ‘digital form J’ on the WhatsApp number of farmers from this Rabi procurement season.  What is the ‘J form’ ? ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market).  These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission […]

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