Daily Current Affairs  – 4 August 2021

Facts in News Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963)  Pingali Venkayya was a freedom fighter and the designer and architect of the national flag of India. He had designed a flag, known as the Swaraj Flag, that now forms the basis of India’s present-day national flag. It consisted of red and green […]

In News Oxfam has recently published a report titled “Tightening the Net” just a few months ahead of the UN climate talks in Glasgow. Key Findings of Report ‘Net zero’ carbon targets that many countries have announced maybe a “dangerous distraction” from the priority of cutting carbon emissions. “Land-hungry ‘net zero’ schemes could lead to […]

In News  Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) released the Hunger Hotspots Report. More in News  The 2021 Global Food Crises Report released in May 2021 had already warned of acute food insecurity, soaring to a five-year high which was contributed by conflict, economic shocks (including due to […]

In News  Recently, the Lok Sabha passed the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021. About  The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, seeks to replace the ordinance promulgated in June 2021 and allows the Central Government to prohibit strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs in units engaged in essential defence services. Aims and Objectives of Bill  It aims to […]

In News Recently, The Supreme Court held that the Governor of a State can pardon prisoners even before they have served a minimum of 14 years of a prison sentence. About  The Governor’s power to pardon overrides the restrictions imposed under Section 433-A of the Criminal Procedure Code. Section 433A of the Code of Criminal […]

In News The commercial services on the Haldibari-Chilahati railway link between India and Bangladesh, which had been defunct for over 50 years, commenced recently with a goods train travelling to the neighbouring country. About The distance between Haldibari Railway Station to the international border is 4.5 km and 7.5 km from Chilahati till the ‘zero […]