Check out a list of significant happenings from the previous week to prepare for the UPSC test (Representational/File Photo)
UPSC GK Capsule: To help you prepare for any upcoming assessments, we have created a recap of this week’s key points
Current affairs events are an important part of the syllabus for many competitive tests. Knowing about these events may benefit you in both the preliminary and main exams for UPSC CSE and other government admission exams. To help you prepare for any upcoming assessments, we have created a recap of this week’s key points. Check out what happened around the country this week:
Supreme Court To NTA On NEET UG 2024 Results
On July 18, the Supreme Court asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release NEET-UG exam results without disclosing students’ identities. In its order, the court directed the central agency to publish the aspirants’ marks on their website, city-wise and centre-wise, while concealing the candidates’ identities. The results are expected tomorrow, July 20. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued its ruling while hearing a bundle of petitions in the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. The matter was heard by a court that included Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…read more
Centre Lists 6 New Bills For Parliament’s Monsoon Session
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which starts next week, will see the introduction of six new bills, one of which will change the disaster management statute. The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 has been proposed by the government in addition to the Finance Bill. Its purpose is to supersede the Aircraft Act of 1934 and establish enabling measures that facilitate business operations in the civil aviation industry. On July 18, the Lok Sabha secretariat published a list of bills in its Parliament bulletin. The Monsoon Session begins on July 22 and lasts through August 12. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to deliver the Union Budget on July 23…read more
Karnataka CM On Private Sector Quota Bill
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on July 18 that his government has decided to postpone the bill establishing job reservations for Kannadigas in the private sector due to “certain confusion.” He stated that the bill will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting to allay any concerns. The Chief Minister was responding to Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka’s request that the state government clarify its position on the measure. Siddaramaiah then tweeted another message stating that Kannadigas would receive 50 per cent reservations in the management category and 70 per cent in the non-management category…read more
Telangana Government to Launch Farm Loan Waiver Scheme
The Telangana government is planning to launch a farm debt waiver initiative as part of its election promises to assist 70 lakh farmers, according to official sources. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy previously stated that the government would implement a loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh by August 15. The chief minister stated that a total of Rs 7,000 crore would be credited to the accounts of farmers who have had their loans of up to Rs one lakh erased. Crop loans of up to Rs 1.5 lakh will be waived by the end of July, and the loan waiver procedure will be finished in August with loans of up to Rs 2 lakh…read more
Farmer Cries As He Rolls On Floor At MP Collector’s Office
A video circulating on X shows an elderly farmer in Madhya Pradesh rolling on the floor of the collector’s office, screaming and crying because the concerned administration has not addressed his issue of land grabbing. Shankarlal, the farmer, could be heard crying, “Nobody is listening,” as he rolled on the floor in the Mandsaur collector’s office. He has claimed that the land mafia fraudulently took away his land. According to the farmer, despite raising his concerns during a public hearing on July 16, no action was taken, causing his dramatic protest at the collector’s office. However, on July 17, Mandsaur Collector Dilip Yadav denied the allegation…read more
