1) National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG): Supreme Court also onboarded its case data on NJDG portal.
- NJDG is a database of orders, judgments and case details of District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts created as an online platform as part of e-Courts project.
- Data is updated in real-time basis.
- NJDG works as a monitoring tool to identify, manage & reduce pendency of cases. Recently, reasons for delay have been included in NJDG.
- To track cases related to land disputes, Land Records data of 26 States have been linked with NJDG.
2) Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act (RBDAA), 2023: RBDAA, 2023 will come into effect from 1st October, 2023.
- Will create a National and State level database of registered births and deaths which would help in updating other databases.
- Obtaining a birth or death certificate (electronically or otherwise).
- Aadhaar details of parents and informants required.
- Mandatory for all medical institutions to provide a certificate as to the cause of death to Registrar and a copy of the same to the nearest relative
3) International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OILM) certificate: India has become an OIML certificate-issuing authority.
- OIML-Certificate system is a system for issuing, registering, and using OIML certificates, and their associated test or reports for measuring instruments e.g., thermometers, clinical thermometers, etc.
- Significance: increase in exports, earning of foreign exchange, and generation of employment.
- About OILM
- Established in 1955 and headquartered in Paris.
- It develops model regulations, standards, and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and industry.
- India became a member in 1956
4) Government e Marketplace (GeM): It is a 100% Government-owned online platform for public procurement, launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Aim: enhance transparency, efficiency, and speed in public procurement.
- Purchases through GeM by Government users have been authorized and made mandatory by the Ministry of Finance under the General Financial Rules, . 2017
Places in News:
1) Libya (Capital: Tripoli)
- Libya’s eastern port city of Derna suffered massive damage after torrential rains caused flooding that burst dams and swept away buildings.
- Political boundaries
- Location: North Africa.
- Bordered by: Egypt, Sudan, Niger, Chad, Tunisia and Algeria.
- Geographical Features
- Major physical features are:
- Nafūsah Plateau and the Al-Jifārah (Gefara) Plain,
- Akhḍar Mountains (Green Mountains),
- Saharan plateau.
- There are no permanent rivers in Libya. Numerous wadis that drain uplands are filled by flash floods during the rains.
- Highest Point: Bikku Bitti.
- Major physical features are:
