| SEBI vs PNB Housing finance- Carlyle |
| Govt kaha se money infuse kare in economic slowdown? CII-> 1. paosa chapo 2. pay ratios bw factory worker:CEO– 1:23 –> 1:7 lao 3. Impose wealth tax to rich |
| Corona mein 4lakh kahas de? NDMAsec 12- min standards to relief person afected by disaster. Home Min–> declared corona= disaster… rs 4lakh x 4lakh dead= 16k cr… beyond fiscal capacity. |
| IDBI prvtisation– LIC =49% + Govt= 45% –> govt apna share bechega. |
| DoT –>eased norms on OSP regarding BPOs doc submitting. |
| Urbanisation:-Ranking: Data Maturity Assessment Framework by MOHUA–> Ranking for Indian cities to who improved municipal governance through big data analytics. Latest Ranking #1: Gujarat’s Surat, #2: Maharashtra’s Pimpri Chinchwad, #3: MP’s Bhopal |
| MoHIPE–> FAME–> extemded 2 yrs till march_24.. Volkswagen 2035 tak electric cars hi banayega. No to combustion engines. |
| 27 june — Int MSME day |
| Guj govt–> GET= Guj Edu Tech Lmtd– to sell educational digital content to pvt schools –> profit= cross subsidisation. |
| Reve Deficit < 40% UNIION + state… RECO< 5 |
| 1N1RC–> in the name of family+ location specific. So not migrant workers cant buy cheap food elesewhere.. It was to provide inter+ intra stateintergrated PDS/NSFA… Sc gave deadline to states to join the scheme. Ass+36+D+Bengal |
| Govt reduced customs duty on edible palm oil by 10%. |
| El Salvador made history to allow Bitcoin+ Us Dollar as legal tenders.–> Bank penetration + Fiscal inclusion badega |
| many PSU undertakings–> Board members = BJP politician +IAS |
| 2011– National Optical Fibre network to 2.5Lakh gram panchayat– but not ready by 2021–> opt for PPP model |
| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte jial dalke injection lagayega |
| Peter-Pan syndrome not a psychopathology. |
| Japan Gender bias –> only ine surname allowed after marriage |
| Mission Karmayogi: Ministry of personnel new initiative for training of civil servants. Infosys ex-CEO S D Shibu Lal appointed as chairperson of task force |
| Britain ban junk food ads |
| Corruption: GOA Lokayukta sent report to Governor Koshyari that CM Pramod Sawant’s government refused to act on Lokayukta recommendation to file an FIR against ex-Power minister Madkaikar for disproportionate assets.🤔 Points to consider: 1) if the recommendations of Lokpal/ Lokayukta not acted upon by the executive then difficult to ensure combat against corruption. 2) if such attitude continues then the office of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will become paper tiger/white elephant. |
| IPC sec 188–> IAS issued order ki fishing + selfie ban in Guj DANG district |
| Pak minister admit of terror funding PTI |
| Middle East updates 1) Historic visit of EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Iraq (Baghdad). Egypt Iraq relationship had soured since Iraqi president Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. 2) Iran refuses to give images from nuclear sites to IAEA, saying IAEA-monitoring agreement’s date has expired |
| G-20 summit 2021 @Italy in October. 2022@India. G- 20 member countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. |
| UN peacekeeping may have to shut down in Africa + Middle East due to lack of $6bill budget corona kand |
| Jamshedji Tata = biggest philanthropist globally in the last century by donating $102 billion- in “top-50 givers “list by says Hurun Report and EdelGive Foundation |
| Chess: Indian-origin American Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster in the world. |
| ISSF Shooting World Cup at Osijek: Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Rahi Sarnobat claimed the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol women’s team event. |
| PAGP = People’s Alliance for Gupkar meets PM to restore ART 370 |
| Delimination Commission headed buy Rtrd SC judge Ranjana Prakash Desai–> JK ha sbecome UT with legislature.. 107–>114 |
| draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021–> 1) U/A 7+, U/A 13+ and U/A 16+. 2) even if the censor board has cleared the movie union government can still re-examine it |
| Lakswadeep–> removed meat + chicken from Midday meals. |
| judge Recusal–> conflict of interest hone pe judge case se hat sakta haii. |
| Indian Air Force (IAF)–> Corporal refused to get vaccinated saying 1) I believe in Ayurveda –> job terminated |
| Guj–> Right to privacy –> right to consume food as per choice–> remove ban on alcohols |
| Competition Commission of India (CCI) case about, Google vs TV manufacturers. Google’s Television App Distribution Agreement (TADA) compels the TV-maker to pre-install an entire suite of Google applications on their devices and not just any single application= unfair condition, harms the competition |
