"The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has capped the amount of trans fatty acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2% by 2022" The current permissible limit is of 5%. T Read More...
"China amends defence law to strengthen military powers over state council" These revisions weaken the role of the State Council in formulating military policy and hands decision making power to th Read More...
"A perfectly preserved woolly rhinoceros was found by scientists in Yakutia, in Russia’s far north" The animal was discovered on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh river in the Abyisk district in Ya Read More...
"As part of the restructuring of Army Headquarters, the Indian Army has appointed a Major General-rank officer as the head of its newly created Human Rights cell" Major General Gautam Chauhan has b Read More...
"World Braille Day is observed every year on 4 January to celebrate the importance of braille, a form of communication and written language for people who are blind and visually challenged" The day Read More...
"The US Senate has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the fiscal year 2021 National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA)" The bill was supported by over a two-thirds majority of t Read More...
"The country abolished the tax after it left the European Union" EU law stops most Member States from fully dropping VAT on sanitary products. The abolition of the “tampon tax” will sa Read More...
"President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree abolishing the death penalty in Kazakhstan" The new law makes permanent the existing moratorium on state executions in place since 2003, introdu Read More...
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHPs) under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) at six sites across six states" Light House a Read More...
"The offence under the triple talaq law can only be committed by a Muslim man, and his mother cannot be accused of it, the Supreme Court has ruled" Section 3 of The Muslim Women (Protection of Righ Read More...