JUST UPDATES ON COVID-19
- Travel from EU, U.K. banned as India tightens preventive steps against Coronavirus.
- India has been trying to protect itself from community spread of the Coronavirus.
- Government is going to issue 10 Lakh kits for checking community spread of Coronavirus.
- ‘India still in second transmission stage’. Third stage refers to the Community transfer stage.
- Vulnerable groups like Prisoners, migrant workers, etc have to be tested and isolated.
FLOOR TESTS IN THE HOUSES
- Floor tests are conducted to check if the ruling government enjoys the strength required to continue.
- The majority is counted on the basis of those present and voting. This effectively reduces the strength of the House and in turn brings down the majority-mark.
- It is different from a Composite floor test which is conducted when more than one party claims to have the numbers required to form a government.
- Recently, in Madhya Pradesh there has been a demand for conducting a floor test to see if the government has the numbers or not.
GOVERNMENT TO GIVE 20 YEARS TO TELCOS TO PAY THEIR DUES
- In the aftermath of the AGR decision of the Supreme Court Telcos had to pay huge money to the government.
- This ruptured their financial strength, since the sector has to continuously invest in upgradation and adaptation.
- India is on the path of digitalisation, and we need 5G, not 4G with huge tariffs.
- Companies had it coming. They were aware of the consequences and yet they decide to defer the payments.
- This raises a significant question: Where are we heading in terms of arm-twisting by major corporates?
PUNJAB TO HONOUR SIMRANJIT KAUR
- She has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
- First woman boxer from the state to have qualified for the olympics.
- A cash reward of rupees 5 Lakhs will be provided to her.
- Sports in the country suffer on:-
- Infrastructure,
- Guidance,
- Support,
- opportunities, and
- Recognition.
- Khelo India has been introduced to fill this vacuum. It will be accompanied with the Fit India games.
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED IN THE PARLIAMENT
- It allows the government to withdraw money from the consolidated fund while the Finance bill under the union budget is passed.
- It allows for day to day business of the government and implementation of the policies.
- In order to expedite the passage, a ‘Guillotine’ was applied by the speaker to club the discussion on all other pending matters.
Question taken during class:
Can Coronavirus spread from humans to animals?
Humans, too, fall under the category of animals. So yes, the virus can transmit from humans to animals.
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