In News Recently, the 4th edition of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) commenced in the Central Hall of Parliament. About Theme: “Ideas for a Better tomorrow: India for the World”. Participation: More than 2.01 Lakh youth from 748 Districts of all States and UTs participated at 150 venues across the country. Objectives: to hear the […]
In News Recently, the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying laid the foundation stone of Frozen Semen station in Ranbir Bagh, Ganderbal district of Jammu & Kashmir. About The Frozen Semen Station will enable Kashmir province to be self-sufficient in the production of high-quality and disease-free germ plasm to be used for Artificial […]
In News The Supreme Court recently formed a five-member expert committee to investigate the possibility of regulatory failure in the Hindenburg Adani saga. About The supreme-Court formed a committee headed by former apex court judge, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre to assess the regulatory framework. The scope of the committee is to provide an overall assessment […]
In News The Ukrainian military might decide to pull troops back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut. Battle of Bakhmut Bakhmut is a small mining town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk province. Bakhmut is currently in ruins, having been the focal point of Russian assaults and a site of dogged defence by the Ukrainian military. Importance […]
In News The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has secured FRA (Forest Rights Act) implementation reports of all States and Union Territories by invoking its Constitutional powers to directly approach the Supreme Court of India. Background After the introduction of the FCR 2022, the NCST wrote to the Environment Ministry asking that they be […]
In News A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court directed in a landmark judgment that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) will be appointed by the President on the advice tendered by a committee of the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India (CJI). […]
In News Recently, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited India after a gap of nearly five years. Outcomes: The two countries have decided to take the relationship forward by elevating India?Italy partnership to the level of strategic partnership. Identifying defence as an important pillar in the relationship, both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on […]
In News Recently, 82 islanders, 77 of them women, were selected and underwent intensive training in Ornamental fish aquaculture. About Community-based ornamental fish aquaculture, using local resources is the first-of-its-kind experiment, as many as 82 islanders, 77 of them women, were selected and underwent intensive training. They have formed groups for ornamental fish aquaculture with […]
In News All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists threatens a country-wide agitation against e-pharmacies. About Recently, the Ministry of Health has pulled up at least 20 companies including Tata-1mg, Flipkart, Apollo, PharmEasy, Amazon and Reliance Netmeds, by issuing them a show cause notice, for selling medicines online. The Indian pharmaceuticals market is the third largest […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 3& 15 Think tank CPR’s FCRA suspended, gets I-T notice on tax exemptions The Foreign funding law whose provisions CPR allegedly violated (Government Policies and Interventions) What are the key provisions and objectives of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA)? GS […]