UPSC GK Capsule: SC on NEET UG results to centre List of 6 new bills before parliament, top happenings of the week

Current events form an important part of the syllabus for many competitive tests. Knowing about these events can benefit you in both preliminary and main exams for UPSC CSE and other government entrance exams. To help you prepare for the upcoming assessments, we have compiled a summary of the key points from this week. Check out what happened in the country this week:

Supreme Court vs NTA over NEET UG 2024 results

On July 18, the Supreme Court asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release the NEET-UG exam results without disclosing the identities of the students. In its order, the court directed the central agency to publish the marks of the candidates on its website, city-wise and centre-wise, while concealing the identities of the candidates. The results are expected tomorrow, July 20. On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered its verdict while hearing a bundle of petitions in the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. The case was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…read more

Centre drafts 6 new bills for monsoon session of parliament

The monsoon session of Parliament, which begins next week, will see the introduction of six new bills, one of which will amend the Disaster Management Act. The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 has been proposed by the government as an amendment to the Finance Bill. It aims to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934 and introduce measures to facilitate the operations of the civil aviation industry. On July 18, the Lok Sabha Secretariat published a list of bills in its parliamentary bulletin. The monsoon session begins on July 22 and will last till August 12. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on July 23…read more

Karnataka CM on Private Sector Quota Bill

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 18 said his government has decided to shelve the Bill for providing job reservations for Kannadigas in the private sector due to “certain confusion”. He said the Bill will be discussed in 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 stand on the measure. Siddaramaiah then tweeted another message stating that Kannadigas would get 50 per cent reservations in the management category and 70 per cent in the non-management category…read more

Telangana government launches farm loan waiver scheme

The Telangana government is planning to launch an agricultural debt waiver initiative as part of its election promises to help 70 lakh farmers, according to official sources. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy had earlier said that the government would implement a loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh by August 15. The chief minister had said that a total of Rs 7,000 crore would be credited to the accounts of farmers who have had their loans waived up to Rs one lakh. Crop loans up to Rs 1.5 lakh will be waived by the end of July, and the waiver process will be completed in August with loans up to Rs 2 lakh…read more

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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 Income Tax Collector’s office, screaming and crying over the government’s failure to address his land grabbing problem. Shankarlal, the farmer, could be heard crying, “Nobody is listening,” as he rolled on the floor of the Mandsaur Income Tax Collector’s office. He has alleged that the land mafia has fraudulently grabbed his land. According to the farmer, despite him raising his concerns during a public hearing on July 16, no action was taken, leading to his dramatic protest outside the Income Tax Collector’s office. However, on July 17, Mandsaur Income Tax Collector Dilip Yadav denied the allegation…read more

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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 Income Tax Collector’s office, screaming and crying over the government’s failure to address his land grabbing problem. Shankarlal, the farmer, could be heard crying, “Nobody is listening,” as he rolled on the floor of the Mandsaur Income Tax Collector’s office. He has alleged that the land mafia has fraudulently grabbed his land. According to the farmer, despite him raising his concerns during a public hearing on July 16, no action was taken, leading to his dramatic protest outside the Income Tax Collector’s office. However, on July 17, Mandsaur Income Tax Collector Dilip Yadav denied the allegation…read more