Kodiakkarai Wild Life sanctuary, Tamilnadu – Diligent IAS

Kodiakkarai Wild Life sanctuary A unique exercise of rehabitating deer population has been started in the Kodiakkarai Wild Life sanctuary in Tamilnadu. The graceful deers, which have been brought up in the protected environment in the Sivagangai park, have been transported by using special trucks to Kodiyakkarai, in Vedaranyam district, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. The deers were examined by a team of veterinarians and then let off into the dense…

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National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) to be ready by 2020

NATGRID For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) News Flash The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) is a robust intelligence gathering mechanism related to immigration, banking, individual taxpayers, air and train travels. The work on the NATGRID set up to track any terror suspect and prevent terrorist attacks with real time data, has been accelerated. It is likely to be operational by January 2020. NATGRID The NATGRID will have data…

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Aditya – L1 mission to study the moon – Diligent IAS

Adatiya-L1 Mission For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Adatiya-L1 mission News Flash Through Adatiya-L1, India is all set to study the sun for the first time. The space agency plans to launch it by 2020. The project is approved and the satellite will be launched during 2019 – 2020 timeframe by PSLV-XL from Sriharikota. Adatiya-L1 Adatiya-L1, initially coined as Aditya-1, was conceived as a 400kg class satellite carrying one payload, the Visible…

Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1952

OFFICE OF PROFIT For: Mains Topics covered: About Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1952 About the Office of Profit News Flash Punjab council of ministers decided to bring an ordinance to exclude the appointments of the adviser (political) and advisor (planning) to the CM from the ambit of the office of the profit. What The ordinance will amend the Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1952, to add these posts to…

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Anti Defection Law and the 10th Schedule of Constitution

Anti Defection Law For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Anti-Defecation Law News Flash Five India National Lok Dal (INLD) MLAs disqualified from Haryana Assembly. Anti-defection law Anti defection law was introduced by the 52nd constitutional amendment act 1985 to prevent the defections from one political party to another in lieu of certain gains by members of parliament and state legislatures, it led to introduction of 10th Schedule. It lays down the…

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Indian Space Research Organisation gears up for Gaganyaan mission

Gaganyaan mission For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Gaganyaan Mission News Flash Indian Space Research Organisation gears up for Gaganyaan Mission, India’s first manned mission to space. The mission will give a thrust to the country’s science and technology capabilities. Gaganyaan Mission The first Indian astronaut will be sent to space under the Gaganyaan mission for which work is already underway. The second unmanned human spacecraft, ISRO is targeting for July…

Controlled Human Infection Model – Department of Biotechnology

Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Controlled Human Infection Model News Flash The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is close to finalising three projects, involving Indian and European scientists, to develop new influenza vaccines. Controlled Human Infection Model Under CHIM, volunteers who take part in trials will be infected, under expert supervision, with infectious viruses or bacteria to learn more about the infection or to develop vaccines…

Government constitutes Company Law Committee – Diligent IAS

Government constitutes Company Law Committee For: Mains Topics covered: About the committee – its mandates, Terms of reference Companies Act, 2013 Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act, 2008 News Flash The government has constituted the company law committee for examining and making recommendations on various provisions and issues related to implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act, 2008. Committee will help in promoting the: Ease of living by…

Revised guidelines on concurrent audit system: RBI

CONCURRENT AUDIT SYSTEM For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Revised guidelines on the concurrent audit system News Flash RBI revised the guidelines on concurrent audit system following the recommendations of an committee under Y.H. Malegam. Now, the concurrent auditors will be appointed for a period of not more than three years. Earlier the tenure of external concurrent auditors was fixed at five years on a continuous basis. Concurrent Audit The concurrent audit…

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