Explained: Doctrine of ‘Presumption of Constitutionality’

Recently the Supreme Court declined urgent hearing on a plea seeking to declare the CAA as constitutional and said that… Continue reading

Private Property is a Human Right: Supreme Court

The right to property is a human right, the Supreme Court has recently ruled. What did the court say? A… Continue reading

Artemis Mission

NASA wants to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by the year 2024, which it… Continue reading

Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga, home of the world’s most one-horned rhinos, has 96 species of wetland birds — one of the highest for… Continue reading

Person in news: Swami Vivekananda

January 12 is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the famous spiritual leader and intellectual from the late 19th century.… Continue reading

[op-ed of the day] Human rights are not solely an ‘internal matter’

Context The human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the dilution of Article 370 and the passage of the… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Farmers’ suicide in India

Context The national catastrophe of farmers committing suicide since the 1990s, often by drinking pesticides is attributed to their… Continue reading

[op-ed snap] Taking a holistic approach to dengue

Context The advent of a new tetravalent vaccine against the dengue virus has thrown new light into the evidence-based management… Continue reading

SC underlines restrictions on use of Sec 144

In its order on Jammu and Kashmir the Supreme Court made the following points with regard to the use of… Continue reading

SC order on Internet Shutdowns

Directing the government to mandatorily publish all orders permitting Internet shutdowns, the Supreme Court has for the first time set… Continue reading

In news: Dept. of Military Affairs’

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the Rules of Business for the newly created Department of Military Affairs (DMA)… Continue reading

[pib] Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

Union Minister for Home Affairs has inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and also dedicated National Cyber Crime… Continue reading

Species in news: Chinese paddlefish

One of the largest freshwater species, Chinese paddlefish has been declared extinct. Chinese paddlefish The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) was… Continue reading

[op-ed of the day] The age of ubiquitous drones and the challenges overhead

Context Increasing the use of drones in warfare and other areas has brought into focus the potential the use of… Continue reading

Green Credit Scheme

The Forest Advisory Committee has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity. FAC is… Continue reading

Video based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)

The RBI has amended the KYC norms allowing banks and other lending institutions regulated by it to use Video-based Customer… Continue reading

Person in news: Manilal Doctor

An associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Manilal Doctor is known for his efforts towards helping abolish the indentured labour system that… Continue reading

[pib] Exercise MILAN 2020

Visakhapatnam is set to host an International Naval event ‘MILAN’ in March 2020. MILAN 2020 It is a multilateral naval… Continue reading

Explained: Voting at the GST Council

Breaking the tradition of consensus-based decisions in its 37 earlier meetings, the GST Council voted for the first time in… Continue reading

[pib] Operation Sankalp

Indian Navy has commenced Maritime Security Operations, code named Op SANKALP, in the Gulf region to ensure safe passage of… Continue reading

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