Rules for identifying criminals #GS-02 Governance For Prelims About Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022: The new law provides legal sanction to the police to take physical and biological samples of convicts as well as those accused of crimes. It is aimed at replacing the Identification […]
The hijab case and the essential practices doctrine #GS-02 Judiciary For Prelims About Doctrine of Essentiality: The doctrine of “essentiality” was invented by a seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the ‘Shirur Mutt’ case in 1954. It prescribes that the constitutional protections for religions […]
Scandinavian social democracy #GS-02 Governance and Polity For Prelims: Which are the Scandinavian countries: Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe, which is also known as the Nordic region due to the ethnic Nords who are considered as the original inhabitants of the region. Scandinavia […]
Death penalty: SC moots fair hearing #GS-02 Indian Polity For Prelims History of death penalty: Death penalty is also called Capital punishment from the Latin word ‘capitalis’ which signifies ‘regarding the head’. The earliest codification of death penalty laws dates back to the 18th […]
The gender-pay gap, hard truths and actions needed #GS-02 Social Justice For Mains What are the causes of pay gap based on gender: There has been a disproportionate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on women workers in terms of job and income losses. Many women […]
Cabinet approves addition of four tribes to ST list #GS-02 Social Justice For Prelims About Hatti tribe: The Hatti’s are natives to the Tans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district. They derive their names from their tradition of selling homegrown vegetables, crops, meat, and wool, […]
Suresh Patel is new CVC, two commissioners take charge For Prelims About Central Vigilance Commision The CVC was set up in February, 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption (Santhanam Committee). In 2003, Central Vigilance Commission Act was enacted and […]