2023 - Page 128 of 190 - Current Affairs

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 […]

Forest Conservation Rules (FCR) (2022)

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 […]

SC’s judgment on the appointment of Election Commissioners

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). […]

India, Italy to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership

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 […]

Ornamental Fish Aquaculture

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 […]

Regulating online sale of drugs in India

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

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 […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 India asks G20 to extradite economic offenders fast (International Relations) What are the outcomes of the first Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting of G20 Nations? GS 2 6 Politics and ideology within the portals of the judiciary (Judiciary) What is a […]

Making India Earthquake Prepared

In Context The destruction caused by earthquakes in Turkey should be alarming for us as the geologists have warned of a probable massive earthquake in the Himalayan state. More about the Earthquakes Meaning: It is the shaking of the surface of the Earth which results in a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s lithosphere […]

Landscape Management Plan For Greater Panna Landscape

In Context Recently, as part of the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP), a comprehensive Integrated Landscape Management Plan (ILMP) has been prepared for the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity in the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) & surrounding areas. About The plan will help to holistically consolidate the landscape for biodiversity conservation and human well-being, especially in […]

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