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Daily News13 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 13.05.2023 ( Top court ruling on services is a boost for representative government in Delhi , AYUSH collaboration with ICMR for scientific validation is right step , Inflation slips to an 18-month low of 4.7% , Centre prepares new Model Prisons Act with focus on reform , Ten Kuki legislators from Manipur demand ‘separate administration’ , Cyclone Mocha to be severe, but little threat to India: IMD , Manufacturing, electricity output drag IIP growth to a 5-month low )

1. Asymmetry, power Top court ruling on services is a boost for representative government in Delhi Asymmetric federalism has been a positive feature of India’s polity, but even the most pragmatic arrangement may not always guarantee harmonious relations between the Centre and its constituent units. The wrangling between the Union government and the Government of […]

Daily News12 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 12.05.2023 ( Delhi govt. has control over officers, says Supreme Court , All eyes now on Speaker Narwekar for a decision on disqualification petitions , Governors can’t play a role in intra-party disputes, says court , Drugs and demographics in Manipur , GST e-invoicing to include smaller firms from August 1 )

1. Delhi govt. has control over officers, says Supreme Court Delhi Cabinet Ministers greet Arvind Kejriwal as he arrives at the Secretariat after the SC ruling on regulation of services row. In a blow to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Delhi government power to make laws and wield control over bureaucrats […]

Daily News12 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 11.05.2023 ( Every birth or death should not be seen as success or failure of Project Cheetah , A ground view of the Indian Space Policy 2023 , Pokhran-II: A moment of profound epiphany , . The uprising of 1857, and Meerut’s role in the first war for India’s Independence , Study on sludge finds high potential for use as fertilizer after treatment )

1. Snap judgment Every birth or death should not be seen as success or failure of Project Cheetah It is almost three months since South Africa sent a batch of 12 cheetahs to India and two have already died. Taken along with the death of one of the eight cheetahs from Namibia — it had […]

Daily News10 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 10.05.2023 ( Assam plans to ban polygamy, A multi-pronged counter is warranted to tackle the EU’s carbon tax plans , The ‘right to health’ goal and a role for Taiwan , Securing the migrant vote , Upsetting the apple cart in Himachal , Arab trains to carry Indian goods to Israeli port: Cohen , It depends on who is giving the rating: Centre on India’s rank in press freedom index , Shah’s remark that Tagore composed ‘national songs’ of 2 countrieskicks up row , Third cheetah dies in Kuno; number of adults down to 17 , Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for this fiscal to 6% )

1. Assam plans to ban polygamy Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday. The drive against child marriage provided the government with information about the extent of the social malaise: CM The BJP government in Assam has decided to set up a panel towards handling a “part of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)” after […]

Daily News9 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 09.05.2023 ( The crisis in Manipur is a humanitarian problem: SC, Buddhism, India’s soft power projection tool , Not quite the Kerala story , The sharp divide that is Manipur’s burden , The Maoists are still a threat , The lack of a drug recall law in India , What are the regulations to curtail misleading food ads? ,In new ‘Quad’ meet with U.S., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Doval discusses infrastructure plans in Gulf , Scam exposed in purchase of diesel by Railways from national oil companies , Five more cheetahs to be released into wild at Kuno , Coal imports rose 30% in FY23 to 162 mt on demand )

1. The crisis in Manipur is a humanitarian problem: SC The Supreme Court on Monday called the Manipur crisis a “humanitarian problem” while noting that it is the President, and not the High Court, who has the power to designate a community as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. “We have made our concern explicit about […]

Daily News8 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 08.05.2023 ( More than a story , India’s first national water-body census , Will the greenback still be green? , ISRO to start online training programme for college students )

1. More than a story False narratives and propaganda should be countered, but not through a ban. The demand for a ban on The Kerala Story, a film apparently based on the instances of a few women joining the Islamic State, is ill-conceived. It is to the credit of the Supreme Court and the High Courts […]

Daily News7 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 07.05.2023 ( Proposed oil refinery project leaves villages in the Konkan belt fuming, Scientists identify mutations in DNA for early diagnosis of drug resistant bacteria for TB , . Recent rain likely to expand cotton farming in the north , Scientists help find new kind of molecular motor )

1. Proposed oil refinery project leaves villages in the Konkan belt fuming Facing the heat: Protests began on April 25, with nearly 1,000 people showing up at the work site every day. The lush greenery of mango orchards and jackfruit trees offers a welcome relief from the blazing May sun on the Rajapur laterite plateau of […]

Daily News6 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 06.05.2023 ( Central security forces flood crisis-hit Manipur , Switching on India’s smart electricity future , The horizon for India beyond the G-20, SCO summits, Real-time, operational picture among several automation initiatives of Army , India said to mull foreign investment in nuclear power )

1. Central security forces flood crisis-hit Manipur At least 10 people are believed to have been killed by mobs, while many villages were destroyed in the past few days. Manipur DGP claims the Centre has invoked Article 355 to address the State’s security concerns; Ministry of Home Affairs denies doing so; defence forces say the […]

Daily News6 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 05.05.2023 ( Voters express concern over breach of data and privacy , Services sector’s resilience may be tested as global demand cools , SCO Ministers meet today to discuss economic ties , Do CCTV cameras protect us or invade our privacy? , India, Russia said to suspend talks to settle trade in rupees )

1. Voters express concern over breach of data and privacy Many voters are getting calls where they are being asked whom they will vote for. Automated messages from unknown number, identified as EC, asking about voting preference; calls asking respondents to record a message are some of the problems faced by Karnataka voters Priyanka K., […]

Daily News4 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 04.05.2023 ( April PMI signals services sector had best expansion in 13 years , ‘Number of candidates with criminal cases up from last polls in Karnataka’ , The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act , ‘Adapting to climate change to cost India ₹85.6 lakh crore by 2030’ )

1. April PMI signals services sector had best expansion in 13 years India’s services sector recorded its highest uptick in new business and output levels since June 2010 this April, led by a strong upturn in the finance and insurance segment, as per the seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index, which […]

Daily News4 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 03.05.2023 ( In gig economy, ‘lesser pay is better than no pay’ , Irretrievable breakdown of marriage should be a ground for divorce , . In ‘India as Eden’ offer, the apple of diluted labour laws , Why are Blinkit workers protesting? , Nine years after ban, coal mining to resume in Meghalaya, says CM Sangma )

1. In gig economy, ‘lesser pay is better than no pay’ Blinkit workers who went on strike resume work after holding out for barely a week; for many gig workers, reduced earnings over the years is a lived reality. Unsure of the weekly payment they might draw after the management rolled out a new earnings […]

Daily News2 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 02.05.2023 ( SC says it can end wait for consensual divorce , The importance of constitutional punctuality , The ever expanding medicinal uses and properties of psychedelic substances , Consultations on sedition law are in final stage: Centre , India leads in ‘laundering’ Russian oil and selling to Europe: report , Inaugural ASEAN-India maritime exercise in South China Sea from today , PMI signals April manufacturing hit a 4-month high, input costs climbed )

1. SC says it can end wait for consensual divorce SC says it can use its extraordinary power under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant divorce on ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage if separation is inevitable and damage irreparable The Supreme Court on Monday held that its extraordinary discretion under Article 142 of the […]