Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Assam Rifles granted power to arrest anyone in the Northeast<\/a><\/p>\n Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, has been empowered by the Centre to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram.<\/p>\n Picking sides in West Asia<\/a><\/p>\n India could find it difficult to maintain a \u2018balancing\u2019 approach between different West Asian powers<\/p>\n Healing touch<\/a><\/p>\n The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking directions to educational institutions to protect Kashmiris in the face of harassment and intimidation in various parts of the country after the ghastly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14.<\/p>\n After the terrorist strike in Pulwama, is war even an option?<\/a><\/p>\n The terrorist attacks in Pulwama, Pathankot, Uri and Nagrota, among others, are part of Pakistan\u2019s low-intensity limited war on the Line of Control (LoC) since 1947-48 and its 30-year-old proxy war to bleed India through a thousand cuts.<\/p>\n UN Security Council condemns Pulwama attack<\/a><\/p>\n The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in over 40 Indian paramilitary forces dead and dozens wounded on February 14, 2019, for which Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility<\/p>\n Lakhs of forest dwellers face eviction<\/a><\/p>\n A recent Supreme Court order may lead to the eviction of lakhs of persons belonging to the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs) categories across 21 States \u2014 their claim as forest dwellers have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act of 2006.<\/p>\n \u2018A significant and successful visit\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Among the highlights of the Crown Prince\u2019s visit, they said, was the structure it gave the India-KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) strategic partnership signed in 2010, substantial enhancement of cooperation on maritime security and intelligence sharing, and a commitment to invest in projects of up to $100 billion in India.<\/p>\n GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadlier version of BrahMos to be tested in three years<\/a><\/p>\n A sleeker, more lethal version of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos is under development and the prototype should be ready for testing in about three years, said Dr. Sudhir K. Mishra, CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace.<\/p>\n Half-measures: new angel tax rules for start-ups<\/a><\/p>\n According to the new rules, investments up to \u20b925 crore in companies that are less than 10 years old and with a total turnover of less than \u20b9100 crore will be exempted from the new angel tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Archives GS 2 Assam Rifles granted power to arrest anyone in the Northeast Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, has been empowered by the Centre to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. 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