Category: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL & SOCIAL

Context The Centre, in an affidavit filed in response to pleas seeking criminalizing marital rape What is Marital Rape? Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse with one’s spouse without the consent of the other spouse. It is a form of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Although it was once widely unrecognized by law and society as wrong or as… Continue reading Criminalizing marital rape may become a tool to harass husbands’

Context · The government has decided it does not agree that Jamia is a ‘minority’ institution What is a minority educational institution? A minority educational institution is one that has been set up by either a linguistic or a religious minority group, to keep alive and foster what it considers its unique and special features.… Continue reading Debate over Minority Institution continues to remain

Context Cooperation in the fields of transport, energy and vocational education and training will be on the agenda, as will digitalization and climate change, when India meets Switzerland What was the treaty of friendship signed between Switzerland and India? India and Switzerland have had cordial and friendly relations since India’s independence. A Treaty of Friendship between… Continue reading High hopes ahead of much anticipated India-Switzerland meet

Context: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile revolution will ensure economic and social inclusion. Introduction: The Finance Minister also said that the government now makes direct transfers worth Rs. 74,000 crore to the financial accounts of 35 crore beneficiaries annually under various government schemes like PAHAL, MNREGA, old age… Continue reading JAM: Scheme for social and economic inclusion

Context NITI Aayog had recently stated that not unemployment but a “severe under-employment” is the main problem facing the country. What is underemployment? Underemployment is a measure of employment and labor utilization in the economy that looks at how well the labor force is being utilized in terms of skills, experience and availability to work.… Continue reading Under-Employment, not Unemployment is the main problem facing India: Niti Ayog

Basic information about litigations: The government is a major litigant and it is a party to about 46% of the 13.4 crore cases pending in various courts in the country, ranging from service matters to indirect taxes. What is the meaning of LIMBS (Legal Information Management and Briefing System)? LIMBS  is one of the progressive… Continue reading Legal Information Management and Briefing System

Context The young republic (Nepal) has no choice but to ramp up its economic ambition if it aims to match the tall political achievements of recent years. What is the current scenario? Nepal today is a progressive country, propelled by the democratic mass movements of 1950, 1990 and 2006, heading in earnest towards building a… Continue reading Rebooting India-Nepal relations

Context: The Union on Wednesday raised the creamy layer ceiling by Rs 2 lakh and announced setting up of a commission to work out sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for a “more equitable distribution of reservation benefits”. Introduction: The Commission shall be known as the Commission to examine the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes(OBCs The commission… Continue reading Union Cabinet approves Commission on sub-categorisation of OBCs

Context Striking out at cross-border terrorism from Pakistan, India welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new policy on Afghanistan and consider this move to help target “safe havens” of terrorism in South Asia. Diplomat’s views on this Senior diplomats said the American leader’s call for an end to Pakistan’s involvement in terrorism in Afghanistan and his… Continue reading India welcomes Trump’s calls for end to Pakistani involvement in terror

Context: The five-judge Bench, Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman gave separate judgments against the validity of instant talaq. Justice U.U. Lalit supported Justice Nariman’s view that instant talaq given by a Muslim man “capriciously and whimsically,” without an attempt at reconciliation, was “manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 (right to equality).” Introduction:… Continue reading Triple Talaq verdict: All you should know