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Scholarship Schemes
In News Recently, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment highlighted the funds spent on the scholarship schemes by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. About In the first nine months of the financial year 2022-23, the Ministry was able to spend only 1% of its allocation for a pre-matric scholarship scheme […]
Online Gambling in India
In News Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling About The Tamil Nadu Assembly has recently re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. The Bill was tabled again in the House after Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi returned it previously saying it was ultra vires of […]
What is Defamation Law?
In Context Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname. What is Defamation? Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place, or thing that results […]
Indian Express
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains 10 Krishna, Birla, singer Kalyanpur among 50 given Padma awards (Miscellaneous) Learn facts related to Padma awards GS 2 10 National party tag: Election Commission holds hearings with NCP, CPI, TMC (Polity and Governance) What are criteria for recognition as a National Party? […]
The Hindu
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 8 The limits of American power in West Asia (International Relations) Know about America’s influence in West Asia, emerging challenges, how it affects India’s interest and what lies ahead GS 2 8 Abolition is the way (Polity and Governance) Know […]
The High Seas Treaty: Key provisions & challenges
In News The United Nations (UN) recently reached an agreement: The High Seas Treaty, which is a critical step forward in saving the planet. About High seas About: High seas are open ocean areas that are outside the jurisdiction of any country. The high seas comprise 64 per cent of the ocean surface and about […]
Abel Prize
In News The Abel Prize for mathematics was awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli. Partial Differential Equations Luis Caffarelli is a professor at the University of Texas and was honoured for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations. He is the first person born in South America to win the award. Differential […]
GISAID (Global Initiative On Sharing All Influenza Data)
In News Scientists were banned by GISAID from using the database that contained the genomic information they used for their study on COVID-19 virus origins. About Many scientists have expressed surprise about the ban which appears to have further vitiated public conversations as well as intensified the spotlight on China’s recalcitrance against international investigations on […]
Call Before U Dig APP
In News Recently, the Prime Minister launched the ‘Call Before u Dig’ (CBuD) app, to tackle Uncoordinated digging and excavation. About The Call Before u Dig mobile application, an initiative of the Department of Telecommunications aims to prevent damage to underlying assets like optical fibre cables that occurs because of uncoordinated digging and excavation It […]
