Category: 9 PM Brief

World Bank study on PMGSY: ‘Rural roads scheme triggered shift from farm to non-farm employment’ A recent independent World Bank assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has noted that the scheme led to a shift from farm to non-farm employment particularly among men in the habitations studied between 2009 and 2017. The… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 22, 2019

RTI Amendment Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha today The Government has introduced a Bill to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005 in the Lok Sabha. The amendment bill proposes two fundamental changes. First, it proposes to change the tenure of the Central Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioner (IC) at the centre… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 20, 2019

Karnataka crisis: What’s a ‘whip’, and what does it do? A whip in parliamentary parlance is a written order that party members be present for an important vote, or that they vote only in a particular way. In India all parties can issue a whip to their members. Parties appoint a senior member from among… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 19, 2019

Bill to revamp medical education cleared The Union Cabinet has approved the National Medical Commission Bill. The National Medical Commission Bill 2019 proposes to repeal the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. If enacted, the current Medical Council of India would be replaced by a National Medical Commission. The Commission will have four autonomous boards: a)… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 18, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here In battle against spread of chikungunya and dengue, ICMR finds unlikely ally — bacteria Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed a strain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito into which Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria, is introduced. The mosquito variant has been… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 17, 2019

India, Russia seek to skirt US sanctions threat to arms deals Russia and India have agreed on a new mechanism which will allow payments for multi-billion dollar defence deals to be made using their own national currencies. This mechanism was established after Indian banks with exposure to the US had suspended payments and instalments to… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 16, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Defence Ministry signs MoU with IPFC and NRDC Defence Ministry has signed an MOU with the Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC) and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in connection to the mission Raksha Gyan Shakti. The MOU aims to bridge the capacity shortfall… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 13, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India urges Commonwealth to readmit Maldives as member India has called for fast-tracking the process of readmitting Maldives into the Commonwealth. Maldives had left the Commonwealth in 2016 at the height of political turmoil in the country. However, the situation in Maldives changed… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 12, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Cabinet approves transgender bill The Union Cabinet has approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019. The Bill aims at the social, economic and educational empowerment of transgender persons. Under the bill, transgender persons are defined as those “whose gender does not… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 11, 2019