In News Virtually half of a belated Rs 2,200 crore allotted for completing ongoing MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) projects in 2020-21 simply lapsed. About This happened as the Finance Ministry granted “barely a week” to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to release the funds — inviting the ire […]
In News Recently, the Delhi High Court has allowed the medical termination of pregnancy of a woman who had completed 22 weeks of gestation as the foetus was suffering from multiple abnormalities. Background As per the Indian Penal Code, 1860 voluntarily terminating a pregnancy was considered a criminal offence. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 & 3 1 Identifying Covid-19 deaths is the challenge but hard to hide large numbers: experts 1.12 times in Kerala to 2.86 times in Madhya Pradesh: April-May death surge looms over Covid death count Covid R-number rising in eight states […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 3 6 Govt’s third wave prep: 42 PSA plants installed, oxygen storage tanks on way (Health, Sc & Tech, Disaster) Please learn about Medical Oxygen. What are different means to produce it like Pressure Swing Absorption? What are the various funding mechanisms like […]
In News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that use preventive detention only if detenu affects or is likely to affect public order. Recent Case The Court held that to invoke a public detention law against someone, it is not enough that his/her actions pose a threat to law and order but must affect the […]
In News Recently, the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to amend public sector general insurance law. About The Bill seeks to amend the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The Bill seeks to provide for a greater private sector participation in the public sector insurance companies regulated under the Act. It is aimed at […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 3 Hint of thaw: IT Ministry to meet social media firms after House session (Digital Media and Governance) What are Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code 2021? Know about data sovereignty and the need for such rules. GS 3 3 Police […]
Indian Express Subject Page No. Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 Assam, Mizoram summon each other’s officials; CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is named in FIR (Polity and Governance ) About the dispute […]
Indian Express Subject Page No. Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 OBC, EWS get quotas in all-India seats of state medical, dental colleges (Polity and Governance ) The rationale behind the Centre decision […]
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