GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Disaster and disaster management. Context: The ongoing sixth mass extinction may be one of the most serious environmental threats to the persistence of civilisation, according to new research. Earth was once home to two million known species. According to the study, however, since 1500, as many as 7.5%-13% …
GS Paper 2: Topic covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: The Delhi High Court is hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts forceful sexual intercourse by a man with …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government Policies and issues arising out of their implementation. Context: The law that governs inter-faith marriages in the country, the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, is being challenged for endangering the lives of young couples who seek refuge under it. More than a year after a writ petition was …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Education. Context: A controversy has broken out over the Delhi government’s flagship ‘Desh ke Mentor’ programme. What’s the issue? The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended that the Delhi government suspend its flagship programme till “the time when all the loopholes …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act. Context: The Election Commission of India has allowed journalists to cast their votes through postal ballot facility. Procedure to be followed: Any absentee voter wishing to vote by postal ballot has to make an application to the returning officer in …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Context: 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs have gone to the Supreme Court against their year-long suspension from the Assembly. During the recent hearing, the Supreme Court observed that the suspension of MLAs for a full year …
