The central government has made front passenger airbags mandatory for all vehicles. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Ministry has mandated that “Vehicles manufactured on and after the April 1, 2021, in the case of new models, and August 31, 2021, in the case of existing models, shall be fitted with airbags for the person […]
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reiterated through a gazette notification that OCI cardholders can lay claim to “only Non Resident Indian quota seats” in educational institutions based on all-India entrance tests such as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) or other such all-India professional tests.
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Registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A party seeking registration under the said section with the Commission has to submit an application to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the date of its
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The NITI Aayog recently circulated a discussion paper on a proposed revision in the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The NFSA provides a legal right to persons belonging to “eligible households” to receive food grains at subsidised price– rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg and coarse grain
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The lateral hiring initiative by the government for the bureaucracy may have stirred up a debate but the number of appointees is insignificant to bridge the gap, especially as India faces a shortage of civil servants, primarily for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 These individuals, who would make a “lateral
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In granting bail to 22-year-old climate change activist Disha Ravi, 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 26. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Section 120A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) defines criminal conspiracy; Section
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The debate around court etiquette in India was triggered again on February 23, 2021 after a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde objected to a petitioner addressing judges as “Your Honour”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 “When you call us Your Honour, you either have the Supreme Court
In a landmark judgment delivered weeks after China enforced its new civil code, a divorce court in Beijing has ordered a man to compensate his ex-wife for the housework she did during five years of marriage. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The court has split their joint property equally, and ordered the man to pay
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Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this ruling, Uber and other service providing platforms could also potentially face legal and regulatory challenges in India, as big tech companies from across the globe are under government scrutiny for the differential
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The same day, Shabman filed a second mercy petition with the
