by Spectrum | Oct 10, 2018 | Current Affairs
On September 27, 2018, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously struck down another colonial-era law, Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that made adultery punishable with a jail term and a fine, as unconstitutional. In four separate but concurring...
by Spectrum | Sep 14, 2018 | Current Affairs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) on September 1, 2018. The move was expected to take banking services to the unbanked rural areas across the country, thus furthering the process of financial inclusion initiated by the Jan Dhan...
by Spectrum | Aug 7, 2018 | Current Affairs
Supreme Court Defers Article 35A Case On August 6, 2018, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar adjourned a scheduled hearing into a group of petitions questioning the constitutional validity of Article 35A. The...
by Spectrum | Jul 31, 2018 | Current Affairs
On July 27-28, 2018, several countries in the world, including India, witnessed a lunar eclipse that, including its partial formations and phases, lasted 6 hours and 14 minutes; the full lunar eclipse could be seen for 1 hour and 43 minutes. It was the longest lunar...
by Spectrum | Jul 17, 2018 | Current Affairs
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) and iMandi jointly launch farmer-focused e-commerce app ‘IFFCO iMandi’, targets $5 Billion GMV by 2020 IFFCO is large scale fertilizer cooperative federation in India, registered as Multistate...
