In News Recently, the annual meeting (116th) of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) comprising Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan has been held in New Delhi. Under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) 1960, the two Commissioners are required to meet at least once every year, alternately in India and Pakistan. Highlights of […]

                               Facts in News National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) It was established under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 and was constituted on 1st June 2016. It hears appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). NCLT(s) […]

Indian Express Subject Page No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 1 In halls, safehouses, Myanmar national pray India does not send them back: ‘will be killed’   Two months after coup, India attends military parade in Myanmar (International Relations) Know about the India-Myanmar relations. Free Movement Regime between both countries and the […]

In News The Centre has only rejected 4.3% of all Right to Information (RTI) requests in 2019-20 according to the Central Information Commission’s annual report. The CIC’s annual report covers more than 2,000 public authorities across the Central government as well as the union territories. Key Findings of the report Almost 40% of rejections did […]

In News Recently, Africa’s forest and savanna elephants have been listed as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ respectively by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The current population of the two species combined is around 415,000 and earlier, both were earlier listed as ‘vulnerable’. African Forest Elephant Scientific name: Loxodonta cyclotis. Habitat Mainly found […]

In News For the first time, ISRO demonstrated free-space quantum communication over a distance of 300 metres. About The free-space communication using QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) was demonstrated at Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, Gujarat. QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) is the technology behind Quantum Communication Technology. It is a major milestone achievement for unconditionally secured […]

In News The Supreme Court asked the government to clarify the status of 55 recommendations made by the Collegium for judicial appointments to various High Courts six months to nearly a year-and-a-half ago. About Collegium made 44 recommendations out of 55 to fill vacancies in the Calcutta, Madhya Pradesh, Gauhati, Rajasthan and Punjab High Courts. […]

In News The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are collaborating on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Satellite. About the Satellite                                                     […]

                                Facts in News Indian Beamline Project It is a facility for materials research set up under the India-Japan Scientific and Technological Cooperation Project. The project was initiated between the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the High Energy […]

                                             The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 1 Poll bond sale can go ahead: SC (Polity) Know about Electoral Bonds and the issue of their sale. Supreme […]