Jal Jeevan Mission remains a pipe dream Context On Independence Day 2019, the water-stressed Mahoba district in south-eastern Uttar Pradesh reported only 1,612 families having tap connections. Four years later, 1,29,209 families — or around 98% of all rural homes in the district — have […]
A ‘platform’ will assess ‘top’ 50 judges before appointment in SC: CJI Context Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said on Friday that the Supreme Court, working with a young team of distinguished scholars, interns, and law researchers, had prepared a “broad platform” to assess […]
Criminal trials ideally need dynamic judges, says top court Context The Supreme Court has stated that aggressive and dynamic judges, as opposed to hesitant or taciturn ones, are preferred in criminal proceedings. What is the background behind the observation of the top Court? The verdict […]
‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ retained to align varied views in Constituent Assembly Context According to Constituent Assembly deliberations, the names ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ were kept as titles of the newly sovereign nation in the Constitution to align contrasting sentiments expressed by its creators in 1948. What […]
Fiscally imprudent policies, populism affect the poor: PM Context Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned against populism and irresponsible financial policies, claiming that while they may produce political results in the short term, they will have far-reaching social and economic repercussions that will primarily affect […]
UNFPA project in Rajasthan for gender sensitivity gets support from experts Context Experts aiming to remove practices that promote patriarchy have backed an initiative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for gender sensitivity in Rajasthan. The project, which will last for four months, aims […]
NGT to Odisha: stop illegal construction near Tampara Lake Context : The Odisha government has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone, not to proceed with “illegal” building in and around Tampara Lake, a Ramasar site and one of the state’s largest and […]
Centre to Overhaul British-era Laws Context : Three bills to repeal the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), Indian Evidence Act (IEA), and Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr. PC) were introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday in the Lok Sabha. What are the […]
NCM seeks SIT investigation into the death of Kota student Context: Days after a 17-year-old NEET applicant was discovered dead in Kota, Rajasthan, under suspicious circumstances, the man’s father filed a report with the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) saying that his son was murdered. […]
Why no disaggregated data on tribal populations, asks House panel Context: The Union government was criticized for not having data that was broken down by the country’s tribal people’s health status in a report submitted to the House by a parliamentary committee on women’s empowerment. […]