CBI Director selection: CJI made ‘statement of law’
Context: A high-powered committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana and Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, met to finalise the choice of the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The government appointed Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, Subodh […]
Belarus faces backlash sanctions over forced landing
Context: Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links after it scrambled a warplane to intercept an aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act which one leader denounced as ‘state piracy’. The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and […]
NGT forms panel to probe construction in Mekedatu
Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone has appointed a joint committee to look into allegations of unauthorised construction activity taking place in Mekedatu, where the Karnataka government had proposed to construct a dam across the Cauvery River. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Intra-State Relations, Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States, […]
27th May Static Quiz 2021 (Environment)
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 26 May 2021
Contents How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Deflating India’s COVID black market boom How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Context: In a move that is expected to help curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities will now be able to track real-time data of commercial vehicle (CV) movement on highways by […]
How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion?
Context: In a move that is expected to help curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities will now be able to track real-time data of commercial vehicle (CV) movement on highways by integration of the e-way bill (EWB) system with FASTag and RFID. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Transparency & Accountability Measures, Government […]
Deflating India’s COVID black market boom
Context: With the second wave of infections and the rise in COVID-19 positive cases in India, the necessity for integral medicines, hospital beds and oxygen supplies has gone up incrementally. In such a situation, the boom in black-market sale of essential needs such as medicines and oxygen tanks has emerged as most reprehensible is the […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 26 May 2021
Contents India’s new IT rules of intermediaries One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions for women Panel to define offences of speech, expression India’s new IT rules of intermediaries Context: Social media giant Facebook said it aimed to comply with the provisions of India’s new IT rules of intermediaries, which come into effect on 26th […]
Panel to define offences of speech, expression
Context: 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.” Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Freedom of Speech, Government Policies & Interventions, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of such […]
One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions for women
Context: The Central government will set up One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada and Singapore) to provide assistance to Indian women who are survivors of gender-based violence. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues related to women, Welfare Schemes) Dimensions of the Article: […]