Rajya Sabha passes Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019

Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 on 12 December 2019 by voice vote. The bill seeks to amend Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to include three tribes namely– Parivara, Talwara and Siddi community of Dharwad and Belagavi districts, in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka. The bill was ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: CLAT • Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill • Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order 1950 • Karnataka • Parivara • Schedule Tribe • ST • Talwara

The first organised census of Indus Dolphins to be carried out in Punjab

The first organised census of Indus Dolphins will be carried out by the Punjab government along with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) -India for the conservation of Indus dolphins, which are one of the world’s rarest mammals. This is India’s first organized Dolphin Census, which will be completed within a span of five years. The main ..

Topics: Animals • Beas River • Dolphin • Geography of Pakistan • Indus basin • Indus River • National symbols of Pakistan • Rigvedic rivers • Rivers • South Asian river dolphin • Talwara