| West Bengal 1) Jangalmahal 2) Greater Cooch Behar from North Bengal 3) Gorkhaland 3) Kamtapur movement from Koch Rajbongshi SC community, a Scheduled Caste in West Bengal. |
| What is DMCA_1998<– Outcome of WIPO member treaties to protect copyrights in Internet. |
| France–> LS–> passed IVF usage for single women + lesbian couple |
| MP HC–> media trials & producing victims infront of media–> police vioalates ART 21 + no statutory foundation in CRPC |
| Right to be forgotten–> Association press 175 yrs american no profit news agency |
| Pune= largest city of MAHA–> Pune Municipal corp included 23 new villages |
| >140,000-year-old skull found in northeastern China belongs to new ancient species of humans called Homo longi and have nicknamed it “Dragon Man”… skull= is 23 cm long and more than 15 cm wide, is larger than a modern human skull. |
| Cowin site diplomacy with Rwanda |
| Sprinklr customer data management firm. Kerala State government had given a contract to track/monitor the corona patients. It was in controversy because of data privacy issues, and how the contact was given without due procedure |
| Molnupiravir: oral antiviral drug for mild Covid treatment. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Cipla, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Sun Pharma and Torrent Pharma |
| Union buys 75% + Pvt hospitals buy 25% vaccines in State–> poor states like Jh needs different ratios |
| Corona vaccine permission: Indian Govt gave American Company Moderna emergency use for its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. This is the first internationally developed vaccine to be granted a waiver from conducting trials in India. |
| 1st July – doctors day |
| Australia, Brunei and Singapore, Algeria, Argentina, El Salvador (2021), China (2021)– malaria free country |
| RBI gave small finance bank (SFB) license to Centrum Financial Services Ltd. In future, Centrum+ BharatPe may take control/ownership of scam-ridden Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) |
| Microfinance loans = Small loans to households with annual household income of ₹1.25l (rural area) and ₹2 lakh (urban area). RBI new proposal- Micro finance EMI should not be so high that >50% of household’s monthly income is going into loan repayment. |
| BSNL+MTNL merger→ over 30k employees opted for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS). |
| 2019: Indian clients parked 6000+cr while 2020: 20,000+cr in Switzerland. These are the official figures given by Switzerland authorities to India |
| 0% GST of a company supplying food to mid-day meal schools-says CBIC . |
| Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will be dissolved, and re-placed by seven new Defence Public Sector Undertakings / government companies to oversee the 41 ordnance factories. Benefit? autonomy, accountability and efficiency. |
| When American RBI= US Federal Reserve ⏫repo rate, FIIs pull out money from third world countries = third world countries currency weakens. This happened in 2013 |
| Surpus Rice is mostly exported from India, it is a threat to the environment and embezzlement from government warehouses- 😢Criticism? 1) Australia, Brazil and Thailand registered case against India at the WTO for our export subsidies. 2) environmental sustainability of this water intensive crops e.g 1 kg of sugar requires 2,000 litres of water. 1 kg rice, needs 3,000 to 5,000 litres of . 3) Govt heavily subsidised them thru cheap fertiliser, free irrigation etc. 4) Consequently, Rice cultivation contributes > 18 % GHG 4) Rice procured in PDS = leaked & exported due to corrupt officials. |
| World Competitiveness Report by the Institute for Management Development (IMD). Rank#1 Switzerland. Rank#43: India |
| Population control: Assam 1) People with >2 children barred from government jobs and from contesting local elections 2) New proposal- some of the government schemes will be given only to families with <= 2 children. e.g. Chief Minister Awas Yojana middle-class family. |
| Appointment: MICROSOFT CEO Satya Nadella now appointed as its new chairman. |
| Nepal Govt wanted to exort sand+ crushed stone to India to dec trade deficit.. But their constitution–> any natural resource or securtiy mattee needs 2/3 majority in HOUSE… SC overturned this. |
| Wokeness?? — birthing people instead mother |
| MLA Zeeshan Siddique and actor Sonu Sood were supplying Covid drugs to needy people.. But some drugs are aloowed by order/permission of discretion of the Central government.. Bombay HC–> negative perception against the government |
| 21 june= International YOGA day.. 2021’s theme: “Yoga for well-being” |
| Appointment: Iran New President Ebrahim Raisi wins. |
