News Update Inter-Parliamentary Union election: Portugal wins, Pakistan candidate gets lowest votes 4 Nov 20204 Nov 2020 Portugal on Monday won the elections for the post of the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) with 222 votes. The new IPU president Duarte Pacheco was elected with 56…
News Update Pryanca Radhakrishnan sworn in as New Zealand Minister 2 Nov 20202 Nov 2020 41 year old Pryanca Radhakrishnan from Kerala was sworn in as a Minister in New Zealand. She’s the first Indian to be Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's cabinet.She has been sworn…
News Update Officers Designated U/s 53 NDPS Act Are ‘Cops’ Says Supreme Court 31 Oct 2020 The Supreme Court by 2:1 has held that the officials who are contributed with powers under section 53 of the NDPS Act are "cops" inside the importance of section 25…
News Update Munger: Did Lipi Singh lie? CISF report says police personnel opened fire first, not someone from crowd 30 Oct 2020 A report of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has revealed glaring lapses on the part of the Bihar Police in the incident that unfolded in Munger district on the…
News Update Flight Guidelines Revised in Bengal 30 Oct 2020 With a sudden increase in Covid cases, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced updated guidelines for domestic passengers travelling through Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International, Kolkata and Bagdogra airport…
News Update Z+ security cover to only those private individuals who can pay for it? Supreme Court doesn’t agree 28 Oct 2020 The Supreme Court has chosen not to concur with the view of the Bombay High Court that Z-plus security cover should be provided to an individual or individuals who perceive…
News Update Supreme Court orders states to provide dry ration to sex workers 28 Oct 2020 The Supreme Court has directed all states to supply dry ration to sex workers in adequate amounts and uniformly. It asks them to seek help from the NACO and legal…
News Update Suspended UP Engineer arrested on the charges of corruption 28 Oct 2020 An engineer who was already suspended was arrested by the police in Kanpur. He was involved in an 8-year-old corruption case worth Rs 2.11 crore. He was arrested on Tuesday.…
News Update Apple reportedly bought a video AI startup for $50 million as it tries to improve Siri and other apps 28 Oct 2020 Apple added to its rapidly growing artificial intelligence portfolio earlier this year by acquiring Spain-based AI video startup Vilynx for approximately $50 million. Vilynx, headquartered in Barcelona, built software that…
News Update Noida: Eight nabbed for selling refurbished vehicles after reporting them stolen 26 Oct 2020 At least eight persons were arrested by the Noida police on Sunday for allegedly fabricating documents of commercial vehicles bought cheap, reporting them as stolen and then reselling them as…