Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the chief of defence staff (CDS) post?3 What are the new rule changes for the selection of CDS?4 What is the need for a rule change?5 What are the pending works for CDS? What is the News? The government has tweaked the Army, IAF and Navy rules to… Continue reading Centre tweaks rules to widen CDS choice pool: Serving & retired 3-star officers also eligible now
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How new rules will change life on social media
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the new amendments to the IT Rules,2021?3 Are these rules mandatory for Social Media Intermediaries?4 What are the benefits of new amendments?5 What are the challenges associated with the new amendments? What is the News? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY) has released a fresh draft of… Continue reading How new rules will change life on social media
Kolkata, centuries before Job Charnock: What newly excavated finds tell us
What is the News? Recent excavations by the Kolkata Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) at a mound outside the Robert Clive House in Dum Dum have revealed evidence of settlements in Kolkata that can be almost 2,000 years old. These findings provided further evidence of human habitation in Kolkata from centuries before the… Continue reading Kolkata, centuries before Job Charnock: What newly excavated finds tell us
Union Minister for Home inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute in New Delhi
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the National Tribal Research Institute(NTRI)?2.1 Functions of NTRI3 What is Tribal Research Institute(TRI)? What is the News? The Union Home Minister has inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute(NTRI). What is the National Tribal Research Institute(NTRI)? NTRI will be the premier national institute for the promotion and preservation of… Continue reading Union Minister for Home inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute in New Delhi
State Food Safety Index: Tamil Nadu tops food safety index
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the State Food Safety Index?3 What are the key findings of the index?4 Other Initiatives launched What is the News? The Union Health Minister has released the 4th State Food Safety Index. What is the State Food Safety Index? Started in: 2018-19 Prepared by: Food Safety and Standards… Continue reading State Food Safety Index: Tamil Nadu tops food safety index
Explained: Tamil Nadu sculptures recovered from Australia, US
What is the News? Ten antiquities (sculptures) retrieved from Australia and the United States were handed over to the Government of Tamil Nadu. What were the important sculptures recovered from Australia and the US? Dvarapala: This stone sculpture belongs to the Vijayanagar dynasty dating to the 15th-16th century. It is holding a Gada in one… Continue reading Explained: Tamil Nadu sculptures recovered from Australia, US
Union Govt seeks fresh comments on Draft IT Rules
What is the News? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY) has released a fresh draft of the amendment to the Information Technology(IT) Rules 2021. What are the new amendments to the IT Rules,2021? The Government has proposed the following amendments: First Amendment: It requires intermediaries to respect rights guaranteed to users under the Constitution… Continue reading Union Govt seeks fresh comments on Draft IT Rules
Explained: What is sologamy or ‘self-marriage’?
What is the News? A woman from Gujarat has announced that she would marry herself in what she described as an “act of self-love”. This wedding is seen as one of the country’s first instances of self-marriage or “sologamy”. What is Sologamy? Sologamy is the act of marrying oneself in a public ceremony, also referred… Continue reading Explained: What is sologamy or ‘self-marriage’?
Thiruvananthapuram Declaration seeks passage of reservation Bill
What is the News? The first National Women Legislators Conference concluded with the adoption of Thiruvananthapuram Declaration. What is the First National Women Legislators Conference? The First National Women Legislators’ Conference-2022 was held in Thiruvananthapuram. The Conference was hosted by the Kerala Legislative Assembly as part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. What are the key… Continue reading Thiruvananthapuram Declaration seeks passage of reservation Bill
Digital payment facility for PLI & RPLI through IPPB Mobile Banking App & Micro-ATM launched by Secretary, Department of Posts
What is the News? A two day meeting of senior functionaries of the Department of Posts(DoP) and India Post payments Bank(IPPB) called AAROHAN 4.0 has been concluded. What is AAROHAN 4.0? It is a meeting of senior functionaries of the Department of Posts(DoP) and India Post payments Bank(IPPB). Purpose: 1) To discuss and deliberate ways… Continue reading Digital payment facility for PLI & RPLI through IPPB Mobile Banking App & Micro-ATM launched by Secretary, Department of Posts
