Current Affairs

The GK and Current Affairs Section is the most important one in most of the law entrance exams including CLAT and AILET. It carries significant weightage in Exams specified before, constituting 40 and 35 questions in CLAT and Respectively. Getting 30+ in Current Affairs is the difference between a middle tier NLU and one of […]

THE MARXIAN MIRAGE THE TORCH BEARER’S Playing up their personal relationship, Xi and Putin have repeatedly promised to “link” the BRI and EAEU. Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has unleashed Chinese companies to build roads, railways, fiber-optic cables, and other hard infrastructure across the Eurasian supercontinent and beyond.  Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) harmonizes […]

THE HINDU September 21, 2020   THE SOCIAL VIRTUE   THE SUPREME COURT SAID THE CONTENT WAS PRIMA FACIE “PLAINLY HURTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY”. “IT IS AN AFFRONT TO THE DIGNITY OF THE COMMUNITY.”   As per scholar, JEREMY WALDRON 1. Hate speech refers to utterances that incite violence, hatred, or discrimination against people on […]

China conducts drills in South China Sea News: Beijing recently conducted “high-intensity” naval exercises “high-intensity” naval exercises in the South China Sea.  Military training involved Chinese H-6G and H-6J jet bombers, under PLA’s naval aviation unit of the Southern Theatre Command, completing day-and-night training exercises.  About South China Sea (SCS) dispute China is in disputes […]

Unlock 3 guidelines News: Government has issued Unlock 3 guidelines.  Allowed activities  Gymnasiums and yoga institutes have been allowed to function from August 5 and night curfews i.e. Restrictions on the movement of individuals Source – The Hindu during the night, have been revoked. Gymnasium and Yoga institutes will still be subject to Standard Operating […]

Global tiger conservation day Source – India Today News: It is an annual event observed every year on July 29, to raise awareness for tiger conservation and making efforts to save them from going extinct.  Background  The Global Tiger Day came into existence in 2010 in Russia during the signing of Saint Petersburg declaration by [...]

One-time restructuring of corporate loans News: Leadership of big banks like HDFC, Kotak Mahindra pushed for a one-time loan restructuring scheme to tackle the rising banking stress at the national council meet of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). News details  Source: Economic Times In March, RBI had initially announced a three-month loan moratorium and [...]

Locust control in India News: Locust control operations (LCOs) carried out in in more than 4 lakh hectares area in 10 states.  Operation details Aerial spraying capacity has been strengthened for anti-locust operations. A Bell helicopter has been deployed in Rajasthan for use in Scheduled Desert Area as per the need. Indian Air Force is [...]

SC rejects Rajasthan Speaker’s plea to stay HC proceedings News: Plea has been filed by Rajasthan Assembly Speaker to stop the State’s High Court from deciding the validity of the anti­defection notices issued to rebel Congress MLAs. About Petition  High Court has crossed the line by interfering in the ongoing disqualification proceeding even before the [...]

‘E­commerce sites must state country of origin’ News: Government has filed its response against a PIL in Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre to ensure country of origin tag on products being sold on E-commerce websites.  Centre’s response Under consumer Protection act, 2019, every e-commerce entity is required to provide information necessary for [...]