Collective Security Treaty Organisation:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India.   Context: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has marked its 30th year, at anniversary summit hosted by Moscow recently.   About Collective Security Treaty Organization: It is an intergovernmental military alliance (six countries) that came into effect in 2002. Its origin …

Parliamentary Privileges:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.   Context: The Parliament’s Privileges and Ethics Committee has asked the Maharashtra Chief Secretary, DGP Maharashtra, Mumbai Police Commissioner and Superintendent of Women District Prison, Byculla (Mumbai) to appear before them for …

Sree Narayana Guru:

GS Paper 1: Syllabus: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: The Karnataka government is caught in a controversy over the exclusion of text on reformer Narayana Guru in the new social science textbook of class 10. However, references to Narayana Guru …