Category: Must Read News Articles

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

Archives GS 2 Assault on boys punishable by death The government on Friday approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, to bring punishments for sexual assaults on boys on a par with those against girls. These include the provision of death penalty when the child is under 12 years… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 29th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Govt. not required by Supreme Court to frame triple talaq law There was no pressure whatsoever on the government from the Supreme Court to enact a law on triple talaq. Snooping or saving? Proposed rules for online monitoring should balance legitimate interest with privacy Are India’s laws on surveillance a threat to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 28th, 2018

Archives   GS 2 Sex workers, lawyers seek to amend language of anti-trafficking Bill The anti-trafficking Bill, set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha, has triggered disquiet among sex workers and lawyers about the proposed law’s potential to criminalise all adult sex work in the absence of a clear distinction between the victims of… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 27th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Govt.’s draft rules to regulate social media echo SC orders The draft rules proposed by the government to curb “unlawful content” on social media that make it mandatory for intermediaries to trace the “originator” of such content have drawn strong criticism from the Opposition. The latter contend that the state is expanding… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 26th, 2018