Tag: the hindu

Source: The post is based on an article “Clean and Clear: Government, Twitter must reassure the public that user data has not been compromised” published in “The Hindu” on 29th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Significant Provisions and Basic Structure. Relevance: Fundamental Rights of the Citizens News: Last Month, the whistle-blower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, a cybersecurity expert,… Continue reading Clean and clear: Government, Twitter must reassure the public that user data has not been compromised

Source: The post is based on an article “The concerns around Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage” published in “The Hindu” on 29th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Important Provisions of the Constitution of India Relevance: Right to Privacy; Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage News: Recently, the Election Commission (EC) has been organizing a campaign to promote the linkage of… Continue reading The concerns around Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage

Source: This post is based on the article  “PIN code @50 years” published in The Hindu on  29th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential. Relevance: About the achievements of the postal code. News: India Post introduced a six-digit Postal Index Number (PIN) code on August 15, 1972. The idea was to give… Continue reading PIN code @50 years

Source: The post is based on the article “Puttaswamy and the fading promise of a right” published in “The Hindu” on 27th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Important Provisions of the Constitution of India Relevance: 5 years of Right to privacy judgment. News: Five years ago, on 24 August 2022, a nine-judge Bench of the… Continue reading Puttaswamy and the fading promise of a right

Source: The Post is based on the article “A draconian law that needs to disappear” published in “The Hindu” on 27th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Security Forces and Their Mandate Relevance: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958, or AFSPA.  News: In December 2021, the Commandos of the Army’s 21 Para (Special Forces) killed… Continue reading AFSPA: A draconian law that needs to disappear

Source: The post is based on an article “Murder in the Sewer” published in The Hindu on 27th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Laws and mechanisms for the protection of the vulnerable sections News: This article discusses the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, and the issues associated with manual scavenging. Tamil Nadu recently… Continue reading Murder in the Sewer

Source: The post is based on the article “Freebies, a judicial lead and multi-layered issue” published in “The Hindu” on 26th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 The Union Budgeting Relevance: Freebies; Subsidies etc. News: In the recent, the Prime Minister commented upon the “freebies” handed out by the state governments. The Supreme Court of India… Continue reading ‘Freebies’, a judicial lead and a multi-layered issue

Source: The post is based on the article “Rainbow of Hope” published in The Hindu on 26th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2, Laws and mechanisms for the vulnerable sections Context: The T.N. government, on the orders of the Madras High Court, has come out with a glossary of terms to address people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual or of… Continue reading Rainbow of Hope