Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act is an Act passed in 1971 to prohibit the desecration of national symbols such as the National Anthem, National Flag, Constitution, etc. Recently, the UP police arrested the relatives of famer who ..

Ganga Amantran Abhiyan

Ganga Amantran Abhiyan was an expedition on River Ganga held between October and November of 2019 to create awareness of the need for water conservation and river rejuvenation. It was a rafting and kayaking expedition that covered the 5 basin ..

Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness Campaign

KAPILA or Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness Campaign is a campaign launched by the ministry of education for increasing patent awareness and for improving intellectual property literacy. It seeks to create awareness about intellectual property rights in higher ..

Micro Irrigation Fund

The ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare had created a micro irrigation fund (MIF) under NABARD in 2018-19 to promote micro-irrigation. It was created with a corpus of 5,000 crore INR to aid the states in incentivising the adoption of ..

Common Yoga Protocol

Common Yoga Protocol was designed by a team of Yoga experts and gurus and it is the key feature in the upcoming observance of International Yoga Day. It is a training program which includes safe practices to improve the health- ..

Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Law (Amendment) Ordinance

The Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Law (Amendment) Ordinance was promulgated by the Tamil Nadu Governor in 2020 to amend the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act of 1930. Recently, a bill was introduced in the State Assembly to replace the ordinance. ..

HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth is an aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. It is to be deployed in the Indo Pacific along with a new Carrier Strike Group in the later half of 2021. This deployment was discussed between UK ..

‘Walking While Trans’ ban

‘Walking While Trans’ ban is a 1976 US legislation that prohibits loitering for purpose of prostitution. The law allows the New York police to arrest people walking on the streets on mere suspicion of them being sex workers. The vaguely ..

SG Ball

SG Ball is the new type of ball to be used for the India- England test series. It is manufactured by Sanspareils Greenlands, Indian manufacturer of cricket equipment and the official supplier to BCCI. The new ball is to have ..

Turkey’s Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction is an Act proposed by the ruling party of Turkish government. This bill is intended to comply with the UNSC recommendations to check money laundering and terror financing. The bill ..