Current Affairs 30 April 2022
CONTENTS Rules for resignation and reinstatement of an IAS officer China’s Global Security Initiative Heat Wave Atal New India Challenge 2.0 Rules for Resignation and Reinstatement of an IAS officer Context: A distinguished Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and 2010 UPSC CSE topper has been reinstated after resigning in protest of the “unabated” killings in […]
Current Affairs 29 April 2022
CONTENTS Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act Section 144 CrPC Hattis of Himachal Pradesh Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Kwar Hydroelectric Project Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act Context: Recently PM said, In a bid to completely lift the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958 from the northeast, efforts are on to improve the law-and-order […]
Current Affairs 28 April 2022
CONTENTS Indonesia’s palm oil export ban State of (un)employment in India Hepatitis B Sedition Law Indonesia’s Palm oil Export Ban Context: Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer, exporter, and consumer of palm oil, will ban all exports of the commodity and its raw materials to reduce domestic shortages of cooking oil and bring down its skyrocketing […]
Current Affairs 27 April 2022
CONTENTS International Religious Freedom Report 2022 Europe’s Digital Services Act Countries will have to ‘justify’ Veto Votes at UN Direct Tax collections surge in FY22 International Religious Freedom Report 2022 Context: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that India be designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC), i.e., the category […]
Current Affairs 26 April 2022
CONTENTS The quarrel over Kuril Islands India 3rd highest military spender States vs Centre on selection of Vice-Chancellors Anti-Defection Law The Quarrel Over Kuril Islands Context: Recently, Japan’s Diplomatic Bluebook for 2022 described the Kuril Islands (which Japan calls the Northern Territories and Russia as the South Kurils) as being under Russia’s “illegal occupation”. Relevance: […]
Current Affairs 25 April 2022
CONTENTS Carbon pricing GO 111 Phone tapping Understanding the Olga Tellis Judgment Carbon Pricing Context: Recently, Pennsylvania becomes the first major fossil fuel-producing state in the US to adopt a carbon pricing policy to address climate change. It joins 11 states where coal, oil and natural gas power plants must buy credits for every ton […]
Current Affairs 23 April 2022
CONTENTS Arunachal Pradesh and Assam Border Dispute Special purpose acquisition companies Earth Day Arunachal Pradesh and Assam Border Dispute Context: Recently, the Governments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have decided to form district-level committees for resolving boundary disputes. The district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective, ethnicity, contiguity, peoples’ will and […]
Current Affairs 22 April 2022
CONTENTS Niti Aayog’s draft battery swapping policy Russia’s new nuclear missile Sarmat Jupiter’s moon Europa Integrated Command and Control Centres Health Star Rating System of FSSAI for Packaged Food Niti Aayog’s Draft Battery Swapping Policy Context: Government think-tank Niti Aayog has prepared a draft battery swapping policy, under which it has proposed offering incentives to […]
Current Affairs 21 April 2022
CONTENTS Guru Tegh Bahadur UGC regulations for collaboration between Indian and foreign universities Submarine Vagsheer Noise pollution Space Bricks East Timor Guru Tegh Bahadur Context: To mark the 401st birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru who stood up against forcible conversions by the Mughals, Prime Minister will give an address from the Red Fort. […]
Current Affairs 20 April 2022
CONTENTS Polio Virus India’s Crude Oil Imports from OPEC Karaga festival Polio Virus Context: The Centre has instructed states to provide sewage samples to all sentinel locations that currently conduct Poliovirus surveillance, in case a new Covid-19 strain causes a new rise in cases. Sentinel surveillance is defined as “the voluntary monitoring of the rate […]