LIBYA SUMMIT SEEKS END TO FOREIGN MEDDLING
Why in news? World leaders made a fresh push for peace in Libya at a summit in Berlin on January 19, 2020 Details UN-led talks in Berlin is a bid to curb military interference, help relaunch political dialogue The summit’s main goal is to get foreign powers wielding influence in the region to stop interfering […]
219 INFANTS DIED AT TWO GUJRAT CIVIL HOSPITALS IN DECEMBER 2019
Why in News? The number of infant deaths at the civil hospitals in Gujarat’s Rajkot and Ahmedabad is markedly higher than over 100 deaths reported from the government hospital at Kota in Rajasthan. Causes of such increase: This is mainly due to increase in referral patients. Shortage of medical staff and collapse of primary healthcare […]
IRAQI PARLIAMENT VOTES TO EXPEL U.S. TROOPS
Why in News? The Iraqi Parliament called on the government to work to end all foreign troop presence in the country as the backlash grew against the killing of top Iranian military General Qassem Soleiman Details: A resolution passed by a special session of Parliament said the government should cancel its request for assistance from […]
INDIA CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE AS TRUMP INVOKES DELHI
Why in News? President of the United States of America, Donald Trump blamed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani for terror attacks including one in Delhi. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was assassinated on 3rd January by airstrikes on Baghdad under directions from Donald Trump. Details Iran’s Ambassador to India denied […]
FALLOUTS FOR INDIA DUE TO U.S. AIR STRIKE ON IRAN
The terse statement masked the deep unease about how far the ripples from this sharp spike in US-Iran tensions will extend across the region, and impact India. With Iran vowing revenge, a possible widening of the US-Iran conflict, from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan and Pakistan, will not leave India unaffected. India should position itself in […]
PROTESTS AGAINST CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT
Can a state refuse to act on central law? Citizenship being a matter concerning the Union, it is not open to State Assemblies to give their opinion on it — is not valid. To the extent that a State government believes that a parliamentary law is not constitutional, it is entirely in order for the […]
U.S. KILLS TOP IRANIAN GENERAL IN AIR STRIKE
Why in News? The U.S. killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, in an air strike near Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran said Iranian authorities have reacted with predictable vehemence at Gen. Soleimani’s “martyrdom” and vowed vengeance. This tit for tat between the U.S. and Iran could easily go […]
INDIA-NEPAL TO HOLD TALKS OVER KALAPANI
Kalapani Region of the Uttarakhand is the bone of contention between India and Nepal. India has recently released its new political map– released by Survey of India About Survey of India The Survey of India is India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. It is under ministry of Science and Technology and […]
NCLAT
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) is a tribunal which was formed by the Central Government of India under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013. The tribunal is responsible for hearing appeals from the orders of National Company Law Tribunal(s) (NCLT), starting on 1 June, 2016. The tribunal also hears appeals from orders […]
EC LAUNCHES INLINE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR POLITICAL PARTIES
Why in News? The Election Commission has launched a new online tracking system for political parties, which will allow them to track their registration applications submitted to the poll panel on a real-time basis. The new system, Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS), will apply for parties registering from January 1, 2020. What is […]