DAM SAFETY ACT

Context: After a four-hour debate, the Rajya Sabha approved the Dam Safety Bill, 2019, which allows for the monitoring, inspection, operation, and maintenance of all defined dams across the country and has been contested for decades. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill in August of […]

RAISING LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE

Context: Women’s legal marriage age will be raised from 18 to 21 years old, according to the Cabinet. This judgment was made following the advice of a panel led by Jaya Jaitly. About the Working Group: Last year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recommended a panel […]

GALWAN VALLEY

Context: It’s been a year since the armed forces of China and India clashed in Galwan. Background: India and China share a 3,440-kilometer-long (2,100-mile-long) border with overlapping territory claims. At three sites along the Line of Actual Control in 2020, Indian and Chinese soldiers were […]

WESTERN DISTURBANCES

What is Western Disturbance: It is an extra tropical storm that originates in the Mediterranean region and brings heavy winter rains to the Indian subcontinent’s northwestern regions. The westerlies drive a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern. Extratropical storms are a global phenomena that carry moisture in the […]