Category Archives: Current Topics, Days & Schemes

What is Finance Bill and Its few facts

➡ A few facts about Finance Bill • Financial bills are those bills that deal with fiscal matters, i. e. , revenue or expenditure. However, the Constitution uses the term ‘financial bill’ in a technical sense. ➡ Financial bills are of three kinds: 1. Money bills – Article 110 2. Financial bills (I) – Article… Read More »

First Court for e-court fee payment facility

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ Madras HC becomes first st court in south India to introduce e-court fee payment facility ▪ The Madras High Court became first court in south India and overall eighth in the country to introduce e-court fee payment facility. ▪ It was jointly launched by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Chief Justice Indira… Read More »

India is now world’s sixth largest economy: IMF

#Burning_issue_of_the_day According to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO) for April 2018, India is now the world’s sixth largest economy at $2.6 trillion (interms of GDP), displacing France. The five economies ahead are United States, China, Japan, Germany and United Kingdom. ➡ IMF’s April 2018 WEO ▪ India is expected to grow at… Read More »

Commonwealth Cyber Declaration adopted by Commonwealth countries

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ Commonwealth Cyber Declaration adopted by Commonwealth countries ▪ The Commonwealth countries at the end of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London have adopted Commonwealth Cyber Declaration to take action on cybersecurity by 2020. ▪ The declaration is considered as world’s largest and most geographically diverse inter-governmental commitment on cybersecurity cooperation. ➡… Read More »

34 global technology firms sign Cyber-security Tech Accord

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ 34 global technology firms sign Cybersecurity Tech Accord =============== ▪ 34 leading global technology firms including Facebook, Microsoft, HP, ARM, Cisco, and Oracle have signed Cybersecurity Tech Accord to work together on cybersecurity issues. ▪ Under it, signatory companies have agreed to collaborate on stronger defence systems, no offensive cyberattacks, and protect against… Read More »

India wins six elections in UNECOSOC bodies

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ India wins six elections in #UNECOSOC bodies ================== ▪India has won six elections to United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) bodies, five of them unanimously. In these polls, India won places on executive boards of four UN bodies, three commissions and committee. ➡ NGO Committee ▪ India faced an election within… Read More »

World Heritage Day – 18 April 2018

➡ World Heritage Day ▪ The World Heritage Day is observed every year across world on April 18. ▪ Observance of day aims to spread awareness importance of protecting and preserving various sites around world that have achieved world heritage status and having outstanding universal values. ▪ This year theme of the day is “Heritage for… Read More »

India to work with China on OPEC’s Asian Premium issue

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ India and China will work on OPEC’s Asian Premium issue ▪ India is coordinating with China and other Asian countries to raise voice against Asian premium charged by Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). ▪ Indian Oil Corporation Chairman Sanjiv Singh will coordinate with head of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to chalk… Read More »

Know about Chandra Bhushan Kumar – Deputy Election Commissioner

#Person_in_news ➡ Chandra Bhushan Kumar appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner ================== ▪Government has appointed senior bureaucrat Chandra Bhushan Kumar as Deputy Election Commissioner. He will have tenure of five years. Bhushan is 1995 batch IAS officer of Union Territories Cadre. ▪ Election Commissioners Election commission is multi member body and currently has three members including Chief… Read More »