Uniform Civil Code In India, Article 44 of the Indian Constitution establishes the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as a guiding concept. It emphasizes that the government must work to ensure that there is a consistent civil code for all Indians. A universal set of rules […]
Centre bans export of non-basmati white rice Context On Thursday, the Union government prohibited the export of white rice that isn’t basmati. In a notification, the Union Commerce Ministry’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade stated that the ban would take effect right away and that […]
SC urges Centre to transfer cheetahs to another location Context The deaths of 40% of the 20 cheetahs transferred to the Kuno National Park (KNP) from South Africa and Namibia within a year does not paint a good image, the Supreme Court (SC) informed the […]
Bhoomi Samman Awards Context: Presentation of “Bhoomi Samman” 2023 by the President of India. Function organized by the Union Ministry of Rural Development in New Delhi. Main Highlights: Madhya Pradesh earns the prestigious first position in the country for advancing the Digital India Land Records […]
India’s Data Protection Law Context: The impending data protection law in India and the challenges and gaps in the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which is likely to be presented during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. Relevance: GS-02 (Government Policies and Intervention) […]
The bill prohibiting protests with corpses passed in Rajasthan Context : The Rajasthan Assembly on Thursday approved a Bill that forbids grieving family members from holding protests on public property or while seated next to the deceased in order to demand money or employment. All […]
Supreme Court’s Suo Motto Context: On Thursday, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud called the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General of the government to express the court’s “deeply disturbed” response to a video showing two women being paraded naked and subjected to sexual abuse in conflict-ridden Manipur. […]
Encouraging India’s Private Sector to Embrace Innovation Context: The National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023, which is slated to be presented in the current monsoon session of the Indian Parliament. The NRF aims to create a centralized body for funding research in India, with a […]
