by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 7, 2020 | Current Affairs
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB), on September 15, 2020, projected the Indian economy to contract 9 per cent in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 as rising Covid-19 cases will keep private spending and investment lower for longer. India’s...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 7, 2020 | Current Affairs
In September 2020, the Parliamentary standing committee headed by Jayant Sinha, the committee’s chairperson and also the former minister of state for finance, recommended the abolition of long-term capital gains (LTCG) for at least two years on startup investments...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 18, 2020 | Current Affairs
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, who was an Antifa supporter and a suspect in the fatal shooting of a right-wing activist, Aaron J. Danielson, part of a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Oregon, was killed by law enforcement agents on September 3, 2020. President Donald...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 12, 2020 | Current Affairs, Polity
Introduction On March 19, 2020, the Union Transport Minister informed the Lok Sabha about 10 per cent reduction in accidental deaths since the implementation of the new Motor Vehicle Act, 2019. In this regard, the ministry released the ‘Integrated Road Accident...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 12, 2020 | Current Affairs
As per media reports, dated April 22, 2020, the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 was amended with the promulgation of the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) ordinance, 2020. The aim of the Act is to contain the spread of epidemic diseases. The amendment in the Act, brought in...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 12, 2020 | Current Affairs
In order to promote the domestic tourism, the Ministry of Tourism, on April 14, 2020, launched a webinar series—Dekho Apna Desh—in an effort to boost local and national economy. The tourism sector in India is highly affected as there are no movements either...
