Archives GS 1 Now, marriage certificate must for official work The State government in matrilineal Meghalaya has made it mandatory for married people to produce marriage certificates for all official purposes. GS 2 SC allows rights activists to remain under house arrest The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Pune police to place the five… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 30, 2018
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Must Read News Articles – August 29, 2018
Archives GS 2 SC questions second chance for those left out of NRC The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government whether it is giving the over 40 lakh people, excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, a “second chance” to gain citizenship by allowing them to produce fresh documents to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 29, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 28, 2018
Archives GS 2 Ways to read the Constitution ‘Sabarimala’ is a test case for freedom of religion, women’s rights and also constitutional interpretation Restoring dignity Two recent developments hold out hope. One was the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to remove leprosy as a ground for seeking divorce or legal separation from one’s spouse,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 28, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 27, 2018
Archives GS 2 Odisha to come up with single revenue code The Odisha government has proposed to come up with a single revenue act by merging various revenue laws enacted at different point in times. Council conundrum Odisha’s plan calls for a national policy on the utility of a second chamber in States Article 35A… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 27, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 26, 2018
Archives GS 2 Major cases and the collegium: a study There were over 2,400 such judgments between January 1999 and July 2018, of which 224 were delivered by Constitution Benches — those with five judges or more. The average representation for collegium judges (barring the CJI) in major cases was 52.1% for this period. Editors… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 26, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 25, 2018
Archives GS 2 Poll panel to brainstorm on key issues Election expenditure, participation of women to figure at meet with seven registered national parties and 51 State parties GS 3 Gave regular warnings to Kerala, Tamil Nadu tells SC State took all necessary steps before Mullaperiyar water was released: affidavit Commute-related pollution: Kolkata shines among… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 25, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 24, 2018
Archives GS 2 Centre wants Supreme Court to get tough with FB, YouTube Finding the efforts by Internet giants to curb circulation of online videos of sexual violence against women and children inadequate, the government is likely to seek “stricter directions” to service providers, such as Facebook and YouTube, from the Supreme Court. After UAE,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 24, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 23, 2018
Archives GS 2 Tilting at windmills Donald Trump’s trade war ignores the complexity of world supply chains and glosses over issues within U.S. industry Contested numbers on overstayers Britain has long insisted that too many Indians have been overstaying their visas. It has cited this as a reason for not relaxing visa rules for Indians.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 23, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 22, 2018
Archives GS 2 SC scraps NOTA option for RS polls A three-judge Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, held that the option is meant only for universal adult suffrage and direct elections and not elections held by the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote as done in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 22, 2018
Must Read News Articles – August 21, 2018
Archives GS 2 Modi letter calls for positive engagement In the first official communication with the new administration in Islamabad, Mr. Modi called for building good neighbourly ties for security and prosperity in the region. Stay with RCEP India must not take the easiest way out on the trade deal and walk out of talks… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 21, 2018
