Justice N V Ramana to be next (48th) Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has recommended senior-most judge Justice NV Ramana as his successor and the 48th Chief Justice of India in keeping with convention and …
Gandhi Peace Prizes awarded to Sultan Qaboos and Mujibur Rahman This is the first time since inception in 1995 that the prizes are being awarded posthumously. Gandhi Peace Awards have been announced for the last two years. The former Bangladesh …
The 67th National Film Awards were announced on Monday evening in New Delhi, with the honours for films from the year of 2019. The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information …
International Women’s Day The International Women’s Day is being celebrated across the world on March 8, 2021. This day is observed on March 8 every year in order to help in shaping a gender equal world. According to the UN, …
India downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in Freedom House report The US government funded NGO “Freedom House” published its annual report on global political rights and liberties recently. The report titled “Freedom in the World 2021 – Democracy under …
PAKISTAN TO REMAIN ON FATF ‘GREY LIST’ Global money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep Pakistan on its terrorism financing “grey list”. About: 1. FATF President Marcus Pleyer said Pakistan must demonstrate in taking action …
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES AND DIGITAL MEDIA ETHICS CODE) RULES 2021 Government has notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. About: The Rules have been framed in exercise of powers under section 87 (2) of …
CONSPIRACY In granting bail to 22-year-old climate change activist Disha Ravi on Tuesday, the trial court in Delhi rejected the Delhi Police charge that she was part of a “larger conspiracy” to incite violence in the national capital on January …