1. No one can be forced to get vaccinated: SC ‘Some State-level curbs on unvaccinated disproportionate’ The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of an individual against forcible vaccination and the government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy to protect communitarian health, but found certain vaccine mandates imposed by the State governments and Union Territory administrations disproportionate […]
1. e-Shram to help settle workers’ accident claims Direct benefit transfer via unique ID Top functionaries of the Union Labour and Employment Ministry said last week that the Ministry was working on a mechanism to process accident insurance claims by unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram portal, which has seen over 27 crore registrations so […]
1. Governments ignoring court orders, says CJI ‘Contempt petitions pose new burden on judiciary’ The sheer “defiance” of governments towards judicial pronouncements, their inclination to pass off the responsibility of decision-making to courts and the legislature’s ambiguity, lack of foresight and public consultation before making laws have led to docket explosion, Chief Justice of India […]
1. ‘Mother Nature’ a ‘living being’ with legal entity: Madras HC It will have rights, duties and liabilities like a living person, says Madurai Bench Holding that it is the right time to confer juristic status to ‘Mother Nature’, Justice S. Srimathy of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court invoked the ‘parens patriae jurisdiction’, […]
1. Russian roulette with gas supplies Why is Gazprom cutting off its supplies to the two NATO countries? How has the EU responded? Russian energy company Gazprom has announced that it has “completely suspended gas supplies” to Poland’s PGNiG and Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz citing their failure to pay in roubles. Poland, which gets 40% of its […]
1. ‘States not passing on fuel duty cut to people’ PM flays non-BJP governments for not reducing VAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fuel prices were too high in some States ruled by BJP rivals and they were not passing on the benefits of the Centre’s excise duty cut to the people. […]
1. Act against communal hate, SC tells two States Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh told to take preventive steps The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned the heat on BJP-ruled Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to take “corrective measures” against the peddling of communal hate in ‘dharam sansad’ events and warned that the Chief Secretaries of the two States […]
1. CJI mulls listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status ‘This is a five-judge Bench case… Let me ask other judges’ Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Monday said he would discuss with other judges and consider listing, after summer vacations, the petitions challenging the abrogation of special status of Jammu and […]
1. Days of misery over, PM tells J&K youth Modi inaugurates projects estimated at ₹20,000 crore Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday that Kashmiri youth of today would not suffer the miseries that the previous generations in the Valley had gone through. He was inaugurating development projects estimated at ₹20,000 crore aimed at […]
1. WTO may ease curbs on Indian grain exports Where there is hunger, there are grains to go, says Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), is looking into resolving WTO rules that are making it difficult for India to export foodgrains to meet shortages in other countries, caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, according […]
1. 2 JeM ‘fidayeen’ militants killed in Jammu ahead of PM’s visit A CISF officer also killed in Sunjwan gunfight amid enhanced security Two unidentified Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants, apparently on a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) mission, were killed in Jammu on Friday, just two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first public address in J&K since […]
1. Maldives bans ‘India Out’ campaign President Solih calls it a ‘threat’ to national security, says it ‘exploited’ freedoms Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solihon Thursdayissued a decree banning the ‘India Out’ campaign, now led by former President Abdulla Yameen, terming it a “threat to national security”. Stating that the government’s policy was to provide freedom […]
1. Unfounded apprehensions about this Act In the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, data collection does not seem disproportionate with the Act’s objectives The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 (now Act), that received the President’s assent on April 18 and ‘shall come into force on the day of such notification’, has raised eyebrows. The Act authorises […]
1. ‘War to test resilience of global financial system’ IMF flags the risks of future shocks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up financial stability risks “on several fronts” and will test the resilience of the global financial system at a time when interest rates are rising sharply, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in […]
1. Wholesale price inflation climbs to 14.55% in MarchThe broad-based inflation is led by fuel and power Inflation in India’s wholesale prices hit a four-month high of 14.55% in March, from 13.11% in February, driven by accelerating price rise across all categories of goods, with fuel and power as well as primary articles driving most […]
1. The functioning of the Enforcement Directorate What are the powers of the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act? The PMLA was brought in to prevent parking of money outside India and to trace out the layering and the trail of money. The ED got its power to investigate these crimes under Sections […]
1. Green project will add life to Rajasthan park Locals, experts to work in tandem A green agriculture project, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Global Environment Facility, will act as a lifeline for the Desert National Park (DNP) in western Rajasthan with the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. ‘Develop grasslands’ […]
1. e-DAR portal to speed up accident compensation claims It will be linked to other databases for instant information A web portal designed by the government in consultation with insurance companies will provide instant information on road accidents with a few clicks and help accelerate accident compensation claims, bringing relief to victims’ families. The Ministry […]
1. IMD forecasts ‘normal’ monsoon, no El Nino Met Dept. updates long period average rainfall to 87 cm The India Meteorological Department (IMD), while forecasting a “normal” southwest monsoon for this year also, revised downwards the definition of what constitutes average rainfall. At a press briefing on Thursday, the agency said India would get 99% […]
1. Hits and misses: India’s solar power energy targets How far has India come with respect to solar power generation and storage? Why do the authors of the report say that India will not meet its 2022 solar goal? A report prepared by JMK Research and Analytics and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]
Current affairs decide a large share of marks in UPSC Prelims, Mains and the Interview, and in TNPSC exams. Every morning our faculty publish the day’s important news from The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express and other sources — explained, organised by GS paper, and linked to the syllabus.
What each daily post includes
The key news of the day, grouped by GS Paper 1, 2, 3 and 4
Background and the static syllabus topic each story connects to
