Examples of Judicial Activism SC imposed a ban on all public transport vehicles using diesel as a fuel and ordered them to convert to CNG SC imposed a restriction on the plying of commercial goods vehicles in the Read More ……
Category: GS Paper-II
Article 35A
Article 35A Article 35A treats non-permanent residents of J&K as ‘second-class’ citizens. Such persons are not eligible for employment under the State government and are also debarred from contesting elections Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is an Read More ……
Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU)
Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU) What is the News? Kerala has become the first State to set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical devices under Read More ……
UCC : Why and Why Not?
UCC : Why and Why Not? 21st Law Commission says that there is no need of UCC (Uniform civil code) = Reason for no UCC = 1) Secularism vs plurality.Secularism cannot contradict the plurality prevalent in the country Read More ……
Democracy Index
Democracy Index What is the News? The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its annual democracy index. Australia and New Zealand are the only “full democracies” in the entire Asia-Pacific region, while the United States is among those Read More ……
Asia LPG Summit
Asia LPG Summit What is the News? India’s success story on ‘Ujjwala’ and other policy interventions that have significantly helped expand the usage of LPG as a safe cooking fuel will be a major talking point as delegates Read More ……
Pakistan and CPEC Project
Pakistan and CPEC Project What is the news? The Pakistan government has decided to shelve a major coal based power plant project under the $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), citing sufficient generation capacity already lined up for the next few years. It has requested Beijing to formally delete the project from the CPEC list. About CPEC Project The Read More ……
World Gold Council (WGC)
World Gold Council (WGC) What is the News? WGC has released a report on gold demand in 2019. Increased market uncertainty and expansion of protectionist economic policies will make gold increasingly attractive as a hedge in 2019, says Read More ……
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) What is the News? Pakistan has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a bilateral economic project and has no military dimensions. A US media report alleged that China has hatched a secret Read More ……
National Register of Citizens (NRC)
National Register of Citizens (NRC) What is the News? The Centre has given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by June 30. In a Read More ……