| US – Russia Presidential summit @Geneva Switzerland. Outcome? 1) joint statement not released. Presidents conducted separate press conferences = relations are not warm yet. 2) neither president invited other president to visit their country. |
| UNGA resolution against Myanmar generals for human rights violation, usurping democracy, called for arms embargo. Myanmar’s own diplomat voted in favour of this resolution!… Was asked to resign… Belarus voted no because it is in the similar controversy of supressing opposition leaders. India has abstained from resolution |
| Appointment: Mahmud Jamal= first Indian origin person to become a judge in to the Supreme Court of Canada. |
| Milkha Singh. moniker “Flying Sikh”. 1958 won 400m and 200m gold medals in Tokyo Asian Games. his autobiography = Race of My Life. Padma Shri. Captain in Indian Army. |
| Minority education institutes: TMA Pai Foundation case (2002) = rules will apply equally for minority and majority educational institutions, if National interest is involved. Gujarat government mandates that in the minority educational institutes no teacher can be appointed without clearing Teachers’ Aptitude Test (TAT). |
| CBSE/ College admission does not recognise School certificates of Ramdev’s Acharyakulam; RSS’s Vidya Bharati schools, and Arya Samaj’s gurukuls. So, Government announced to set up Bharatiya Shiksha Board (BSB), a national school board on Vedic education. |
| Slavery: Juneteenth / emancipation day = 19th June 1866: this day marks the end of slavery in USA. 2021- US PRESIDENT Biden signed law to make it a federal holiday. |
| Election symbol after internal rebellion / split in a party: e.g. 1978: Congress (Indira) and Congress (Tiwari). Then who gets to keep the original symbol of the political party? Ans. Election commission of India will start quasi-judicial proceedings under Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968. Both factions will be asked to produce evidences to support their claim over the symbol. Factors to consider 1) Number of supporters in each faction 2) majority among elected MPs and MLAs. |
| Representation of peoples act Section 100: election petition can be filed to declare a result void IF 1) winning candidate was not qualified to contest (e.g. citizenship, age etc). 2) winning candidate has indulged in a corrupt practice e.g. bribery, coercion e.g. Examples Allahabad High Court verdict of 1975 Indira Gandhi’s election from Rae Bareli constituency held void on grounds of corrupt practice because SP/DM etc. Helped in arranging her election tours. |
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| 2020- Saudi Arabia–> no deth penalty to underagre criminals— yet in 2021- they execyted a man <18 |
| NDPS=Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: it prohibits the selling or financing of narcotic drugs. it was amended in 2014 to make access to medical morphine easier for hospitals. Mistakenly finance word was ommited.. –> loophole— cant be booked for financing.. even if corrected–> cant alter the previous cases. |
| social media intermediary guidelines / safe harbour rules: any intermediary (YouTube Facebook Twitter) shall not be held legally liable when they are just carrying a message from point A to point B, without interfering. But they have to appoint grievance officers. Twitter is not eligible for this protection as it has not fully complied with the new intermediary guidelines. |
| Censorship: Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) self-regulatory body for television channels. Now, over the top of platforms (Amazon prime Disney Hotstar etc) also willing to come under the purview of it. So, IBF be renamed as Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF). It’ll be a self-regulatory body for TV channels+OTTs. Government will amend the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 to give legal recognition to this organisation. |
| Antibodies are protein is created by body to fight a viral infection. Monoclonal antibodies are artificial antibodies created using tissue culture. These monoclonal antibodies are designed to target a virus or part of virus. Swiss drug giant Roche’s REGEN-COV2 is a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies developed to target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. MRP of this medicine: Rs 1.20 lakh per pack. |
| NATIONAL SCIENCE Day 2020 dedicated to “women scientists”. While the number of PhD science scholars from female category but very few women scientists managed to become head of department (HoD) universities, Director generals of scientific institutions / ICAR / ICMR / ISRO / CSIR etc. Reason 1) gap in the career / research publications because of childbirth and family responsibilities 2) male-biasedness / patriarchal attitude by the interview selection Board / University administration. 3) Women scientist are not as frequently invited to international conferences, seminars, journal review work compared to male scientist. 4) if the husband is already a professor in some university then wife-even if meritorious-may not be given appointment in the same university fearing nepotism. She cannot find a job in other university located in other city due to family responsibilities. she may have to give up the career. |
