Current Affairs : 01st March 2023

Moody’s expects India to report real GDP growth of 5.5 per cent in 2023 MoS IT launches Grievance Appellate Committee to ensure safe internet 10 yrs post-retirement, a life-size statue of Sachin India’s manufacturing PMI slips to 4 month low of 55.3 in February Elon Musk reclaims the top and becomes the most affluent person … Read more

Current Affairs : 28th Feb 2023

Lionel Messi scores 700th career club goal. Britain, EU reach agreement on northern Ireland post-Brexit trade National Science Day 2023 celebrated on 28th February Shailesh Pathak named FICCI Secretary General Pakistan Govt raises policy interest by 200 bps for IMF bailout Services exports to cross USD 300 billion this fiscal: Piyush Goyal Japan to invest … Read more

‘Yoga can cure every disease, but don’t universalise’ – Ranjana Narayan

Yoga therapy can cure every disease and disorder, even cancer, says a Delhi-based yoga therapist but warns against the mass teaching of yoga – including popular pranayams like kapalbhati and anulom vilom – saying they “can cause complications”. “Yoga cannot be universalised…like prescribing a paracetamol tablet,” says Subhash Sharma, a yoga therapist who spent 19 … Read more

Mumbai to host first WikiConference in India

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Aiming to tap the Indian community, the first WikiConference by the Wikimedia Foundation in this country will be hosted in Mumbai Nov 18, an official said. The three-day conference, hosted by the Mumbai Wikipedia Community and the Wikimedia Chapter, India, will see founder Jimmy Wales opening the conference that will have … Read more

Aircel to sponsor Indian Davis Cup team

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Telecom major Aircel will be the sponsor of the Indian tennis team for the Davis Cup play-off against Japan in Tokyo Sep 18-20. The Aircel India Davis Cup team comprising Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna and S.P. Misra (non-playing captain) will leave for Tokyo Sep 12. ‘Aircel’s … Read more

What is the Staff Strength of CVC?

Min of Coal Guidelines for Option of Coal Blocks Supply of Coal to Domestic Industries Karnpura Coal Field Issue to be Decided by GoM Min of Comm. & Information Technology Objectionable Content on Websites Min of Culture Popularizing Lesser Known Ancient Temples Min of Defence Foreign National Casualty Evacuation:114 HU,AF Min of Personnel, Public Grievances … Read more

Supreme Court Judgement on Scavengers

We give below some extracts from the Supreme Court judgment dated 12.07.2011 on the issue of scavengers working under the Delhi Jal Board (Civil appeal No 5322 of 2011), which are self explanatory This appeal filed by Delhi Jal Board for setting aside an interlocutory order passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High … Read more

Supreme Snub : Court SIT A Major Embarrassment For Govt

THE Supreme Court’s decision to take over the charge of investigations into the black money issue is a virtual vote of no-confidence in the government’s capacity and willingness to track unaccounted wealth. Not only that, the apex court has taken the unusual step of appointing a special investigation team under a retired Supreme Court judge, … Read more

Now A Petroleum Scam?

The draft of the CAG report on the audit of the Production Sharing Contracts for KG basin gas has already exposed the nexus between the UPA Government and M/s. Reliance Industries. When a question on the status of gas availability, output, capital expenditure etc. was first raised in Rajya Sabha on 12.12.2006 by CPI (M) … Read more

The -Reliance KG Gas Scam Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick

The CAG Draft Report on the audit of the Production Sharing Contracts for the on-shore and off-shore oil and gas blocks is now widely being circulated in the media, showing once again the unholy nexus between the UPA and big capital in the country. The CAG has shown that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) … Read more