September Current Affairs (1-7)

National affairs
Government 13,742-cr plan ready for Naxal zone
THE Planning Commission has finalised a 13,742-crore Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Naxal-affected districts. The scope of IAP, earlier envisaged to cover 35 Naxal-affected districts, has been widened to cover governance reforms and devolution of power to grassroot institutions in 60 districts over the next three fiscal.

August Current Affairs (8-14)

National Affairs
Cabinet clears whistleblower protection bill
THE Union Cabinet has cleared a bill to protect whistleblowers and punish those exposing identity of people disclosing information. It is officially called ‘The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill, 2010’ which provides the Central Vigilance Commission powers of a civil court to hand down harsh penalty to people revealing identity of whistleblowers.

June 15-22 Current Affairs

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UPDATES

India, South Korea to launch talks for civil nuclear pact

India and South Korea agreed to launch negotiations for a civil nuclear energy agreement, even as economic ties continued to expand after implementation of a comprehensive economic pact. This was discussed during a India-South Korea joint commission meeting in Seoul on Friday, which was chaired by Indian External Affairs minister S. M. Krishna and Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan. The negotiations are expected to pave the way for South Korea to export a nuclear power plant to India. South Korea was among the countries that had supported India in the Nuclear Suppliers Group lifting restrictions on civil nuclear trade.