Animal Cruelty Current Affairs, GK & News
Uttarakhand HC declares entire animal kingdom as legal entities
The Uttarakhand High Court has declared entire animal kingdom i.e. all animals, including avian and aquatic species as legal entities with rights, duties and liabilities of living person. The order was given by Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal. Background The Division Bench of High Court was hearing PIL by Narayan ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Topics: Animal Cruelty • animal kingdom • Animal welfare • Environment • Legal Entity • National • Uttarakhand High Court
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission approves modern animal-free testing for drugs
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has in its 2018 edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia approved modern, animal-free tests for drug manufacturers. It will spare animals from suffering due to drug experiments. 2018 Indian Pharmacopoeia It provides guidelines on tests for drugs manufactured and marketed in India. It replaces pyrogen test carried out on rabbits and abnormal toxicity ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
Topics: Animal Cruelty • Animal-free drug testing • Indian Pharmacopoeia 2018 • Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission • Pharma sector
Supreme Court refuses to ban Kambala
The Supreme Court has refused to pass an interim order to stay Ordinance allowing kambala, the traditional buffalo slush track race in Karnataka. However, the apex court will examine the Constitutional validity of the Ordinance. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a non-governmental organisation, had challenged the Ordinance. Background Karnataka Assembly had passed an ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Topics: Animal Cruelty • Kambala • Karnataka • Ordinance • Peta • Supreme court • TNPSC • Traditional Sports
President approves ordinance allowing Kambala in Karnataka
President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the promulgation of The Prevention of cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 by the Governor of Karnataka in pursuance of Article 213 of Constitution. The promulgated ordinance legalises Kambala, bullock cart races and bull runs as traditional sports involving animals and exempt them from The Prevention of Cruelty to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017
Topics: Animal Cruelty • Article 213 • Bills and Acts • Culture • Current Affairs - 2017 • Kambala • National • Pranab Mukherjee • TNPSC
Gujarat Assembly passes Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Gujarat Assembly has passed the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to amend Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954. The amendment bill makes the existing law stricter and provides for harsher punishment and higher penalties to prevent cow slaughter in the state. Key Facts This bill has more stringent provision against the cow slaughtering and cow ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Topics: Animal Cruelty • Animal husbandry • Bills and Acts • Cow Protection • Gujarat • States