Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Bill amidst Congress walkout The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, that seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 10% quota for the poor gets LS approval The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill allowing 10% quota in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 9th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Centre plans 10% quota for the poor Union Cabinet approves Constitution Amendment Bill for reservation in general category Centre okays Citizenship Bill The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 recommended that Assam government should help settle migrants “especially in places which are not densely populated, thus, causing… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 8th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Rana extradition unlikely before 2023, indicates U.S. Indian agencies will have to wait a little longer before Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case is extradited here from the U.S. Railways propose new security plan at stations Railways is planning to seal stations just like airports and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 7th, 2019

Archives GS 2 In a first, Mallya declared a ‘fugitive economic offender’ He is the first person to be declared so under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act and government can now confiscate all his properties. MGNREGA scheme faces fund shortage The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme is facing a severe fund crunch,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 6th, 2019

Archives GS 2 After the inevitable exit India must be prepared for the potential consequences of withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Left out, abused As per the recently disclosed study, only 32% of Child Care Institutions or Homes were registered under the JJ Act as of 2016, while an equal number were unregistered, and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 5th, 2019

Archives GS 2 A case of unprincipled criminalisation The triple talaq Bill is a classic case of an unfair legislative move with a populist agenda Judges’ retirement age won’t go up The Law Ministry on Thursday said there was no proposal as of now to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges from 65… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 4th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar ID introduced Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that will provide legal backing for voluntary seeding of biometric Aadhaar ID with mobile numbers and bank accounts after the Supreme Court barred mandatory use of the 12-digit unique… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 3rd, 2019

Archives GS 2 The bilateral transformation India and Bangladesh must seize the opportunity to further enhance connectivity and trade ties Strange bedfellows in West Asia Increasing intimacy between Saudi Arabia, the so-called bastion of Islamic orthodoxy, and Israel, the Jewish state carved out by the colonial powers in Arab Palestine, appears astonishing at first sight.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 2nd, 2019

Archives GS 2 Navtej Johar, a verdict for all times Trapped in a frozen political process amidst heightened public passions, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was out of sync with contemporary values on gender orientation. ‘No agency has licence to snoop’ The Central government has not given ‘blanket power’ to any agency… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 31st, 2018

Archives Himalayan griffon vultures visit habitat in Telangana The identification of the scavenger, which has been given a status of Near Threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, was made by Principal Scientist and Programme Head at the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, at Pinjore in Haryana, Vibhu and Globally Threatened Species Officer… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 30th, 2018