The Supreme Court has held that the Central government cannot brand an organisation ‘political’ and deprive it of its right to receive foreign funds for using “legitimate forms of dissent” like bandh, hartal, road roko or jail ‘bharo’ to aid a public cause. SC observed that an organisation, which ...

The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed its February 2018 ruling on Section 24 on land acquisition compensation awards in the Indore Development Authority case. The five-judge Bench also overruled an earlier 2014 ruling under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, ...

The Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF), 2020 to be held at Kochi in Kerala from 16th to 20th May. The theme for the five-day event is Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India's credibility. It will be the largest Ayurvedic event ever to be held anywhere across the world and will witness the ...

Bangladesh government is to add two new land ports for the Bangladeshi citizens travelling to India. It will have the option of two more land port entry points on their visas. The announcement was made by the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has announced a 15 basis point reduction in the interest rate on PF deposits in 2019-20 compared to 8.65% in 2018-19 on the back of lower yields on its investments. The decision to this effect was taken at the just concluded central board of trustees meeting ...

Lok Sabha has passed the Vivad se Vishwas Bill, which aims to settle pending direct tax disputes in the country. The bill was passed with certain amendments before the Lower House was adjourned amid clamour over Delhi violence. The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020, was tabled before ...

The International Conference on Nano Science and Nano Technology (ICONSAT) under the aegis of Nano Mission, Department of Science and Technology (DST) is being held at Kolkata focusing on the recent advances in this frontier research field. ICONSAT is the series of biennial international ...

The government has informed that E-waste recycling has doubled in the country compared to 2017-18. Govt has reported that the recycling rate of 10% in 2017-18 has risen to 20% in 2018-19. Government has implemented the E-waste (Management) Rules (2016) which enforce the Extended Producer ...

The 2020 edition of the QS World University Subject Rankings has ranked as many as 26 departments of higher education institutions in India among the top 100 in the world in their respective subject category. The QS World University Subject Rankings 2020 has been released from London by ...

The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on trading of Virtual Currencies (VC) in India, which was imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in April 2018. The ban did not pass the “proportionality” test. The test of proportionality of any action by the government must pass the test of Article ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the mega consolidation of ten PSBs into four which include the – Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India into Punjab National BankAmalgamation of ...

Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been focusing on collaborative approach to bring synergy with number of organisations and institutions having inherent professional and specialised expertise in different areas for capacity building of various stakeholders ...