Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 Centre drafts child protection policy The Ministry of Women and Child Development has placed the draft policy on its website and invited comments from stakeholders until January 4. This will be the first policy dedicated to the protection of children, an area that until now was only a part of the broader… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 19th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Delhi offers $1.4 bn aid package to Male to tackle financial crisis The package comes as Maldives is facing a debt of $3.2 billion with China. It is expected to boost Male’s global financial standing. Madras HC bans online sale of drugs Pharmacies will be entitled to sell medicines online only after… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 18th, 2018

Archives GS: 2 Ground Zero | Being Bru in Mizoram The conflict between Mizos and Brus began brewing five years before Advani’s remarks. The immediate trigger was the demand of the Bru National Union, a political organisation formed in 1994, for an autonomous district council for the community. GS: 3 HC quashes center’s ban on… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 15th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Lack of basic rights for the aged a concern: SC The court directed that the Centre should prepare a plan of action for giving publicity to the provisions of 2007 Act and ensure that the State governments carry out and execute the provisions of the law. SC bats for rights of death… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 14th, 2018

Archives GS 2 India gets submarine rescue system DSRV is used to rescue crew members stranded in submarines that get disabled. The Indian Navy joins a select group of naval forces in the world that boasts of this niche capability. ‘NSG must have its own air wing’ A Parliamentary panel has recommended that the Centre… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 13th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Don’t reveal identity of rape victims: SC Only Special Courts under POCSO can permit the disclosure of the identity of a minor victim, that too, only if such divulgence were in the interest of the child Providing health for all Japan and India are exchanging ideas and expertise in many projects to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 12th, 2018

  Archives GS 2 Centre rejects minority religion status to Lingayats The Union government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that it has rejected the recommendation of the State government to grant religious minority status to Lingayat and Veerashaiva community. U.S. and India call for more joint air exercises As Cope India 2018 —… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 11th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Centre amends rules for minorities from three nations The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, is pending in Parliament, but the Union Home Ministry has notified amendments to the Citizenship Rules, 2009, to include a separate column in the citizenship form for applicants belonging to six minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 10th, 2018