February current affairs

February 24, 2021

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Blasting Gelatin ●Gelignite also known as blasting gelatin or simply jelly, is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or guncotton). ●It is dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate). ●It is a powerful water-resistant blasting explosive. Mahadayi/Mandovi River ●It is also known as Mahadayi … Read more

February 25, 2021

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NCT of Delhi vs Union of India ●The case was filed as an appeal to an August 2016 verdict of the Delhi High Court that ruled that the lieutenant governor of Delhi exercised “complete control of all matters regarding National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi” ●The supreme court pronounced its judgment on 4 July 2018; it said the lieutenant governor of … Read more

February 26, 2021

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Information Technology Rules, 2021 ●The all-new Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediary and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will bring social media and streaming services under a regulatory framework.  ●This include intermediary guidelines and a digital media ethics code. ●This means that platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and others that use end-to-end encryption for messages … Read more