Current Affairs on Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs launches national helpline no. to report cyber crime

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) operationalised the national helpline 155260 and reporting platform for preventing financial loss due to cyber fraud. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The helpline was soft launched on April 1, 2021. The helpline 155260 and its reporting platform has been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), with […]

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Citizenship to minority migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh

Union Home Ministry recently said that the migrants belonging to six non-Muslim minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who came to India on valid documents before 2014 are eligible to apply online for citizenship from any part of the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The six communities are Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists

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Panel to define offences of speech, expression

A panel constituted by the Union Home Ministry to suggest reforms to the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) is likely to propose a separate Section on “offences relating to speech and expression.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “hate speech” in the IPC, the Committee for

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No centralised list under cybercrime volunteer programme

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme since police is a “State subject” under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Ministry, through its cybercrime grievance portal, cybercrime.gov.in, aims to raise a group of

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Home Ministry informed Rajya Sabha about the Return of Kashmiri Pandits

Union Home Affairs Ministry has informed Rajya Sabha about the Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir Valley. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As per the report of Relief Office setup in 1990 by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 44,167 Kashmiri Migrant families are registered who had to move from the valley since 1990 due

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Census, NPR data to be ready before 2024 polls

According to information provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to a parliamentary committee, the provisional data for the latest Census and National Population Register (NPR) will be available before the next general elections in 2024. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The previous Census was conducted in 2011 and the NPR, which has a

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Rise in Arrests by 72% between 2015 and 2019

According to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha, there has been a 72% increase in the number of arrests made under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2019 in relation to those made in 2015. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As many as 1,948 persons were

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Government suspended FCRA clearance of 4 Christian groups

Of the six NGOs whose license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) was suspended by the Union Home Ministry this year, four are Christian associations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points An FCRA licence is mandatory for a non-profit organisation to receive foreign funds. At least two U.S.-based Christian donors are also under the

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NIDM concluded a webinar series on Hydro-Meteorological Hazard Risk Reduction

National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with India Meteorological Department organised a webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”from July 14 to August 4. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The webinar series include four webinars focusing on issues apropos of Thunderstorms and Lightning, Cloudburst and Floods, Cyclones and

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MHA issues Unlock 3 Guidelines, opens up more activities outside Containment Zones

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines for opening up of more activities in areas outside the Containment Zones. In Unlock 3, which will come into effect from August 1, 2020, the process of phased re-opening of activities has been extended further. The new guidelines are based on feedback received from States and UTs,

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