Context Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone virtually to revamp the 508 railway stations across the country with an investment of Rs.25, 000 crore under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme. Out of 508, 13 stations are listed in Karnataka. Read More …
Day: August 7, 2023
Privilege Motion in Parliament
Context Recently, Rajya Sabha Chairman referred complaints related to the privilege of the House against Derek O’Brien and Raghav Chadha to the privileges committee. About What is Privilege Motion? Parliamentary privileges are certain rights conferred to the Members of Parliament for conducting the business of the Parliament. There is no Read More …
Data Privacy and the Child
Context: As a reworked version of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (DPDP Bill) reaches Parliament, it is prudent to talk about one demographic that often receives less attention in the conversation on data privacy — i.e. children. Why Read More …
India’s excess sugar production is exploiting groundwater
Context In 2021-2022, India surpassed Brazil to become the largest sugar producer in the world, producing 359 lakh tonnes. Being a Cash Crop, excess sugarcane production has led to chronic ground water table depletion. About Sugarcane production is on rise in India: India is the Read More …
Terror Financing and Safeguarding NPOs
Context The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is going to revise its current recommendations aimed at safeguarding non-profit organisations (NPOs) from being abused for terrorist financing. The FATF Recommendations are recognized as the global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) standards. FATF: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is Read More …
5% of birds in India are endemic: Report
Context A publication, titled ‘75 Endemic Birds of India’, which was released on the 108th foundation day of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), points out that about 5% of birds found in the country are endemic and are not reported in other parts of the Read More …
Bharat Mandapam
Context The recently inaugurated Bharat Mandapam, which is going to host the G20 Summit in New Delhi, is a symbol of India’s idea of ‘the whole earth is one family’. About About Bharat Mandapam: The international exhibition-cum-convention Centre (IECC) complex named Bharat Read More …