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India has been approved as a member of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), the inter-governmental organisation that coordinates maritime governance in the south-western Indian Ocean. The decision, as per sources, was made by the IOC council of ministers in Seychelles. India had apparently made the application to join as observer of the organisation last month. […]

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 supports the cause of a group

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, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act of 2013. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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 largest gathering of experts,

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 2020 Presently with a normal

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 of EPFO. ET had reported

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 conference held in India under the aegis of Nano Mission, Department

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 Responsibility (EPR). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 E-Waste is short

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 Quacquarelli Symonds. Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s