| Satellite based Internet Services- 1) Bharti group backed-OneWeb 2) Elon Musk’s SpaceX. But, the cost of satellite-based internet services is more expensive than traditional fibre/broadban so, due to which it has not been widely adopted by end users. Department of Telecommunications (DoT): till date received “no communication” by above companies to start their satellite internet service |
| Shenzhou-12/“Divine Vessel” = Chinese spacecraft related to China’s space station. Tianhe the name of module in China’s space station where crews will live for 3 months. |
| ⚾️📻⚾️✋US regulators asks Banks/NBFCs to stop using LIBOR– will be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)… The RBI advised banks and financial institutions need to cease entering into new financial contracts that reference LIBOR as a benchmark and instead use any widely accepted alternative reference rate (ARR), as soon as practicable and in any case by December 31, 2021. |
| Maharashtra is pushing for Beed model of crop insurance |
| Fiscal prudence / austerity measures: finance Ministry has ordered all the other ministries and departments to reduce 20% expenditure in Advertisement, Publicity, Overtime allowance, staff rewards, travel expenses, |
| Covid-related medicine Tocilizumab 5%→ 0%, Black Fungus medicine: Amphotericin B: 5%→ 0%. pulse oximeters 12% to 5%. Hand sanitisers: 18% to 5%. Covid-testing kits 12% to 5%. Vaccine GST @5%– not ⏬0% because then pharma manufacturers will not be able to claim input tax credit and it will increase the burden on the end user. |
| G7 Summit-2021: theme is ‘Build Back Better’. Venue: Cornwall, England. Members: US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan. Outcomes: 1) donate 1 billion Corona vaccines to poor nations 2) criticised China for human right violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong 3) demanded investigation into the origins of Covid-19. 4) G7 agreement for global minimum tax framework of 15% |
| RAMP programme = by World Bank’s– International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for helping MSME performance. $500 million loan given. |
| Performance Grading Index (PGI) by EDUCATION Ministry for 2019-20. To monitor performance of school. It collects data from 1) UDISE= Unified District Information System for Education Plus ), 2) NAS= National Achievement Survey (NAS), 3) Mid-Day Meal. Ranking: It has 10 levels. Level 1 indicates top-notch performance. No state had reached Level 1. Punjab achieved highest score and Meghalaya lowest scor |
| Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR): only four institutes of India managed to get into Top-200 positions since 2017. 1) IIT-Bombay, 2) IIT- Delhi and 3) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. Additionally, IISc Bengaluru ranked as number one research Institute |
| POSHAN 2.0 Prime Minister’s Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN): guidelines 1) Focus is on the 1,000 days between a mother’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday 2) take-home rations 3) “Poshan Tracker” portal to moniter — pregnant women, lactating mothers, children and adolescents. 4) Nodal? Ministry of women and child development |
| Atmanirbhar Bharat: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana 3.0 phase: Entitlement? 5 kg of wheat or rice. Given free of cost to around 80 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Duration: May to November 2021. |
| Heritage trees: if a tree is 50 years or older then more strict rules before allowing it to be cut down for road building and other projects. Maharashtra government will introduce this concept by amending Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975… s “dendrochronology” i.e. —dating of tree rings/ growth rings. |
| Creating new Officers’ Cadre: Scams in Banks (Yes Bank, PMC-Punjab Maharashtra cooperative bank, PNB-NiravModi, ICICI-Videocon) & NBFC like ILFS, DHFL. Reform? RBI suggested a Officer cadre called “specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre (SSRC)” in 2019 |
| United Nations General assembly (UNGA): UN SECRETARY General Antonio Guterres reappointed for second term of five years starting from 2022. UNSC (Security Council) unanimously adopted a resolution recommending his name. India also supported his re-election. |
