Day: November 16, 2016

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 16 Nov 2016

     Front Page / NATIONAL (The Hindu) Delhi HC dismisses plea for ban on burqa in public places Centre increases MSP for rabi crops HC allows rape victim to terminate pregnancy INTERNATIONAL(The Hindu) India, Israel to scale up counter-terror cooperation Russia-Pak.-China forum clouds Afghan donor meet Editorial/OPINION (The Hindu) Back to the collegium Searching for an…

  • Daily Editorials – Good Samaritans

    Daily Editorials – Good Samaritans

    Good Samaritans  Accidents in India Why people don’t stop to help Good Samaritans guidelines Issues Click here to Download Daily Editorial (16 November 2015) Accidents in India According to the 2014 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau around 4.5 Lakh cases of road accidents took place that year, killing 1.4 Lakh people and…

  • Mains 2016: ICANN and the Future of Internet

    Mains 2016: ICANN and the Future of Internet

    Background: Before the establishment of ICANN, the function of administering registries of Internet protocol identifiers (including the distributing top-level domains and IP addresses) was performed by Jon Postel, a Computer Science researcher in USA. As the Internet grew and expanded globally, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated a process to establish a new organization to perform the…

  • Mains 2016: Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, one more step to unearth Black Money

    Mains 2016: Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, one more step to unearth Black Money

    Context: The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley proposed this Scheme to declare undisclosed income in his 2016 budget presentation. It has provided an opportunity to persons who had not paid full taxes in the past to come forward and declare their domestic undisclosed income and assets. Provisions: It was a scheme with 4 month…

  • Must Read News Articles – November 16

    Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC refuses to stay demonetisation: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the November 8 government notification demonetising Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes. Asks Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships of the common man. Delhi HC dismisses plea for ban on burqa in public…

  • Mains 2016: Forest Rights Act, 2006 & PESA Act, 1996

    Mains 2016: Forest Rights Act, 2006 & PESA Act, 1996

    Nearly 250 million people live in and around forests in India, of which the estimated indigenous Adivasi or tribal population stands at about 100 million, constituting about 8% of India’s population. Forest Rights Act (2006) and the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (1996) -established a framework for local self-governance in demarcated (or “scheduled”) areas.…