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Daily News19 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 18.07.2021 (International gang under watch for selling stolen credit details, Concerns remain over anti-trafficking Bill, ‘Our goal is to reach a political settlement that will ensure lasting peace’, AI tool developed to study cancer-causing mutations)

1.International gang under watch for selling stolen credit details A city-based gang of skimmers used their services through the dark web An international gang has come to the notice of the police for selling stolen credit card details through the dark web to a city-based gang. The gang used virtual currency through a cryptocurrency exchange […]

Daily News19 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 17.07.2021 (U.P. can’t proceed with Kanwar Yatra amid pandemic, says SC, India needs a renewed health-care system, Won’t recognise Taliban govt. that takes power by force: U.S. Special Envoy,Bach visits Hiroshima to mark first day of Olympic Truce)

1.U.P. can’t proceed with Kanwar Yatra amid pandemic, says SC Right to life trumps religious sentiments: court The Supreme Court on Friday disagreed with the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to conduct a “symbolic” Kanwar Yatra amid the pandemic for “compelling religious reasons”, saying the fundamental rights of citizens across faiths and their right to life […]

Daily News17 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 16.07.2021 (Interference an investigating officer can do without, Inflation to persist at elevated levels for a while: RBI officials)

1.Interference an investigating officer can do without Growing instances of judicial interference in an investigation are not only undesirable but also not sanctioned by law It is an accepted axiom in a democracy such as India that the Executive shall abide by the Constitution. By the same logic, the bureaucracy is answerable to the lawfully […]

Daily News16 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 15.07.2021 (Kedar Nathjudgment which upheld Section 124A needs a relook, says petitioner, Five years later, Brexit continues to divide, People’s voice and Kashmir’s future)

1.SC to examine plea challenging sedition Kedar Nathjudgment which upheld Section 124A needs a relook, says petitioner The Supreme Court will examine a petition filed by a retired Major-General who said a nearly 60-year-old judgment of the court that helped sedition survive in the Indian Penal Code was behind time and needed a relook. A […]

Daily News14 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 14.07.2021 (The upcoming crisis in Indian federalism, Disable unconstitutional sections, Supreme Court offers a way out of Kathmandu political impasse)

1.The upcoming crisis in Indian federalism The national compact has to be reimagined so that post 2026, the most successful States are not punished politically The Indian Constitution may face an unprecedented crisis in 2026 when there will be a dramatic change in the composition of the Lok Sabha. Since 1976, seats in the Lok […]

Daily News13 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 13.07.2021 (SC has struck a blow for inquisitorial powers of legislatures against social media companies, ‘Imbalance between communities due to different response to family planning’)

1.The power of scrutiny SC has struck a blow for inquisitorial powers of legislatures against social media companies The Supreme Court of India’s verdict last week, upholding the authority of a committee of the Delhi Assembly to summon a senior official of Facebook, is an extremely nuanced recognition of the extent of powers of State […]

Daily News13 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 12.07.2021 (Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific, A Kerala model for an anti-discrimination law)

1.A Kerala model for an anti-discrimination law If enacted this law will be the largest expansion of civil rights in the State, and can be emulated by the rest of India A couple turned down for a home they wish to rent, because they are Muslim. A qualified professional rejected for a job because he […]

Daily News13 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 11.07.2021 (Cuba develops the world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19, The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize goes to Balasubramanian and Klenerman for DNA sequencing techniques, UAPA)

1.Cuba develops the world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19 The design and manufacturing of the conjugate vaccines allows them to be stored in regular refrigeration settings of 2–8 degree Celsius Cuba’s State-run corporation, BioFarma, said on Friday that its indigenously produced Soberana 2 vaccine was 91.2% efficacious in phase-3 trials. This follows closely on an […]

Daily News12 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 10.07.2021 (The invalid Sec. 66A is often invoked out of ignorance, but serves as a tool of harassment,

The invalid Sec. 66A is often invoked out of ignorance, but serves as a tool of harassment It is quite disconcerting that the Supreme Court has been informed for the second time in two years that Section 66A of the IT Act, which was struck down as unconstitutional six years ago, is still being invoked […]

Daily News10 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 09.07.2021 (Panel report on data Bill hangs fire)

1.Panel report on data Bill hangs fire Five members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee have now been made Ministers Wednesday’s Cabinet expansion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw five members of the Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, including its Chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi, being inducted into the Council of Ministers, raising questions over the […]

Daily News9 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 08.07.2021 (Heavyweights shown the door as PM Modi rejigs Cabinet, Darkness at noon, felled by the judiciary)

1.Heavyweights shown the door as PM Modi rejigs Cabinet Move aimed at bringing in qualified professionals and balancing regional and community aspirations in the run-up to upcoming elections In a major shake up of his Council of Ministers almost midway through his second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi oversaw the swearing-in of 43 Ministers (new […]

Daily News9 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 07.07.2021 (Fresh stirrings on federalism as a new politics, Vacancies send a wrong signal)

1.Fresh stirrings on federalism as a new politics There are factors, which if harnessed well, that can create a political moment for a principled politics of federalism Between vaccine wars, heated debates over the Goods and Services Tax (GST), personnel battles like the fracas over West Bengal’s Chief Secretary, and the pushback against controversial regulations […]