Children, senior citizens, pregnant women, those with pre-existing co morbidities, and people forced to work in the open are more vulnerable to the impact of heat. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Tamil Nadu government, last week, notified a heatwave as a State-specific disaster. This would entail providing relief to … Read more
The Mysuru-Darbanga Express rammed into a stationary goods train at Kavaraipettai Railway station near Gummidipoondi in the Chennai Division of Southern Railway late on October 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The story so far: On October 17, eight coaches of the Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed in Assam with no casualties. On October … Read more
There are five major components of the UPS benefits, starting with the assurance that government employees will receive half of their average basic pay drawn over their final 12 months in service prior to retirement, as a monthly pension for life. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: Last weekend, the Union Cabinet … 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
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
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
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on January 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The two-day proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague between South Africa and Israel attracted global attention. South Africa had in late December moved the ICJ, … 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
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
Palestinians leave the north walk through the Salaheddine road in the Zeitoun district on the southern outskirts of Gaza City on November 25, 2023, on the second day of a truce between Israel and Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: Over the past weeks, India has expressed itself in statements, joint statements, … Read more