AIMPLB against misuse of triple talaq
Muslim men who misuse triple talaq and use it arbitrarily without valid reason will be subjected to social boycott, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board concludedafter an executive meeting.…
Election Commission seeks funds for paper trail units
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasim Zaidi has requested the Union Law Ministry for urgent release of funds to facilitate procurement of VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) machines for the…
Depression in Bay of Bengal turns into tropical cyclone ‘Maarutha’
Tropical Cyclone ‘Maarutha’ and Impact Source : PIB,weather.com, Wikipedia GS I : Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in…
Editorial : Stirring up the nuclear pot
Nuclear debate : Use as war equipment and as energy producer At the same time, using the nuclear genie and harnessing it for prosperity was the best dream. Nuclear weapons…
Regulatory body issues new ad norms for celebrities
Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), self-regulatory body, has released a set of guidelines for celebrity endorsements that bring personalities, including doctors, authors, activists and educationists, into the celebrity category.…
₹2,000-crore push for women engineers
Department of Science and Technology will be leading a ₹2,000-crore initiative to encourage more girls and women to take up careers in the domain of science and engineering, where they…
New balsams add to Nilgiris biodiversity colours
Three new species of plants belonging to the Balsaminaceae family were identified in the Mukurthi National Park in the Nilgiris recently. The three Balsams Named : (1) Impatiens kawttyana (2) Impatiens taihmushkulni (3) Impatiens nilgirica…
ISRO to launch South Asia Satellite
India plans to launch on 5 May the ‘South Asia Satellite’ that will benefit all the countries in the region, except Pakistan which is not a part of the project.…
BHIM-Aadhar –a digital payment platform
BHIM-Aadhaar platform—a merchant interface linking the unique identification number to the Bharat Interface for Money mobile application—at Nagpur. Launched on the 126th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. BHIM-Aadhaar platform…
Achieving climate change goals
Report on climate change : In order to have a good chance of meeting the limits set by the Paris Agreement, it will be necessary to both reduce greenhouse gas…