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Death Penalty in India Report
According to Death Penalty in India report, the number of prisoners on death row at the end of 2021 was 488. This number was highest in 17 years. Key Points Year 2021 witnessed highest number of prisoners on death row, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Reservation in Promotion
Recently, the Supreme Court of India refused to lay down any yardstick to grant reservation in promotion in government jobs to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Key Facts A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Nageswara Rao, was hearing ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
NASA Ocean Melting Greenland Mission
The ocean waters are melting the glaciers in Greenland as much as the warm air is melting them from the above. The Ocean Melting Greenland mission, generally referred to as OMG mission was launched by NASA. It was a five ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Privilege Motion over Pegasus
On January 30, 2022, Congress gave a notice in Lok Sabha to move a privilege motion against Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, alleging that he misled the House on Pegasus spyware issue. A similar notice will be issued in Rajya ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Conversion or Switch operations
The Government of India recently held conversion operation. It is also called Switch operation. Under the operation, the government bought back securities from the Reserve Bank of India. These government securities were maturing in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. These securities ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2024
What is Green Climate Fund for adaptation?
The Green Climate Fund is invested in developing countries. It helps the countries to fight against climate change. What are the issues around GCF? The countries are not receiving Green Climate Fund, especially those in Africa. This is due to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs