Category: Prelims C A
POSH Act 2013
Supreme Court has heard a PIL regarding applicability of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) in political parties.
e-Courts Phase III
Union Cabinet Approves Phase III of the e-Courts Mission Mode Project.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 18 December 2024
Mirza Ghalib, Mirror Bacteria, SHRI Programme, Henderson Doctrine, Santa Ana Winds
Hydroxymethanesulphonate (HMS)
Scientists have found aerosol particles that exist in a supercooled state during very cold winters allow the formation of hydroxymethanesulphonate
National Investigation Agency (NIA)
SC expands NIA powers: Agency can probe non-scheduled offences linked to cases under its purview
Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing
Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) launched.
Sri Potti Sriramalu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister announced the establishment of a Telugu University in honor of martyr Sri Potti Sriramulu
Alternative Investment Fund
About 20% of investments in Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) has been used to circumvent financial- regulations.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 17 December 2024
Cyclone Chido, Exercise Desert Knight, World Travel and Tourism Council, Ustad Zakkir Hussain, Disease X
Mirror Microbes
Recently, some scientists have started on the road to creating ‘mirror microbes’, synthetic bacteria whose building blocks are mirror-images of their natural counterparts
Birhor Tribe
Jharkhand’s Birhor tribe have joined movement against child marriage for first time.