Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation awarded

Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 have been awarded to 121 police personnel, including 21 women police officers. Among these awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 8 are from Uttar Pradesh Police and seven each are from Kerala and ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: CBI • Central Bureau of Investigation • Home Ministry • Union Home Minister • Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation

Supreme Court Calls for Uniformity in Fees for Covid-19 Testing

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, the testing fees charged has been a point of discussion. On 19th June 19, 2020, during a hearing at the Supreme Court, it was observed by the bench comprising of Justice S.K Paul, M.R Shah, and Ashok Bhushan that the fee for Covid-19 testing must be uniform or ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) • Maharashtra • New Delhi • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) • Supreme court • Telangana • Union Home Minister • Uttar Pradesh

What is Private Security Agency Licensing Portal?

Emphasising the need to increase the number of licensed private security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Private Security Agency Licensing Portal’ in New Delhi. It is a web portal to help private security agencies get licenses. About Private Security Agency Licensing Portal It is a single-window system for issuing licences to private security ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Amit Shah • Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 • Private Security Agency Licensing Portal • Union Home Minister

Census 2021: Digital Collection of Data and Multipurpose Card Proposed

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities such as Aadhaar, bank accounts, passport and driving licence. He also announced that for first time in 140-year history of census in India, data is proposed to be collected through a mobile app and people who ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Topics: Amit Shah • Census 2021 • Digital Census • Digital Collection of Data • Multipurpose Card • National Population Register • Union Home Minister

Census 2021: Foundation stone of Janganana Bhawan (Census building) laid

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Janganana Bhawan or Census Building in New Delhi. It is the office of the census authority. The upcoming Janganana Bhawan is being built on a Green Building concept. This shows Government’s commitment of taking forward and popularising the concept of Green Buildings in the country. ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Topics: Amit Shah • Census 2021 • Census Building • Digital Census • Green building • Janganana Bhawan • Union Home Minister