Rajya Sabha passes women’s reservation Bill — Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam

The old Parliament building will now be known as Samvidhan Sadan

ICMR to procure 20 more doses of monoclonal antibody from Australia to tackle Nipah

PM Modi makes the announcement in the inaugural session of the G20 Summit in New Delhi

It is the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun

Pragyan rover rolls onto the lunar surface after Lander Module soft-lands on South Pole

Supreme Court releases a handbook that contains a glossary of gender unjust terms

The main purpose of the proposed Bills will not be to punish, but provide justice

Aditya-L1 mission will be launched by ISRO PSLV rocket

Centre tables new Bill on selection of election commissioners

UN report shows that 25 countries successfully halved their global MPI

Also suggests increase in the minimum jail term from the present three years to seven years

RBI withdraws Rs 2,000 notes from circulation

Supreme Court dedicates special web page containing details of the landmark judgment

ISRO to focus on R&D, transition out from manufacturing operational space systems

AAP gets ‘national party’ status, Trinamool, NCP & CPI lose the tag

Tiger numbers go up substantially in Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains, dip in Western Ghats

FTP 2023 seeks to push rupee trade, boost exports to $2 trillion by 2030

PM Modi unveils Bharat 6G Vision Document

A person weak-kneed before the powerful cannot be appointed as election commissioner, says SC

DPI is fundamental to well-functioning economies and citizens’ well-being

India has around 1.2 crore SHGs, 88% being all-women SHGs

It enables a layer of trust and eliminates the need for a third party to validate transactions

ADP aims to expeditiously improve the socio-economic status of 117 districts

Sitharaman presented her fifth full Budget in the Parliament

6.48 crore households were offered employment and 5.7 crore of them availed it in this fiscal

The country has integrated development goals with ambitious climate action goals

Leading oncologist Dr.Jame Abraham says it is due to globalisation, growing economy, ageing population and changing lifestyle

The Supreme Court upholds legality of 2016 note ban decision

A score of 29.1 puts the country in the “serious” category

RBI to soon start pilot launch of digital rupee (e₹)

Many countries have already embraced the concept of live-streaming courtroom proceedings

Hate speech poisons nation’s fabric, observes Supreme Court

Cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal, was officially declared extinct in India in 1952

It is the country’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

India has increasingly struggled to create jobs for a large part of its labour force

Incoherent judgments have a serious impact upon the dignity of our institutions, it notes

Dhankhar bagged 528 votes against his rival candidate Margaret Alva’s 182

In its maiden launch on August 7, the SSLV will place Earth Observation-2 satellite and AzaadiSat in orbit

Govt launches 11th Agricultural Census, data to be collected digitally for the first time

India has begun to carve a path towards an enabling environment by establishing an ecosystem that fosters innovation

How the savings from ballooning pension bill would be channelised into modernisation of the force remains to be seen

Hydrogen demand in India could grow more than four-fold by 2050, representing almost 10% of global hydrogen demand

In 2020-21, about 7.7 million workers were engaged in the gig economy and they constituted 1.5% of the total workforce in India

The Supreme Court has ruled that police should treat sex workers with dignity and not abuse them

The US-led initiative aims to strengthen economic partnership in the region

What led to this decision and how will it impact the global market?

Article 142 is about the enforcement of decrees and orders of the Supreme Court

He will oversee elections of President, Vice President and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The offence of sedition is provided under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

SC directs states, UTs to implement SOP for care and protection of Children in Street Situations

The govt constituted NITI Aayog in 2015 to replace the Planning Commission

Under an FTA, two trading partners reduce or eliminate customs duties on the maximum number of goods traded between them

RBI governor emphasises importance of self-sufficiency in banknote manufacturing

India’s engagement with the Arctic began in February 1920, when it signed the Svalbard Treaty in Paris

NLMC will undertake monetisation of surplus land and building assets of CPSEs and other govt agencies

It aspires to achieve 5% of global AM market share and add nearly $1 billion to the GDP by 2025

PM Modi flags off 100 ‘Kisan Drones’ for spraying pesticides and other farm materials

The pact is expected to increase bilateral trade from the current $60 billion to $100 billion in the next five years

The govt decides to replace ‘adult education’ with ‘education for all’ to align with the new National Education Policy

Crypto-technology is underpinned by a philosophy to evade govt controls and they have been developed to bypass regulated financial system

FM Sitharaman proposes to issue sovereign green bonds in Union Budget

Cryptocurrencies have a strong vein of libertarian thought which seeks to bypass all forms of govt control