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Year End Review 2019: Ministry of Culture

Important Events Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi The President of India, presided over the second meeting of the...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

EIA Not Needed for Bulk Drug Makers

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has exempted manufacturers of bulk drugs and intermediates from...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

New Features Added to e-NAM

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has launched three new features of the National Agriculture Market...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Rise in Violence Against Women

Why in News The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recorded a more than twofold rise in gender-based violence. It has been argued that the...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Amendments to the J&K Order

Why in News The Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order-2020. The Order was...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

National Security Act, 1980

Why in News The Indore district administration invoked the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, against four persons accused of instigating residents...

04 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Suggestions for Covid-19 and Lockdown Exit

Why in News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has held a video conference with the Chief Ministers of the States on tackling the Covid-19...

03 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

In Depth - The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Recently, a Bill to amend the Companies Act, 2013 and decriminalise various offences under it was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The proposed...

03 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Impact of Lockdown on Banks

Why News Banks are concerned about the build up of Non-performing Assets (NPAs) as the disruption caused to business operations and supply chains...

03 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Covid-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS)

Why in News The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has shared a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with all telecom service providers regarding...

03 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Centre Defines J&K Domicile Rules

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order,...

02 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

E-Way Bills During Lockdown

Why in News Recently, the transporters have raised concerns over potential penalties arising from expired electronic way (e-way) bills. Since...

02 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Foreign Contribution to PM-CARES Fund

Why in News Recently, the Central Government has decided to accept contributions from abroad, irrespective of the nationalities, to the Prime...

02 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Norms Relaxed under MPLAD Scheme

Why in News The government has provided for “one-time exemption in furnishing of utilization certificate” for release of the first...

02 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Zoonotic Diseases

Introduction The word 'Zoonosis' (Pleural: Zoonoses) was introduced by Rudolf Virchow in 1880 to include collectively the diseases shared in...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Globalisation & Covid-19

Why in News Global leaders have reached this consensus that the pandemic Covid-19 and the crisis it has generated is a turning point in modern...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Fundraising for Covid-19

Why in News Recently, the Government has hiked Ways and Means Advance (WMA) limit with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 60%. WMA limit is...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Government Cuts Interest Rates on NSC, PPF

Why in News Recently, the Government of India slashed interest rates on small savings schemes, including National Savings Certificate and Public...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020

Why in News Recently, the government has promulgated the 'Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020'. Key...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Fight Against Covid-19

Why in News According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), over 40 vaccines against the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) are in...

01 Apr 2020 Government Policies & Interventions