Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 92MW floating solar plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Project at Kayamkulam, Kerala. The Kayamkulam plant is the second-largest floating solar power project of the NTPC after…
Month: July 2022
SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH: DEATH ANNIVERSARY
Shaheed Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. Freedom fighter Udham Singh, is known for avenging the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. Udham Singh, born in Sunam…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers meet: Basics Explained
Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) had meeting in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent, The meeting was part of preparations for the SCO Summit to be held in Samarkand in mid-September. Addressing a meeting of foreign ministers of…
INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY 2022
International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on 29 July to raise awareness for tiger conservation. The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting tiger’s natural habitats and raise public awareness. India is currently home…
WORLD HEPATITIS DAY: JULY 28 2022
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on 28 July and brings the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. WHD unites patient organisations, governments,…
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act: Basics Explained
The Supreme Court delivered its judgment on a batch of pleas challenging the various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Supreme Court on upheld the validity of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The…
The Supreme Court expanded Right to be Forgotten: Basics Explained
Expanding the ambit of the right to privacy and the right to be forgotten, A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh directed its registry to work out a mechanism allowing details of an estranged couple to be…
Supreme Court: Daughters are not a liability
Daughters are no liability, the Supreme Court has said while dealing with a matter relating to the payment of maintenance to a woman by her father. The observation from a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna…