Author: Abhishek Baghele

Rights of Transgender Persons Bill 2014 2014 – SC recognised transsexuals & transgenders as the ‘third gender Apr 24, 2015 – RS passed a private members Right of Transgender BIll 2014 Pending in LS....

Mines & Minerals Amendment Bill, 2015 passed Principal Act of 1957 – Draconian law for Adivasis Act does not address the critical issue of the rights of those (mostly from Adivasi  communities) who own...

India – Bangladesh Land Agreement Centre leaves enclaves in Assam out of land swap deal with Bangladesh Assembly polls are due in the state next year   Art. Ref. : May 2nd, 2015 : Dhaka...

Growth : The next steps to be taken  Favorable factors that can contribute to a better performance of the economy in 2015-16 : 1.) Low crude oil price \/ Oil import bill –> Current...

Three Challenges :  Raising of 17 corps : (Country’s 1st mountain strike force) Mountain Unit Require helicopters, light artillery Original Plan – (80,000 men costing > 10 b $ with 1.2 b $ spent...

Cabinet cleared  100 Smart City Project  &  AMRUT     Raising funds through : SPV PPP Smart city, aspirants will be selected through a ‘City Challenge Competition’ Earthquake Risk = (magnitude of earthquake (~))...

GAFA (GOOGLE – APPLE – FACEBOOK – AMAZON ) American internet companies  9/10 Internet searches in Europe use Google (more commanding % than in the US) Europe lacks a single internet company of comparable...

UNCRC (United Nations Convention on Child Rights ) Signed on  – 20th Nov 1989 Location : NY Effective : 2nd September 1990 Signatories : 140 Parties : 194 India ratified UNCRC 1990 \/ Aug...

24th April 2015  Ford Foundation  on watchlist of MHA Invoking section 46 of FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) IN STEP WITH GHANI’s AFGHANISTAN  April 27, 2015 : Prez Ashraf Ghani coming to India  ...

23rd April 2015 CHINA – PAK  China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Investment Capacity of 45 B $ – CPEC – Gwadar (The junction of South Asia, West Asia & Africa)  — Kashgar CPEC not...