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Inter-State Council

In News Recently, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister insisted that the Inter-State Council meetings should be held at least thrice in a year. Reason and other demands To strengthen the spirit of cooperative federalism. Bills of national importance should be placed before the Council before being tabled in Parliament.  There is no “effective and interactive communication” […]

Criminalization of Politics

In News According to a National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) survey, 40 percent of the newly elected members have declared criminal cases, while 12 percent have serious criminal cases pending against them. Criminalization of Politics About: The criminalization of politics means the participation of criminals in politics. It means that persons […]

Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

In News Recently, the draft plan on the National Data Governance Framework was released by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY). Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) Focus of the Policy: The draft policy focuses on improving the institutional framework for: Government data sharing,  Promoting principles around privacy and security by design, and  […]

Women Representation In Parliament

In Context At present ,the number of women representatives in parliament is still considerably small. About  India held its first Parliamentary session in 1952 with 39 strong, intelligent, and passionate women leaders challenging a centuries-old tide of men’s dominance over the polity. At a time when women formed only 1.7% of the total members of […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   Govt raises upper age to 23 for this year after protests (Defence) What is the Agnipath scheme?Why are job aspirants protesting against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme? And what lies ahead ?   GS 2 6 India-ASEAN conclave: Foreign ministers agree […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1   Anti-Agnipath stir turns violent    (Defence ) What are the features of the Agnipath scheme ?What benefits will be extended to Agniveers?Concerns over Agnipath scheme and what lies ahead ?   GS 3 8 Waiting for jobs  (Economy) Why was […]

I2U2 Initiative

In News The Prime Minister of India would attend the first-of-its-kind virtual summit of the I2U2 grouping in July 2022. I2U2 initiative About:  The new I2U2 grouping of India, Israel, the UAE, and the U.S. will hold its first virtual summit  as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to re-energise and revitalise American alliances across […]

Black Death/Bubonic Plague

In Context  Recently, A group of scholars from different disciplines have attempted to solve this much-debated mystery for origin of Black Death.  In a study published in the journal Science researchers have claimed that the disease originated in modern day northern Kyrgyzstan around 1338-1339 – nearly 7-8 years before it ravaged large parts of the […]

Bharat Gaurav Scheme

In News Recently, the Indian Railways’ southern zone flagged off the country’s first privately-run train under the Bharat Gaurav scheme.  About Bharat Gaurav Scheme  Indian Railways had launched the operation of theme-based Bharat Gaurav train in the month of November 2021.  The objective of this theme is to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent […]

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops

In News The Haryana government issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to seed major Mahyco to conduct field trials on BG-2 RRF, a herbicide tolerant and insect resistant variety of BT cotton. About India has allowed commercial use of BG-1 and BG-2 GM cotton in the country while the approval for the BG-2 RRF has been […]

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