On 9th August, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of the NEET PG examination scheduled on 11th August. The bench consisted of Chief justice of India DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. They stated that it cannot risk the futures of 200,000 students for the sake of just five individuals. The exam had already been rescheduled once The examination was initially scheduled for 23rd June. However, to address issues seen in other competitive exams, the schedule was adjusted as a precautionary step. Arguments presented by petitioners The petitioners contended that the rescheduled date of August 11…
Author: Mahak.Chowdhury
You may notice that whenever you go online, Google appears to be the default choice for searching. Ever wondered why that happens? This very question has been at the heart of the biggest antitrust case of the modern internet era. On 5th August, a federal judge ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search.This landmark decision will fundamentally alter the way big tech giants do their business. ‘Google is a Monopolist’ The Justice Department and several states sued Google, alleging that it illegally solidified its dominance by paying companies like Apple and Samsung billions annually to…
Source: ANI
On Saturday (3 August), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex in New Delhi. This conference had not been held in India for 65 years prior to this occurrence. Nevertheless, this also bought the realisation that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the aim of achieving a world without hunger by 2030, are unlikely to be fulfilled. Hunger and malnutrition act as hindrance Professor Martin Qaim, an eminent expert in agricultural economics and the director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University…
