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STAR RATING FOR PACKAGED FOODS
STAR RATING FOR PACKAGED FOODS
Source: The Indian Express
Context
India's Top food regulator has published a draft notification that makes it mandatory for pre-packaged foods to carry a star rati...
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26-Sep 2022
UIGHURS
UIGHURS
Source: Indianexpress
CONTEXT
India has cancelled the visa it had granted to Dolkun Isa, the executive chairman of the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, whom Beijing considers a ter...
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24-Sep 2022
UNITED NATION SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC)
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL(UNSC)
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
India is elected to the non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support. India ge...
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24-Sep 2022
OCEAN CARBON OBSERVING SYSTEM REPORT 2022
Ocean Carbon Observing System
Source: Down To Earth
Context:
The Ocean Observing System Report Card, 2022 pointed at inequality in the operational services across the oce...
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24-Sep 2022
WHY INDIA WANTS WAR TO END BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
INDIA -WAR- RUSSIA
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkan...
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24-Sep 2022
INDIAN AGRI TECH
INDIAN AGRI TECH
Source: The Indian Express
Context
FSG, a global consulting firm, has launched the Agritech Report 2022, "What's next for Indian agri-tech? Emerging opportunities and the way forwa...
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24-Sep 2022
KYRGZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN CONFLICT
KYRGYZSTAN –TAJIKISTAN CONFLICT
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
For the past few weeks going confrontations by local communities and skirmishes between security forces on either side. In the Batken re...
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23-Sep 2022
DVORAK TECHNIQUE
DVORAK TECHNIQUE
CONTEXT
American meteorologist Vernon Dvorak passed away he was best known for the Dvorak technique which is named after him. The technique is for cyclone forecasting.
VERNON...
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23-Sep 2022
POPULAR FRONT OF INDIA (PFI)
Popular Front of India (PFI)
1. About the Popular front in India
The Popular Front of India (PFI) which came into existence as a non-profit organization to fight for the rights of minorities, D...
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23-Sep 2022
US INFLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIA
US INFLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIA
Source: The Indian Express
Context
The United States Labour Department reported that retail inflation had spiked to 6.2 per cent in October.
India's National S...
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23-Sep 2022
ACCOUNT SETTLEMENT SYSTEM BY SEBI
ACCOUNT SETTLEMENT SYSTEM BY SEBI
1. Background
Under the new guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) the trading members will have to settle the accounts on a mon...
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23-Sep 2022
SC LIVE STREAMING
SC LIVE STREAMING
Source: The Indian Express
Context
The Supreme Court in a full court decided to live to stream its proceedings in crucial Constitution Bench cases that will be heard from Septem...
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22-Sep 2022
AYURVEDA- AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE
AYURVEDA- AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE
Background
Ayurveda, India’s traditional medicine, has been in practice for close to three millennia.
Even today, this ancient system serves the healthcare need...
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22-Sep 2022
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT 2022
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT 2022
CONTEXT
The Ministry OF Home Affairs notified the rules governing The Criminal procedure (Identification) Act 2022. The act seeks to repeal the Ide...
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22-Sep 2022
JHARKHAND’S DOMICILE POLICY
JHARKHAND’S DOMICILE POLICY
CONTEXT
Local Persons Bill 2022, the draft bill will be passed in the next Assembly session and then sent to the entre with a proposal to place it in the ninth sche...
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22-Sep 2022