The Haryana Assembly on November 6, 2020 passed the ‘Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Bill, Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Haryana Assembly passes Bill on right to recall panchayat member
Contempt case and consents
Attorney-General of India Shri K.K. Venugopal on November 2, 2020 declined consent to initiate contempt Read More …
16 Psyche-An asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion!
According to a recent study, asteroid 16 Psyche, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, could Read More …
What is a star campaigner?
On 30 October, 2020, the Election Commission of India revoked the star campaigner status of Read More …
Supreme Court passes ‘Mirror Order’
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice UU Lalit, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Hemant Gupta, Read More …
Khadi Oaxaca and Mann ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Mann ki Baat address on October 25, 2020, asked Read More …
Scientists measured the shortest unit of time ever
Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever: the time it takes a light Read More …
What is a Blue Dot Network?
Recently a bipartisan group of US Senators wrote to India’s Ambassador to the United States Read More …
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation System and NGT
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that environmental clearance (EC) to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Read More …
Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center
To address societal challenges through digital innovation, NITI Aayog on October 19, 2020 announced the Read More …
All about ‘Chapter proceedings’
In October 2020, the Mumbai police initiated “chapter proceedings” against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. Read More …
‘India will be Trans Fat free by 2022’
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh on October 16, 2020 said that the aim of the Read More …
India designated as the Vice-Chair of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
India has been designated the Vice-Chair of Good Laboratory Practice, GLP Working Group of the Read More …
SILAM and ENFUSER for air quality
Ministry of Earth Sciences has recently improved the Air Quality forecast model ‘System for Integrated modelling Read More …
Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna-2 Launched
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan on October 14, 2020 launched Read More …
What is eVIN network?
According to the Union Health Ministry, the eVIN network, which can track the latest vaccine Read More …
What is Mars ‘opposition’?
Due to “opposition” event, Mars outshined Jupiter, becoming the third brightest object (moon and Venus Read More …
What is ketogenic diet?
Actor Mishti Mukherjee, 27, died on October 2, 2020 in a hospital in Bengaluru. According Read More …
Scientific Social Responsibility’ (SSR)
According to Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) Read More …
What is ‘Election Matter’ in Section 126?
Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 prohibits displaying any election matter Read More …
RAISE 2020
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog are organizing a Global Virtual Read More …
Zombie fires in Arctic
According to recent study, “Zombie fires” and burning of fire-resistant vegetation are new features driving Read More …
Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD)
According to a study by scientists from the Bengaluru-based Institute of Wood Science & Technology Read More …
Financial inclusion and micro markets (FI&MM) vertical
India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on September 26, 2020 said it has Read More …
Alliance for Multilateralism
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on September 25, 2020 addressed the Ministerial meeting of Read More …