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Reference News-A joint committee on Maharashtra government’s Shakti Criminal Laws (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020 has submitted its report.Key recommendations made by the committee:Capital punishment in rape cases.Time-limit of 30 days to complete the

Reference News-As Parliament adjourned sine die recently, the presiding officers of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha expressed concern over the continuous disruption.Performance of the houses:Rajya Sabha utilised only 47.9% of its allotted time during the 18 sittings. Out of

Why in NewsRecently, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP), to enable innovators and entrepreneurs to have access to the innovation ecosystem in 22 scheduled languages.Key PointsAbout:VIP is an initiativ

Reference News-  The Panchayati Raj system of local self-government was introduced by the 73rd Amendment of the Constitution of India. Part IX was inserted in the Constitution as a sequel to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in 1993, bestowing the Constitutional mandatory

Reference News-Vodafone announced that it is auctioning the world’s first SMS as a non-fungible token (NFT). Now, the company has announced that a bidder has paid 107,000 euros for the replica of the first communication protocol of a short message, perpetuated a

Reference News-The Centre has disagreed with India’s low rank on the World Press Freedom Index prepared by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.What’s the issue?The government claimed that the report was based on a small sample size and gave l

What is the issue?SEBI has issued directions to stock exchanges in the commodity derivatives segment for immediately suspending trading in derivative contracts in key farm commodities for a year.What are derivative contracts?Derivative contracts are between two or more parties

Why in news?The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 has been passed in both houses of Parliament enabling the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem.What is the government’s rationale?A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on demands of grants of th

Reference News-An inter-state dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra dating back to the period of Independence and the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines in 1956 has reared its head again in the Belagavi region of Karnataka.The latest flashpoint

Reference News-Lok Sabha has sent the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 to a standing committee.Rationale behind the legislation:The age of marriage should be uniformly applicable to all r