| Transparency in war history: 1962 Sino India war→ Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report but even after six decades it has not been made public. 2021: government’s new policy: in ordinary circumstances such records should be declassified after 25 years |
| Tigray region: Ethiopia civil war going on. |
| Israel new prime minister NAFTALI Bennett to replace Benjamin Netanyahu – who is Israel’s longest-serving prime ministe |
| PULITZER PRIZES 1) “public service organisation”= given to New York Times for corona coverage. 2) International Reporting prize = given to MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN, an Indian-origin journalist for Chinese govt atrocities on Muslims in Xinjiang |
| Award: Amika George (Kerala Origin) given an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in education for her campaign against period poverty. An MBE is the third highest ranking Order of the British Empire award |
| Book: “The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined The Buddha.” By Congress leader and former environment minister Jairam Ramesh |
| Sports: Asian Games 1998 gold medalist boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh died in cancer. Born in Imphal. Served Indian Navy. Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. |
| Death: ZION-A CHANA, known as the patriarch of the “world’s largest family”- for having 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren. died in Aizawl (Mizoram) |
| Madras High Court has ordered a complete ban on LGBT conversion therapy |
| ‘Agama Sastra’ = manual for worship in South Indian temples. Tamil Nadu govt to allow Women priests to conduct the rituals in temples if they have studied Agama Sastra. |
| Judicial vacancies: 25 high courts across the country: 40 % judges posts are vacant. Patna High Court highest vacancy 62%. Supreme Court has 7 vacancies. 😢 this results in judicial delays & case pendency = no ease of doing business. |
| 😢May-2021: Union took responsibility to buy vaccines for 45+ age group. States required to buy X% vaccines for 18-44 age group. But most of the states did not have enough money/ International pharma companies were not agreeing to engage with state-level governments. 🤩Now, June-2021:- Revised vaccine policy: 1) Pharma Companies’ 75% of vaccine supply/production will be bought by Union. Remaining 25% by pvt hospitals. States will no longer have any role in procurement. 2) Every citizen above the age of 18 will be vaccinated free at centres run by the Centre or a state government. 2) if you want to get vaccinated at private centre then Vaccine fee @pvt hospital= Rs 780 for Covishield, Rs 1,410 for Covaxin; and is Rs 1,145 for Sputnik V. ADD EXTRA Rs. 150 service charge. |
| DuroKea = sanitizer / anti-bacterial product by IIT Hyderabad researchers. kills 99.99% of germs instantly. Leaves behind the long-lasting protective nanoscale coating up to 35 days |
| ⚾️📻⚾️✋ USFDA has approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in two decades. This much MedicalGK is not required. It gives very poor cost benefit in exam. |
| In EPF, some money is deposited from the salary of the worker, some money is also deposited from the pocket of his factory owner and all this gradually becomes interest on the amount. This amount cannot be raised by the worker before the specified number of years except for special purposes like marriage of children, repair of house etc. Although many workers lost their livelihood due to Corona infection last year, some exemption was given to raise money from this savings. Something similar has been told back this year as well. |
| crude price ₹19 per barrel in early 2020 but now climbed to 2-year high to $71 per barrel. Reasons? 1) economic recovery→ ⏫ demand 2) OPEC ⏬ supply. |
| crude price ₹19 per barrel in early 2020 but now climbed to 2-year high to $71 per barrel. Reasons? 1) economic recovery→ ⏫ demand 2) OPEC ⏬ supply. |
| Minimum Wages: earlier labour ministry had set up Anoop Satpathy Committee for fixing national minimum wage. He suggested 375 per day x 26 working days in the month= ₹ 9,750 a month. (Previous minimum wage was Rs.176 per day fixed in 2017). |
| (MeitY)’s policy paper to replace the current linear system of ‘take-make-dispose’ in the electronics with “circular economy” i.e. ⏫ recycling, promote a repair and re-sale of second hand goods etc. Benefit? ⏬ requirement of importing lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements 2) GDP, job creation in cycling sector 3) ⏬e-waste → environment benefits |
| Trade Marks Act, 1999→ disputes heard by controller general of patents under DPIIT under Commerce ministry. Kerala wins trademark over the “KSRTC” for public bus transport service against Karnataka. Kerala bus-service nickname “Anavandi’, which means elephant vehicle. |
