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Plea for Legal Entity Status to Animals
The Supreme Court recently heard a petition that seeks legal entity status to the entire animal kingdom. The Chief Justice of India observed that the status involves giving animals a legal personality. What does this mean? Currently, Animals are protected ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Top Current Affairs – September 10, 2020 (Morning Digest)
GKToday presents daily digest of Top Current Affairs covering major news updates of the day. Here are the morning updates for Current Affairs of 10 September 2020: First India-France-Australia trilateral dialogue on Indo-Pacific Senior officials from the three countries met ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Top Current Affairs – September 9, 2020 (Evening Digest)
GKToday presents daily digest of Top Current Affairs covering major news updates of the day. Here are the evening updates for Current Affairs of 9 September 2020: Highways Ministry releases over Rs.10,000 crore amid pandemic In a bid to boost ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
What is Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally launch Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. He is also going to launch e-Gopala application. About Matsya Sampada Yojana The scheme will be launched for sustainable development of fisheries in India. It is going to ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
UNICEF report on Child Mortality Rate
‘Levels and Trends in Child Mortality’ report was published by United Nations (UN). As per the new estimate on mortality released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
India-Angola Joint Commission meet
India and Angola held their first joint commission meeting on September 8, 2020. In the meeting, the countries have decided to expand their trade relation. They held discussions in various sectors including Food processing, agriculture, defence, pharmaceuticals, health, digitization and ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Five PSUs of India to join International Solar Alliance Coalition
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced, during the inaugural speech at the first World Solar Technology Summit held on September 8, 2020, that five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) will join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Coalition for Sustainable ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
What is YSR Sampoorna Poshana Yojana?
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YSR Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched YSR Sampoorna Poshana scheme On September 7, 2020. The scheme aims at providing food to lactating mothers and pregnant women so as to fulfil their nutritional requirements. Significance of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Cabinet Approves Amendments to Three Labour Codes
The Union cabinet approved amendments to the labour codes on September 8, 2020. The Three codes include social security, industrial relations, and occupational safety and health (OSH) out of four codes that was proposed in the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
What is Chaar Dhaam Pariyojana?
Recently, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) completed the construction of a 440 m long tunnel below the Chamba town on the Rishikesh-Dharasu road highway (National Highway – 94). The construction has been undertaken under the Chardham Pariyojana to improve connectivity ..