In News Officials from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other Government departments started the process of finalising various provisions of the draft Bill for a new national public health law. It will be placed in the public domain for consultation before being sent to the Union Cabinet. With the third Covid […]
In News Recently, Russia announced that it formally left the Council of Europe. In 1996, the Russian Federation joined the Council of Europe following the break-up of the Soviet Union a few years prior. What is the Council of Europe? About: It was founded in 1949 and its mission is to uphold human rights and […]
In Context India recently criticised the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) decision to invite Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq to a meeting being held in Pakistan. India has consistently underlined that J&K is an integral part of India and is a matter strictly internal to India. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) About: The Organisation of […]
In News Recently, the 10th edition of the World Happiness Report 2022 was released by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. World Happiness Report Published ever since 2012 by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The World Happiness Report is based on two key ideas: Happiness or life evaluation measured through opinion surveys, […]
In News National eVidhan Application (NeVA) has been developed on the theme of ‘One Nation – One Application’. About National eVidhan Application (NeVA) It is a Unicode compliant software having provision for easy access to various documents like List of Questions, List of Business, Reports etc. bilingually viz. English and any regional language. This application […]
In News Recently, Kerala High Court asked organisations associated with the film industry to take steps to constitute a joint committee to deal with cases of sexual harassment of women. About POSH Act: The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act was passed in 2013, defining sexual harassment, laying down the […]
In News Recently, 11 MPs and others criticised the ‘sealed cover jurisprudence’ of Kerala High Court. About Two separate benches of the Supreme Court did the right thing by red-flagging the disturbing practice of courts accepting information from government agencies in sealed envelopes. Instances where Supreme Court held otherwise: In the Rafale aircraft case While […]
In News Parliament’s Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has asked the government to roll back the system of caste-based wages, under which NREGS workers are paid based on whether they belong to a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or Others. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Mandate: The mandate of the […]
In News Every year 15th March is celebrated as the World Consumer Rights Day. About the day History: World Consumer Rights Day was inspired by President John F Kennedy, who sent a special message to the US Congress on 15th March 1962, in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. He was the […]
In News India’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has improved to 103 in 2017-19, from 113 in 2016-18 as per a special bulletin released by the Registrar General of India. India is all set to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of 70 maternal deaths per lakh live births by 2030 […]
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