Category: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL & SOCIAL

Context: Despite impressive economic growth in the last two decades, inequalities and injustices are prevalent in the country. Social Justice: Social Justice is ideally justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Here, the justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive… Continue reading 70 years of independence: Social injustice still envelopes the country

Context: The Centre on 9th August, 2017 defended in the Supreme Court a provision in the Indian Penal Code that grants immunity to a person from the rape charge provided the victim is his wife and aged between 15 and 17 years. Explanation: The Centre on 9th August, 2017 told the Supreme Court that a… Continue reading Immunity falling into the wrong hands

Context Hassan Rouhani has formally begun his second term as Iran’s President in especially challenging circumstances. Pressures on Rouhani Conservatives at Iran are pushing for a hard-line agenda, Sunni states in the Gulf are consolidating a regional alliance against Shia-majority Iran, and the U.S. is turning up the heat on the Iran’s missile programme. Rouhani,… Continue reading Hassan Rouhani second term as Iran’s President

Context: In the present day context, enforced cultural nationalism by the government will harm India in the long run. Nationalism: Nationalism is a range of political, social, and economic systems characterised by promoting the interests of a particular nation or ethnic group, particularly with the aim of gaining and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, over the group’s homeland. Nationalism and… Continue reading A microscopic view of Nationalism in India

Context: Stalking is not a mere annoyance. On the contrary, it is a crime that requires strict legal punishment. What is Stalking? Stalkingis unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them. Stalking is a violation of privacy; it… Continue reading Stalking is a felony, not mere annoyance

Context: The Union home ministry, considers to make changes to the Indian Penal Code to make attacks which are racial in nature and are likely to cause fear or alarm or a feeling of insecurity amongst members of religious or racial groups as “non-bailable’’ offences with a minimum three year jail term. Ethnic relations in… Continue reading Putting an end to racism

Context The government’s change of stance on whether Jamia Millia Islamia is a minority institution reawakens the festering disputes in Indian constitutionalism. The two visions of Indian constitutionalism The two visions of Indian constitutionalism that are articulated in relation to Article 30 (1), that gives religious and linguistic minorities the right to establish and administer… Continue reading The purpose behind Educational institutions need special protection

Context A Supreme Court Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra is scheduled to hear on August 11 a batch of appeals in the volatile Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title dispute. The Volatile case The court recently indicated that it would start hearing the long-pending appeals shortly. On March 21, Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar, had on… Continue reading Supreme Court suggests out-of-court rapprochement among rival parties in Ayodhya case

Context A Parliamentary Budget Office would help MPs provide effective oversight. Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) A Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is an independent and impartial body linked directly to Parliament that provides technical and objective analysis of Budgets and public finance to the House and its committees. Main Functions Its core functions include Budget approval,… Continue reading Parliamentary Budget Office helping Indian Parliamentarians

Context: India pitches to private companies for help in defence industry Introduction: India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility, a joint venture between the $ 2.5 billion Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd, was inaugurated near Hyderabad The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) plant will make anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Spike… Continue reading India pushes for private companies in defence equipment production