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Daily News9 May 2022

Daily Current Affairs 08.05.2022 (UNSC jointly backs peace bid in Ukraine, SC seeks govt. view on making sports a right, Is La Nina a fair weather friend of our country?, What are India’s plans to avert a wheat crisis?)

1. UNSC jointly backs peace bid in Ukraine This is its first statement since the Russian invasion The UN Security Council has expressed “deep concern" over the “maintenance of peace and security” in Ukraine and backed efforts by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to find a peaceful solution, issuing a unanimous statement on the conflict for the […]

Daily News7 May 2022

Daily Current Affairs 07.05.2022 ( ISRO’s unique goal for Venus mission, ‘Fertility rate falls further, obesity rises’)

1. ISRO’s unique goal for Venus mission Expedition likely to cost between ₹500 crore and ₹1,000 crore :ISRO chairman The mission to Venus is likely to cost between ₹500 crore and ₹1,000 crore depending on the level of instrumentation, said S. Somanath, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Friday. Although 2024 has been doing […]

Daily News6 May 2022

Daily Current Affairs 06.05.2022 (WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-linked deaths in IndiaThe figure is nearly 10 times the government’s official count for 2020 and 2021, The status of the Naga peace talks)

1. WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-linked deaths in IndiaThe figure is nearly 10 times the government’s official count for 2020 and 2021 There were likely 47 lakh deaths, directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19, in India in 2020 and 2021, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. These are the highest, […]

Daily News4 May 2022

Daily Current Affairs 04.05.2022 (Bill assent, a delay and the Governor’s options)

1. Bill assent, a delay and the Governor’s options With its provision for definite choices, the Constitution makes it obligatory for the Governor to act without a wait The State of Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a confrontation between the elected government and the State Governor on the question of giving assent to the National […]

Daily News4 May 2022

Daily Current AFfairs 03.05.2022 (No one can be forced to get vaccinated: SC, LIC is more than a corporate powerhouse, The debate on the national language, Quasi-federalism, ‘Delhi airport second busiest in the world’)

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 […]

Daily News1 May 2022

Daily Current Affairs 01.05.2022 (Governments ignoring court orders, says CJI, Gross green violations in Sundarbans: CAG, Climate change may increase risk of new infections, Why are electric vehicles catching fire?, States vs Centre: who increased fuel tax rate?)

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 […]

Daily News30 Apr 2022

Daily Current Affairs 30.04.2022 (‘Mother Nature’ a ‘living being’ with legal entity: Madras HC, ‘Heatwaves linked to man-made climate change’, ‘Heatwaves linked to man-made climate change’)

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’, […]

Daily News28 Apr 2022

Daily Current AFfairs 28.04.2022 (‘States not passing on fuel duty cut to people’, ‘Delhi should be under Centre’s control’, SSLV ‘development flights’ likely in 2022, Energy independence through hydrogen, Indonesia’s palm oil export ban, A look at child and adolescent healthcare systems, Birth, death reporting to be automated, Plan for 4G upgrade in LWE areas)

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. […]

Daily News27 Apr 2022

Daily Current Affairs 27.04.2022 ( Act against communal hate, SC tells two States, India’s designation by the USCIRF)

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 […]

Daily News26 Apr 2022

Daily Current Affairs 26.04.2022 (CJI mulls listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status, The quarrel over Kuril Islands, A docket full of unresolved constitutional cases)

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 […]

Daily News23 Apr 2022

Daily Current Affairs 23.04.2022 (2 JeM ‘fidayeen’ militants killed in Jammu ahead of PM’s visit, ‘Postal ballot for NRIs being contemplated’)

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 […]

Daily News21 Apr 2022

Daily Current Affairs 21.04.2022 (Unfounded apprehensions about this Act, The UGC regulations for collaboration between Indian and foreign universities)

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 […]