Daily Current Affairs  – 12 May 2022

In News Recently, the government released a pictorial book on India’s Women Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle as part of Azadi ka Mahotsav.  Aruna Asaf Ali Image Courtesy: Amrit Mohotsav  Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher.  She was popularly known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement. Hoisting […]

In News Recently, The Environment Ministry has approved an exemption to the laws governing the regulation of coastal zones and has paved the way for gas-powered plants to be set up at Andaman and Nicobar islands.  About the gas plant The Plant: It will be a gas-based power plant at Hope Town in Andaman & […]

In News Recently, the Government has launched AIM-PRIME Playbook to help academics launch deep-tech spin-offs. AIM- PRIME (Program for Researchers in Innovation, Market Readiness and Entrepreneurship) Launched by:  Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog AIM has joined hands with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)  The nationwide program will be implemented by Venture Center – […]

In News Recently, NASA’s InSight lander detected a quake on Mars, the largest ever observed on another planet. Key Points Earlier Events: The InSight rover first landed on Mars in November 2018, and has since heard 1,313 quakes.  The largest previously recorded “marsquake” was detected in August 2021. Marsquakes and its cause:  On Earth, quakes […]

In News Recently, CBI raids 40 locations linked to NGOs and MHA officials over alleged FCRA violations. What is the FCRA? Background: The FCRA was enacted during the Emergency in 1976 amid apprehensions that foreign powers were interfering in India’s affairs by pumping money into the country through independent organisations. These concerns were, in fact, […]

In News Recently, the Union Government claimed that the President and not the Tamil Nadu Governor has exclusive power to decide Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination convict A.G. Perarivalan’s plea for pardon. About Pardoning Power Power of Pardons under Articles 73 and 161 of the Constitution is different from judicial power as the governor or the President […]

In News Recently, the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in a batch of petitions challenging the exception provided to marital rape in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). About The court was hearing a clutch of four petitions challenging the constitutionality of the exception to Section 375.  Petitioners include the All India Democratic Women’s […]