In News Recently, CBI raids 40 locations linked to NGOs and MHA officials over alleged FCRA violations. What is the FCRA? Background: The FCRA was enacted during the Emergency in 1976 amid apprehensions that foreign powers were interfering in India’s affairs by pumping money into the country through independent organisations. These concerns were, in fact, […]
In News Recently, the Union Government claimed that the President and not the Tamil Nadu Governor has exclusive power to decide Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination convict A.G. Perarivalan’s plea for pardon. About Pardoning Power Power of Pardons under Articles 73 and 161 of the Constitution is different from judicial power as the governor or the President […]
In News Recently, the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in a batch of petitions challenging the exception provided to marital rape in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). About The court was hearing a clutch of four petitions challenging the constitutionality of the exception to Section 375. Petitioners include the All India Democratic Women’s […]
In Context Demands for states to initiate police reforms have started coming from various quarters. About The Indian police system in 2022, still works under the framework of the archaic Police Act, 1861. The Supreme Court’s directives given in Prakash Singh vs. The Union of India case have not been implemented fully by the states. […]
In Context A team of four Indian photographers from the Reuters news agency — slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave — have won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for their coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in India. Pulitzer Award The Pulitzer Award was established in 1917, named […]
In News The State of the World’s Birds, which is an annual review of environmental resources, has been released recently. About State of the World’s Birds is BirdLife International’s flagship science publication, using birds to assess the condition of our ecosystems as a whole. The study draws from BirdLife International’s latest assessment of all birds […]
In News The Government of India is working to bring in more stringent norms for social media platforms. About Aim: These norms are aimed at increasing accountability for the content, which may lead to dilution of safe harbour rules that protects intermediaries from being held liable for third-party content on their platforms. Work in progress: […]
In News Recently, a proposed change in rules defining the utilisation of funds under the MPLADS has elicited objections from opposition leaders. About the recent changes made and the controversy Recent restoration of funds: The grant of funds under the MPLADS scheme was suspended for nearly 19 months in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
In Context Sri Lanka is in the middle of one of the worst economic crises in its history since independence. With the economy defaulting on foreign debt, the situation in the nation is grim. Inflation is at an all-time high and the public is facing great unease in getting the essentials. The Sri Lankan PM […]
In News Recently, the Maharashtra government has decided to create a master database of all Maharashtra residents, coupled with a state-level unique ID. About Unified Citizen Data Hub (UCDH) Meaning Data from all state government departments will be brought on a single platform to give a “360-degree view of citizens” and the government schemes and […]
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