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World's first wind farm being built off Scotland coast

The world’s first full—scale floating wind farm is being built off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. The wind farm, known as Hywind is a trial...

July 25, 2017

FSSAI bans stapler pins in tea bags from January 2018

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler pins in tea bags from January 2018. FSSAI ban order issued under Section (15)...

July 25, 2017

Parliament passes The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016

Parliament has passed The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016. Admiralty laws deal with cases of accidents in navigable waters or involve contracts related to...

July 25, 2017

Renowned academic Professor Yash Pal passes away

Globally renowned physicist, academic and higher education reformer Professor Yash Pal passed away in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He was 90. He was known for his contributions to the...

July 25, 2017

Government launches Aarambh mobile app for road maintenance  

The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched Aarambh mobile app for performance based maintenance contracting and community contracting for maintenance of rural roads. It was launched jointly launched...

July 25, 2017

Disinvestment and Mobilization of Resources

In this article, we review the current government policy and various issues around disinvestment. Disinvestment and privatization are two related but different terms. They are related because both...

July 25, 2017

Germany’s Network Enforcement Act

In June 2017, the German lawmakers passed a controversial “Network Enforcement Act”, colloquially called “Facebook Law” under which Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies could face fines of up to...

July 24, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: July 23-24, 2017

1. Which union ministry has launched an online complaint system “sexual harassment e-box” at workplace? [A] Ministry of Women and Child Development [B] Ministry of Home Affairs[C] Ministry...

July 24, 2017

South Asia Satellite and Space Diplomacy

The recent years have witnessed a splurge in the number of satellites and programmes being launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Although these initiatives are indicative...

July 24, 2017

GST: Issues around Anti-profiteering Rules

The Section-171 of the GST Act, states that “any reduction in rate of tax of any goods or services, or any benefit of “input tax credit” must be...

July 24, 2017

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