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Labour Bills passed amid boycott

Parliament Passed three Bills that complete the government's codification of 29 labour laws into four codes, with the Rajya Sabha passing the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Social Security Code, 2020. The Upper House passed the three Bills after les... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Current Affairs

40% toilets in govt. schools non- existent, unused: CAG

Public sector units claimed to have constructed 1.4 lakh toilets in government schools as part of a Right to Education project, but almost 40% of those surveyed by the Comptroller and Auditor General were found to be non- existent, partially constructed, or unused. In an audit report presented in Parliament on Wed... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Current Affairs

Priceless artefacts damaged in Indian Museum renovation: CAG (TH)

Renovation works at the Indian Museum in Kolkata were carried out without following the necessary conservation process, leading to priceless artefacts being damaged, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found. CAG statement on Wednesday said it had tabled its report in Parliament on the compliance a... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Current Affairs

Over 380 whales dead in mass stranding (TH)

At least 380 whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia, officials said on Wednesday, as hopes faded of saving more than a few dozen of those creatures still trapped. Nearly the entire pod of 460 long finned pilot whales stuck in Macquarie Harbour — on the rugged and sparsely populated west co... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Current Affairs

How droplet evaporation affects coronavirus spread (TH)

The study cites the example of Delhi in July, when temperature and RH were both high, yet cases saw a surge. The number of cases grew by more than half from 87,000 at the end of June to 1.35 lakh at the end of July. The effect of temperature and humidity on the novel coronavirus has been studied a number of times since the pandemic took hold. So ha... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Current Affairs

Stubble Burning: causes, consequences, remedies (TH)

Context: The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority wrote to the chief secretaries of Punjab and Haryana stating that early burning of crop residue was taking place and urged them to address the issue “urgently”. According to a SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research under the Ce... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2020 Geography