CONTEXT: 27 E-Lok Adalats organized in 15 states. BACKGROUND: During the pandemic-induced lockdown, the various legal services authorities adapted to the new normal and moved Lok Adalats to the virtual platform. From June to October, 27 E-Lok Adalats had been organised in 27 states leading to the disposal of more …
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UMANG MOBILE APP
CONTEXT: Online app UMANG completes three years. BACKGROUND: It is a unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app. It is a Digital India initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched in 2017. The UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is a Government …
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CONTEXT: Recently, the second edition of the India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral Naval exercise SITMEX-20 concluded in the Andaman Sea. IMPORTANT POINTS: The Prime Minister of India, during his keynote address at Shangri-La Dialogue in June 2018 announced the conduct of a trilateral naval exercise between India, Singapore and Thailand. …
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CONTEXT Indian Navy to host Exercise SIMBEX-20 in the Andaman Sea. IMPORTANT POINTS: The 27th edition of SIMBEX, India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise is scheduled to be held in November 2020 (23rd – 25th) in the Andaman Sea. The annual bilateral exercise, started in 1994, is aimed at enhancing …
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CONTEXT: Recently, at the G20 (Group of Twenty) summit held virtually India called for a“New Global Index” for the post-Corona world . This year’s summit was hosted by Saudi Arabia. BACKGROUND: G20 It is an informal group of 19 countries and the European Union, with representatives of the International Monetary …
Read More »OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WORKING CONDITIONS CODE, 2020
CONTEXT: Union Labour Ministry notifies Draft Rules under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. BACKGROUND: The draft rules provide for the operationalization of provisions in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) relating to safety, health and working conditions of dockworkers, building or …
Read More »e-SANJEEVANI
CONTEXT: 1.5 lakh tele-consultations completed through ‘eSanjeevani’ and ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’. BACKROUND: Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani completes 8 Lakh consultations National Teleconsultation Service: The Health Ministry launched the National Teleconsultation Service to facilitate telemedicine aiming to provide healthcare services to patients in their homes.This offers communication between doctors and patients who are geographically …
Read More »UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN SCHEME
CONTEXT: Union Education Minister holds a review meeting on the progress of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme (UBA) through video conferencing. BACKGROUND : Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India. …
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CONTEXT: Recently, the 30 edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) has been concluded in the Andaman Sea close to the Strait of Malacca. BACKGROUND: Naval Exercise: India and Thailand have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line twice a year since 2005. Patrol Aircraft from both the …
Read More »Turkey to send back foreign IS fighters
The Turkish government said on Saturday that it would send foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters captured in Syria back to their countries of origin, despite the unwillingness of European states to take them in. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Turkey would hold captured foreign fighters “for some time. After that …
Read More »Iraq cleric warns foreign actors against interfering in protests
Iraq’s top cleric warned foreign actors on Friday against interfering in his country’s anti-government protests as they entered a second month despite pledges of reform and violence that has left over 250 dead. The demonstrations have evolved since October 1 from rage over corruption and unemployment to demands for a …
Read More »Johnson’s pre-poll lead could wither away
Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited a primary school in Suffolk where he showed children old pictures of London. His opponent, Jeremy Corbyn, promised a crowd in London that the Labour Party would never sell out Britain’s National Health Service to greedy American companies. Then, shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, …
Read More »‘Can’t intervene in Pak. denial of airspace to PM’
“The United Nations and other multilateral agencies … are neither designed nor empowered to intervene directly in the affairs of national governments, which is why States are still ‘sovereign’ in the world today,” Anthony Philbin, Chief, Communications at ICAO told The Hindu in an e-mail interview. “Our goal in such …
Read More »Unions upset over draft wage rules
The draft rules that would govern wages, including norms for minimum wages and fixing floor-level wages, were published by the Union Labour and Employment Ministry on Friday, leading some workers’ unions to raise concerns about the potentially low floor wages. As part of its labour law reform agenda, the Narendra …
Read More »Germany to invest €1 bn for green urban mobility
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday pledged to invest €1 billion over the next five years on environmentally-friendly urban mobility in India. Ms. Merkel, whose visit to the country coincided with one of the worst spells of air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region, emphasised the need to …
Read More »PM highlights J&K move in Bangkok
India has eliminated a big reason behind the sowing of seeds of terrorism and separatism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday, in a clear reference to the withdrawal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and reorganising the State. Addressing the Indian diaspora here, Mr. Modi said …
Read More »MEPs’ meetings were watched
At least six civil society groups, comprising 50 local people, which met the 27-member fact-finding delegation of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) recently in Srinagar were headed by ex-Army personnel. Sources privy to the meetings held between the MEPs, drawn from the far-right parties, and the civil society …
Read More »New Indian map shows UTs of J&K and Ladakh
The Survey of India has redrawn the map of India to depict the newly formed Union Territories (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh. Areas such as Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and the Tribal Territory of 1947 that have been occupied by Pakistan are included in the Ladakh UT. …
Read More »Naga groups pushing for separate flag: Deputy CM
Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y. Patton has said that the signing of the Naga peace accord will take a few more days and that the Naga groups, including the NSCN(IM), will keep negotiating for a separate constitution and flag. Mr. Patton, who also holds the Home portfolio, said Chief Minister …
Read More »No light down the rabbit hole of online political advertising
While Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said his company would no longer accept political advertisements, the online ecosystem of such advertising is dominated by Facebook and Google. Facebook gets much more advertiser interest because of the level of targeting available, as well as the possibility of engagement through comments, likes, …
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