| Corona & poverty- >1cr Indians have lost their job and 97% households income has fallen in the coronavirus wave 2.0, unemployment rate could be 12% says Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) |
| UN Assembly has declared 2021-2030 as the “UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration” |
| World environment Day observed on fifth June with the theme of “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.” – which is a a poem penned by Jordan Sanchez. |
| Ethanol blending target: 1) 2020’s target was 10% in Petrol by 2022, 20% in petrol by 2025 & 10% in diesel by 2030. 2) 2021’s target: 20% in petrol by 2030. Benefits? 1) excess production of sugarcane, rice and their waste-material can be diverted into ethanol. 😢Challenges? 1) Cost of ethanol production in India is much higher compare to Brazil, USA. 2) sugar cane and rice consume large amount of water so even if ‘ethnaol blending’ =⏬GHG emission but ⏫ groundwater exploitation. |
| Gujarat’s KANDLA SPECIAL Economic Zone (KASEZ): 1) oldest export zone in the country, 2) Now it has become the “first green industrial city” in India to receive a platinum rating under Green Cities Rating of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC- a non-govt body under Confederation of Indian Industry : CII |
| Gujarat’s KANDLA SPECIAL Economic Zone (KASEZ): 1) oldest export zone in the country, 2) Now it has become the “first green industrial city” in India to receive a platinum rating under Green Cities Rating of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC- a non-govt body under Confederation of Indian Industry : CII |
| Trirashmi or Pandav Leni Buddhist caves are a group of 25 caves made Trirashmi Hill in Nashik, Maharashtra- between the 2nd century BC and 6th century AD. They were discovered by Captain James Delamaine 1823. Now 2021- An ASI staffer found two more caves. Experts believe these new found caves are even older than the Trirashmi caves |
| India’s nuclear submarines 1) INS Arihant = it is still available with India. 2) INS Chakra= it was rented/leased from Russia. Now 10 year contract period is over so it is being returned to Russia. |
| Strategic partnership model = local company (e.g. Larsen & Toubro) will tie-up with a foreign company e.g. (ThyssenKrupp of Germany) to produce the weapons/tanks etc. Defence Ministry approved this for Project 75 India or P75I to build new submarines. |
| Nepal receives 800,000 Corona vaccine doses from China. Nepal President has also requested India to supply vaccine. |
| Union Government asked States to adopt its Model Tenancy Act (MTA). 1) covers urban and rural areas. 2) States will set up a Rent Authority, Rent Court and Rent Tribunal for rent disputes. 3) digital platform to upload rent agreements. Houses cannot be rented on Verbal agreements. 4) TENANT can’t do structural changes to house without the written consent of the landlord. 5) Norms for security deposit, penalties, eviction 6) If tenant refuses to vacate after expiry of agreement / after doing nuisance, then landlord can claim double the monthly rent for two months, and four times the monthly rent thereafter. 7) In case of a force majeure event, tenant unable to pay rent then the landlord shall allow the tenant to continue in possession until 1 month after disaster/pandemic etc ends. |
| Freedom of speech versus national security: Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)→ Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2020→ if officers from Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing, CBI, Enforcement Directorate, Narcotics Control Bureau, DRDO and all Central Armed Police Forces such as the CRPF and BSF etc. write books about their work experience after retirement- then they must obtain clearance from the head of the department otherwise their pension will be stopped. |
| jeweller Mehul Choksi accepted citizenship of Antigua. So, as per the Indian laws an Indian citizen cannot have dual citizenship so his Indian citizenship is automatically removed. He’s arrested from Dominica, allegedly after being honeytrapped by a woman. Indian government wants his custody. But Mehul Choksi legal team insists that he is a citizen of Antigua, and can’t be deported to India |
| Corbevax: new vaccine by Hyderabad-based company Biological E. Corbevax. Mechanism: “recombinant protein sub- unit made from SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein.” Similar method was used for creating hepatitis B vaccines. Indian government has placed advance order to buy 300 million doses. This is the first time government has placed advance order and before the vaccine is given approval. |
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