Art and Culture Odisha’s Chaitra Jatra Festival cancelled due to COVID19 The Chaitra Jatra festival is celebrated on tuesdays of Chaitra month. The festival is celebrated at Tara Tarini hill shrine. The shrine is located in the Tara Tarini hill on the banks of Rushikulya river. Quick Facts: The Rushikulya Read more…
India and the World India proposes COVID-19 Emergency Funds at SAARC On March 15, 2020, SAARC leaders participated in a video conference to frame a strategy in order to fight Corona Virus. India proposed creation of a COVID-19 Emergency Fund India will also set up a disease surveillance portal in Read more…
Government Schemes Parliament passes Direct Tax Vivad Se Viswas Bill, 2020 The bill aims to reduce the number of litigations that are associated with direct tax payments. Under the bill, if tax payment is made after March 31, 2020, the tax payer has to pay 110% of the disputed tax. Read more…
Economy Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (amendment) bill passed by the Parliament The amendment aims to protect the successful bidders of insolvent companies from risk of criminal proceedings. The criminal proceedings may be expected from previous promoters of the company. The amendments were earlier introduced as ordinances Quick Facts: Article 123 Read more…
Miscellaneous PM Modi to lead International Yoga Day 2020 in Leh The main national event for the International Day of Yoga will be held at Leh International day of yoga is held on 21st May every year Such a large congregation, of 15-20 thousand people, for Yoga will be taking Read more…
Defence & Security CISF Raising Day celebrated Every year, the Central Industrial Security Force Raising Day is celebrated on March 10 The CISF works under Ministry of Home Affairs. It was established in 1969 under the CISF Act, 1968 The CISF officials guard industrial units and infrastructure projects all over Read more…
Miscellaneous UNDP releases Gender Social Norms Index United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released the Gender Social Norms Index. The index measures the social beliefs that obstruct gender equality The report consists of data collected from more than 75 countries covering 80% of world population. 2. National Affairs Sanitary Napkin Disposal Read more…
Miscellaneous March 8: International Women’s Day celebrated The first International Women’s Day was marked first in 1909. The theme for 2020 is An Equal World is an Enabled World PM launched the She Inspires Us campaign to make inspiring stories of inspirational women more visible 2. Sports First-ever Khelo India Read more…
National Affairs Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival to be organised in Kochi The five day event will be held from May 16th to May 21st. The theme of the event is Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility. It will be the largest Ayurvedic event ever to be held anywhere across the Read more…
Economy Mineral Law Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha – The bill aims to amend Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. – The bill opens up the coal sector completely for commercial mining. – It also intends to remove end use Read more…