By : Sabatini Chatterjee On June 10, 2021 an amendment to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975 was brought in motion by the Cabinet of Maharashtra led by the CM Uddhav Thackeray. This amendment would most likely be brought through an ordinance passed the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari. […]
Continue ReadingBy : Sabatini Chatterjee Recently, the Left Democratic Front (LDG) government of Kerala has passed a notification to acquire land for its Silver Line Project. This is considered as Kerala’s flagship semi high-speed railway project aimed at reducing travel time between the state’s southern end and state capital Thiruvananthapuram with its northern end of Kasaragod. […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul The Left Democratic Front (LDF) election manifesto and the pervious budget contained an agenda to ease the burden of the housewives. This scheme shall be introduced by the Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE) through Smart Kitchen Project wherein small soft funds will be provided to the housewives to purchase household products […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On June 21, 2021 the Indian Air Force station in Jammu was attacked by using drones causing two explosions. This incident injured two IAF officers and also severely damaged the portion of the single-storeybuilding at the airport’s technical area. This attack is also one of the very first drone attack from […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul Recently, the first genetically modified rubber plant was planted near the Rubber Board research farm near Guwahati. This genetically modified plant was engineered by Rubber Research Institute of India (RRI) located in Kerala specifically for the North-east climatic conditions. The genetically modified rubber developed by the Kerala based RRI has additional […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On June 10, 2021 the European Space Agency (ESA) broadcasted the EnVISION Mission to Venus is similar lines of NASA’s introduction of DAVINCI+ and VERITAS Mission. The EnVISION Mission will most probably send an orbiter to Venus by the year 2030. The EnVISION Mission is led by ESA with aid and […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On May 21, 1991 our former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, this year marks the 30th death anniversary of him. Shri RajeevratnaBirjeesGandhi (1944-1991) was the sixth Indian prime minister from 1984-1989. He attended the Doon School in Himalayan foot hills and later he went to Trinity College for further studies. At […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On June 2, 2021 the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 came into effect. These rules were framed under section 87(2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and in clampdown of the former Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011. The rules were framed by Ministry of […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul In September 2020, the Jharkhand Government had initiated the Phoolo-Jhano Ashirwad Abhiyan for rehabilitating women selling unregulated liquor and counselling them to adopt an alternative business source. The state government had initiated a process to provide Rs. 10,000 rupees collateral free loan to start-up small business. In the tribal belts of […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul Recently, the Agewell foundation has launched a report titled “Changing Needs of Old People in India with Special Focus on Current Old Age Care & Support Scenario” ahead of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day i.e., June 15. This report was based on answers from 5,000 elderly, wherein around 82% of […]
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