• Article 215: Every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.
• 217 (1) Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High Court.
• Article 129: The Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

• The Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal shall be appointed by the President after obtaining the recommendations of a Selection Committee.
• The Selection Committee consist of:

Chairperson: Prime Minister

Members

1. Speaker of the House of the People
2. Leader of Opposition in the House of the People
3. Chief Justice of India or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by him
4. One eminent jurist

• There is no provision in the Lokpal Act to include the leader of the single largest party in the opposition as a member of the selection committee.
• Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has, for the seventh time, rejected the government’s invitation to him to attend the meeting of the Lokpal selection panel, arguing that there was no provision for a special invitee to attend such a meet.

CVC

• According to Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed by the President after obtaining the recommendation of a Committee consisting of

Chairperson – Prime Minister

Members

1. Minister of Home Affairs
2. Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People

• The Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People shall, when no such leader has been so recognised, include the leader of the single largest group in opposition of the Government in the House of the People.

• Kaladan is a river in eastern Mizoram State of India, and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar.
• The Kaladan River is called the Chhimtuipui River in India.

• The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project is a project that will connect the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea.
• In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa, Chin State via the Kaladan river boat route, and then from Paletwa by road to Mizoram state in Northeast India.
• Ministry of External Affairs is the nodal agency on Indian side.

• Indian non-basmati rice exporters have begun to lose the white rice market in Africa, the largest buyer, to competitors such as Vietnam, Myanmar and Pakistan as a hike in the minimum support price for paddy and an appreciating rupee have impacted the competitiveness of the cereal.

• The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India. 
• Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, CDSCO is responsible for approval of New Drugs, Conduct of Clinical Trials, laying down the standards for Drugs, control over the quality of imported Drugs in the country and coordination of the activities of State Drug Control Organizations by providing expert advice with a view of bring about the uniformity in the enforcement of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
• National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) implements and enforces the provisions of Drugs price Control Order (DPCO).

• Study Webs of Active Learning For Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) is an indigenous IT platform for hosting the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
• The objective is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
• It targets those students who could not complete their studies and professionals who wish to upgrade their knowledge.
• This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.
• It covers diverse disciplines such as arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences and humanities subjects, engineering, technology, law, medicine, agriculture etc. in higher education domain.
• It was indigenously developed by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of Microsoft.

Swayam Prabha

• It is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.
• The channels cover higher education, school education and assist the students (class 11th & 12th) prepare for competitive exams.
• Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of UGC maintains the web portal.
• It widens the scope of SWAYAM and Channels for telecasting educational programmes dedicated to teacher training are also available.

• UNSC has primary responsibility for the maintenance of International peace and security.
• The council has 15 members: 5 Permanent - US, UK, Russia, France & China and 10 members elected by the General Assembly for 2-year terms.
• While other organs of the UN can only make recommendations to member states, the Security Council has the power to make binding decisions on member states.
• All the members have one vote and permanent members have veto power.

• Global Terrorism Index is a report released annually by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics & Peace.