INSTEX – Instrument In Support Of Trade Exchanges
Polar Vortex and Its effects
Polar Vortex and Its effects
Solutions For Stubble burning
Recommended Solutions For Stubble burning Stubble Burning near NCR region Subsidies on Machines for clearing fields Zero tolerance policy to stubble burning Stubble should be converted into biofuels and fertilisers There must also be a sense of proportion, Read More ……
Section 124A of IPC
Section 124A of IPC Section 124A of IPC = related to sedition + Section 124A was introduced by the British colonial government in 1870 when it felt the need for a specific section to deal with radical Wahabi Read More ……
Section 497(Adultery)
Section 497(Adultery) SC held that adultery is not a crime and struck it off from IPC. It commands married couples to remain loyal to each other + no longer consider adultery an offence, only a ground for divorce Read More ……
Supreme Court and Aadhaar
Supreme Court and Aadhaar SC held Aadhaar as a reasonable restriction on individual privacy that fulfils the government’s “legitimate aim” to provide dignity to a large, marginalised population living in abject poverty. Declared Aadhaar a “document of empowerment”. Read More ……
Swachh Bharat programme
Swachh Bharat programme Swachh Bharat programme = to address the centuries old practices on open defecation for major economic and health impacts Initiatives = (Swachh survekshan + Swachhagrahis + ODF+ nad ODF++) HOW ??? = need to Read More ……
Sabarimala and it’s Near by Issues
Sabarimala and it’s Near by Issues Sabarimala temple entry issue = Tussle between the temple’s right to decide for itself how its religious affairs ought to be managed, the rights of a community of devotees who believe that Read More ……
Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 = Act had endeavoured to eliminate not only dry latrines but also “insanitary latrines” + prohibit the employment of manual scavengers for the Read More ……
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) What is the News? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the second indigenously developed ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion based missile system from Odisha. The success of SFDR propulsion Read More ……