India’s Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar speaks as Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S. S. Sandhu look on during a press conference in New Delhi, on March 16. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: The President has appointed Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, both retired IAS officers, as Election Commissioners (ECs) to … Read more
A participant holds a placard during a protest in Bengaluru on March 13, 2024 against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On March 11, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024. The notification enabled the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) … Read more
India is estimated to have 10.13 crore people with diabetes, and another 13.6 crore people who are pre-diabetic, according to a nationwide study published in 2023. This apart, over 35% of Indians suffer from hypertension and nearly 40% from abdominal obesity, both of which are risk factors for diabetes. India accounts for 17% of all … Read more
Devotees line up to enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple next to the Gyanvapi mosque (background) in Varanasi on February 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is once again in focus, albeit in a context in which its objectives are being ignored. Civil suits … Read more
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) registration of two prominent non-governmental organisations (NGOs) — Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and World Vision India (WVI) have been cancelled this month. Who monitors the process? The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) monitors the … Read more
A worker waits for his interview and skill test at the Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak on January 17, 2024 during a Haryana government recruitment drive to send workers to Israel. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments, with the help of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), … Read more
The Digi Yatra initiative aims to promote digital processing of passengers for paper-less and seamless movement through various checkpoints at airports such as the entry gate, security check area and boarding gate. Photo: newdelhiairport.in The story so far: In December 2023, as air travel peaked in the holiday season, it was found that security personnel and … Read more
Death penalty for mob lynching, sedition replaced, no offence of adultery, new law against ‘love-jihad’, stricter punishment for rape and gang-rape. These are the few changes in the three new criminal bills introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah. Together, these three bills will completely change India’s criminal justice system. Source link
The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) – an annual convening of countries signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – happened in Dubai this year, with high expectations that countries would take concrete steps to address the climate crisis. The negotiations encompassed mitigation efforts, adaptation strategies, financing … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during Nashamukti Diwas (de-addiction day) at CM Secretariat in Patna on November 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: On November 26, at a function to mark Nashamukti Diwas or ‘de-addiction day’, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that there would be a fresh “house-to-house” survey to assess … Read more