Why in News- The deadlock over the Right to Health Bill, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly last week, continued with the private hospitals demanding its immediate rollback. Private doctors protesting against the Bill stepped up their agitation and took out a massive rally in Jaipur in a show of strength. What is Right to Health Bill? The Right to... .Read more
Updated on 30 March, 2023 GS2 Polity Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- The SC on Monday indicated it will primarily focus on the question of Gujarat’s jurisdiction to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members during the 2002 riots. The court was hearing writ petitions separately filed by Ms. Bano and others. Background Th... .Read more
Updated on 30 March, 2023 GS2 Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- Investors in the popular small saving schemes Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA), whose rates have not been hiked since January 2019, are unlikely to get higher returns anytime soon, a top government official has indicated. This is because the government is no longer in complete agreement with the Shyamala Gopin... .Read more
Updated on 30 March, 2023 GS2 Daily Updates Governance Current Affairs
Earlier this month, the Punjab government suspended mobile Internet and SMS services in the State for more than four days as it launched an operation to arrest proKhalistani preacher Amritpal Singh. It said that this was “in the interest of public safety, to prevent incitement to violence and to prevent disturbance of peace and pu... .Read more
Updated on 27 March, 2023 Security Governance Economy Current Affairs
The conviction of Congress leader and now former Member of Parliament from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi by a Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Surat, Gujarat, and the issuance of a notification the next day by the Lok Sabha Secretariat of Mr. Gandhi’s disqualification raise some important constitutional and legal issues. The legal com... .Read more
Updated on 27 March, 2023 Polity Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- A U.K.based startup, based at Imperial College in London, claims to have developed a technology that could alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable. What is biotransformation technology? Biotransformation technology is a novel approach to ensure plastics that escape refuse streams are processed effic... .Read more
Updated on 27 March, 2023 GS3 Environment Geography Current Affairs Science and Technology