National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has granted Haryana farmers compensation of ₹5 lakh from Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO). This compensation was granted after the IFFCO had sold to farmers defective guar seeds that led to 70% crop failure. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), India is a quasi-judicial commission in India… Continue reading Haryana farmers win compensation for defective seeds sold by IFFCO
Category: Factly: Polity and Nation
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the Polity and Nation. You can find all relevant Polity and Nation updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Operation Safed Sagar
Air Chief Marshal has led the ‘missing man’ formation in a MiG-21 aircraft to pay tributes to Air force personnel who were killed in action during Operation Safed Sagar at Kargil. Operation Safed Sagar was the code name assigned to the Indian Air Force’s role in acting jointly with Ground troops during the Kargil war.… Continue reading Operation Safed Sagar
V D Savarkar’s birth anniversary being celebrated today
Prime minister has paid tribute to VD Savarkar on his birth anniversary. He said that the nation will always remember the sacrifices made by Veer Savarkar during the freedom struggle. Veer Savarkar was born in 1883.Savarkar was an Indian freedom fighter, activist, politician,lawyer, writer and formulator of the Hindutva philosophy. Veer Savarkar had called 1857… Continue reading V D Savarkar’s birth anniversary being celebrated today
Post Balakot, Indian Air Force zeroes in on key vulnerability
IAF officials has said that the Indian Air Force(IAF) has identified a shortage of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to provide round-the-clock surveillance as a major deficiency after the Balakot air strike. An airborne warning and control(AWACS) system is an airborne radar picket system designed to detect aircraft, ships and vehicles at long… Continue reading Post Balakot, Indian Air Force zeroes in on key vulnerability
Govt sets up tribunal for adjudicating ban on LTTE
The Government of India has constituted the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient reason to continue the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Earlier,Central Government had extended the ban on the LTTE for another five years under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967. The ban was extended due… Continue reading Govt sets up tribunal for adjudicating ban on LTTE
Cauvery Authority directs Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft water to Tamil Nadu for June
The Cauvery Water Management Authority has ordered Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu from river Cauvery in June. This order has come after the representatives from Tamil Nadu placed a request in the meeting, to direct Karnataka to release water in time for the Kuruvai crops in the delta districts of… Continue reading Cauvery Authority directs Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft water to Tamil Nadu for June
New version of Akash missile test-fired successfully
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired the Akash-MK-1S surface to air defence missile system. This is a new version of the missile fitted with an indigenous seeker. The Akash missile is a medium range Surface-to-air missile with multi-target engagement capability. It has the capability to neutralise aerial targets such as… Continue reading New version of Akash missile test-fired successfully
ICMR head Balram Bhargava wins Dr. Lee Jong-wook Prize for Public Health
Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) Professor Balram Bhargava has been awarded the 2019 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva. He bagged the award for his achievements as a clinician, innovator, researcher and trainer. The Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health was established in… Continue reading ICMR head Balram Bhargava wins Dr. Lee Jong-wook Prize for Public Health
NIMHANS battery can assess disabilities: govt.
The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that learning disabilities can be diagnosed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) battery.It is a tool which ascertains the degree of the disability. This submission was made while hearing a plea by a petitioner who claimed that there is no method… Continue reading NIMHANS battery can assess disabilities: govt.
Govt has to take concrete steps to transform forces
According to defence experts,the newly elected government should take steps on reforms required in the defence arena to overhaul the country’s entire defence establishment. The government needs to (a)right-size the 15-lakh strong armed forces (b)formulate a coherent national security strategy to boost the private sector’s role in arms production and (c)plugging critical operational military gaps… Continue reading Govt has to take concrete steps to transform forces
