TN Assembly Re-Adopt The Anti NEET Bill
Context: The Tamil Nadu Assembly has once again adopted a Bill that was earlier returned by Governor. The Bill seeks to grant exemption from the mandatory National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) for seats allotted by the Government in undergraduate medical and dental courses in Tamil Nadu. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Education, […]
TN Assembly Re-Adopt the Anti NEET Bill
Context: The Tamil Nadu Assembly has once again adopted a Bill that was earlier returned by Governor. The Bill seeks to grant exemption from the mandatory National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) for seats allotted by the Government in undergraduate medical and dental courses in Tamil Nadu. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Education, […]
Haryana Cabinet nod for anti-conversion Bill
Context: The Haryana Cabinet approved the draft of the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, which seeks to prohibit religious conversion effected through misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage or for marriage, by making it an offence. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Government […]
Restoration of JCPOA
Context: Recently, the US has restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran enter the final stretch. The waiver allows other countries and companies to participate in Iran’s civilian nuclear programme without triggering US sanctions on them, in the name of promoting safety and non-proliferation. […]
The China-Russia Relationship
Context: President Vladimir Putin’s show of strength with President Xi Jinping in Beijing amid the standoff with NATO on Ukraine was intended to demonstrate that Russia and China were on the same page on the “core interests” of upholding “international equity and justice” in the face of US “unilateralism”, and supported each other against “external […]
I&B Ministry’s Powers to Regulate Content on TV
Context: The Kerala High Court will pronounce its judgment on an Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) order banning a Malayalam news channel over its connections with radical groups. Relevance: GS II- Government Policies and Interventions Dimensions of this Article: In which sectors can the I&B Ministry regulate content? What kind of powers does it have? […]
Golden Langurs
Context: Neighbours of a golden langur habitat in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district have opposed a move by the State government to upgrade it to a wildlife sanctuary. Kakoijana Reserve Forest is one of the better-known homes of the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) found only in Assam and Bhutan and a Schedule-I species under the Wildlife […]
Chauri Chaura Incident
Context: PM remembers heroes of freedom struggle on completion of hundred years of Chauri Chaura incident. Relevance: GS-I: History Dimensions of the Article: Chauri Chaura Incident Launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement Justification for the Suspension of the Movement Immediate Result Chauri Chaura Incident On 4th February 1922, volunteers congregated in the town, and after the […]
Sri Ramanujacharya
Context: The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Statue of Equality, 216-ft tall statue of the 11th century reformer and Vaishnavite saint, Sri Ramanuja, at the sprawling 40-acre ashram of Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeer Swamy in Muchintal on the outskirts of Hyderabad . India is celebrating his 1,000th birth anniversary as the ‘Festival of Equality’, upholding the view that the […]
Centre to form panel on MSP
Context: The government will form a committee to look into encouraging crop diversification, natural farming, and making minimum support price (MSP) effective and transparent. Relevance: GS-III: Agriculture (Agriculture Pricing), GS-II: Social Justice (Welfare Schemes) Dimensions of the Article: What is Minimum Support Price (MSP)? Why is there a need for MSP? What are the issues […]