Vice President of India Context: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of Office of Vice President of India to ShriJagdeep Dhankhar at a Swearing-in-Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. About: The Vice President occupies the second highest office in the country. Article 63 of the […]
Uncertainty in Sri Lankan Parliament Context: • Seeing the likely chances of protests spreading across the country, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed a constitutional amendment – repealing the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, and bringing back clauses of the 19th Amendment as the 21st […]
Rural Local Bodies Context: • The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu recently called for devolving 3Fs—Funds, Functions and Functionaries to empower rural local bodies for their holistic growth and to achieve national development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Background: • The Vice President mentioned […]
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 Context: • The Union Government recently proposed to bring in a law to enable the storage of Biometric and biological data from the prisoners. • This has raised the question about its credibility and violation of privacy of the individuals. […]
Granting Citizenship to Foreigners Context: • Sixteen Chinese nationals have been granted Indian citizenship since 2007 and the applications of 10 are pending, the Union Home Ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Indian Laws: • India was not a signatory to the 1951 UN […]
Judiciary Getting Drawn into Theology Context: • The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the ban on the wearing of hijab (head scarf) by students in schools and colleges in the State. • It held that wearing the hijab is not an essential religious practice […]
Rights & Duties Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to suggest a dichotomy between the rights and duties of citizens when he said last week that the country had wasted a lot of time “fighting for rights” and “neglecting one’s duties”. Rights and Duties Go […]