Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 27 May 2021
Contents WhatsApp against traceability clause in IT Rules 2021 WhatsApp against traceability clause in IT Rules 2021 Context: WhatsApp’s lawsuit taking the Indian government to court over the traceability clause in the new IT Rules 2021 has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The new IT rules include a traceability clause that requires social […]
WhatsApp against traceability clause in IT Rules 2021
Context: WhatsApp’s lawsuit taking the Indian government to court over the traceability clause in the new IT Rules 2021 has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The new IT rules include a traceability clause that requires social media platforms to locate “the first originator of the information” if required by authorities. Relevance: GS-II: Polity […]
27th May 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 27th May 2021
NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA Focus: GS III- Infrastructure Why in news? In order to ensure smooth and quick passage of vehicles at the toll plazas, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued guidelines to ensure service time of not more than 10 seconds per vehicle even during peak hours at the toll plazas […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 27 May 2021
Contents NGT forms panel to probe construction in Mekedatu Belarus faces backlash sanctions over forced landing CBI Director selection: CJI made ‘statement of law’ Second wave threat, Exempt micro enterprises from GST NGT forms panel to probe construction in Mekedatu Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone has appointed a joint committee to look […]
Second wave threat, Exempt micro enterprises from GST
Context: According to a survey, more than half of start-ups and MSMEs are likely to either scale down operations, sell off, or completely shut down from June-December 2021, after being hit hard by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Consortium of Indian Associations (CIA) has urged the Centre to increase the turnover threshold […]
CBI Director selection: CJI made ‘statement of law’
Context: A high-powered committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana and Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, met to finalise the choice of the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The government appointed Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, Subodh […]
Belarus faces backlash sanctions over forced landing
Context: Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links after it scrambled a warplane to intercept an aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act which one leader denounced as ‘state piracy’. The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and […]
NGT forms panel to probe construction in Mekedatu
Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone has appointed a joint committee to look into allegations of unauthorised construction activity taking place in Mekedatu, where the Karnataka government had proposed to construct a dam across the Cauvery River. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Intra-State Relations, Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States, […]