SC STRIKES DOWN ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME – Recently, the Supreme Court(SC) struck down the electoral bonds scheme that allows anonymous donations to political parties, citing it as unconstitutional. SC asserted that transparency regarding funding to political...
THE 17TH LOK SABHA HELD ITS SESSIONS BETWEEN JUNE 2019 AND FEBRUARY 2024 – In the five years, Lok Sabha functioned for 88% of its scheduled time, while Rajya Sabha worked for 73%. Key Bills Passed Include- The Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023, the J&K...
India-Russia Sign Protocol on Nuclear Reactors Agreement – India and Russia have strengthened their long-standing nuclear cooperation with the signing of a protocol amending the 2008 intergovernmental agreement. The agreement focuses on the construction...
The government has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border to facilitate better surveillance – Two pilot projects of fencing through a Hybrid Surveillance System (HSS) are under execution. The fencing will be...
Global Burden of Cancer: WHO – On World Cancer Day (4th February), the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the Global Burden of Cancer in 2022. In 2022,...
