In News Recently, Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of one of its verdicts from the search engine Google in an important order on the ‘Right to be forgotten and ‘Right to be left alone. Major Highlights The judgment was related to acquittal given in a drug case involving a US citizen of Indian […]
In News Recently, the Ministry of Power has decided to set up the National Mission on use of biomass in coal based thermal power plants. About The modalities of operation and structure of the Nation Mission are under finalization. Objectives To facilitate overcoming the constraints in the supply chain of biomass pellets and agro-residue and […]
In News The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has formulated a policy paper on “Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector” to deal with e-waste. Key Points of Paper India is the third largest consumer of raw materials produced globally and estimated to consume nearly 15 billion tonnes of material by 2030 with […]
In News A panel constituted by the Union Home Ministry to suggest reforms to the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) is likely to propose a separate Section on “offences relating to speech and expression”. About The committee is examining a gamut of subjects pertaining to reforms in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). As there is […]
In News Recently, Facebook has clarified that it aims to comply with the provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, which have come into effect. In February 2021, the Centre notified these rules and significant social media intermediaries were given a three month deadline for compliance, ending on […]
In News In News Recently, in a cyber-attack on Air India’s data processor, 10 years worth of the national carrier’s customer data have been leaked. About the Data Breach The incident affected around 45 lakh data subjects in the world and pertained to personal data registered between August 2011 and February 2021. Air India’s passenger […]
In News The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has adopted Kharif Strategy 2021, to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of oilseeds. Kharif Strategy 2021 It is an ambitious plan for the free distribution of high yielding varieties of seeds to the farmers for the Kharif season 2021 in the form of more than 8 […]
In News Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has highlighted the growth of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows into India. Key Highlights FDI grew 10 per cent in 2020-21 and touched a record USD 81.72 billion. In 2019-20, India had received USD 74.39 billion in FDI. FDI equity inflows rose 19 per cent […]
In News The ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the woes of the informal workers and the loopholes in the Social Security (SS) Code, 2020. Social Security Code, 2020 It was passed by the Indian Parliament in September 2020 along with three other labour codes, namely Code on Wages, 2019 Occupational Safety, […]
In News Government again warns WhatsApp to scrap the 2021 privacy policy. About The Indian government has for a second time asked messaging service provider WhatsApp to roll back an update of its terms of use, while Whatsapp had deferred the May 15 implementation of its terms. The changes in its terms of use and […]
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