SC allows surrogacy, strikes down rule banning the use of donor gametes Context The Supreme Court has protected a woman’s right to parenting despite her suffering from a unique physical ailment by halting the implementation of a statute that threatened to derail her ambitions of […]
Change State’s name to Keralam, Assembly resolution urges Centre Context The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion requesting that the State’s name be changed from Kerala to Keralam by the Central Government. What is the historical background behind the name change? Language and […]
530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre Context According to the Ministry, 530 districts have so far reported being free of manual scavenging, with the remaining districts having yet to do so. According to the Ministry, manual scavenging is no longer practised in […]
New drone policy with some restrictions soon, says Shah Context Amit Shah, the Union home minister, announced on Monday that a new drone policy, enforcing several regulations and requiring mandatory registration for all unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), will be unveiled soon. What do we know […]
Cabinet gives nod to Data Protection Bill Context: Activists have expressed worries about an amendment to the RTI Act, 2005, which would forbid government departments from sharing personal information, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill legislation would be submitted in Parliament during the Monsoon […]