'Recently, the Supreme Court suggested temporarily appointing retired judges on an ad hoc (as required) basis to address the growing backlog of pending criminal cases before several High Courts.' N Read More...
'Exactly a decade ago, on January 22, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) program to arrest the decline in the child sex ratio.' Initially planned for 1 Read More...
'Kumbh, derived from a Sanskrit word which means a pitcher, is rotationally held every three years at the four riverside cities of Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik' The Ardh (half) Kumbh is Read More...
'The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to register spam preferences from customers.' In order to fight the deluge of spam messages, TRAI Read More...
'Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation.' The June 2015 announcement of 100 smart cities a Read More...
'United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on his very first day in office.' The order said the reasons for withdrawing wer Read More...
'The draft regulation by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on the selection and appointment of vice chancellors of universities has evoked protests by non-Bharatiya Janata Party-headed State gove Read More...
'International migrants reached 284.5 million, 255.7 million of them belong to the global working-age population (aged 15 and over).' International migrants are defined as persons who are part of t Read More...
'The World Economic Forum (WEF) is holding its Annual Meeting from January 20 to 24 in Davos, Switzerland.' Attendees will include European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, China’s Read More...
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi said once property cards under the Centre’s SVAMITVA scheme have been distributed in all the villages of the country, it could unlock economic activity worth over R Read More...
