GS Paper 4 Syllabus: Applications of Ethics Soured: IE Context: The article delves into the intricate connection between religion, ethics, and truth, emphasizing their significance in understanding the human experience. Meaning of the terms: The Connection between religion, ethics, and truth: Religion often provides a framework for ethical guidelines. The ethical principles …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: HT Context: The Jharkhand Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister, urging the recognition of the ‘Sarna’ religious code for tribal communities in the state. The request for the Sarna code as a separate religious code in the next Census has been a long-standing demand of tribal groups, and …
GS Paper 4 Source: The Hindu Context: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a prisoner in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail and the spiritual leader of the religious cult Dera Sacha Sauda was recently granted a 40-day parole. Background: While on parole, the self-proclaimed godman has been meeting a number of politicians, holding Satsang (spiritual discourses) for …
~Saurabh Goyal Jaipur Our Collective Collusion Religion is essentially the values one commits himself to. And over time with a consistent practice and relentless observance it becomes central theme running through that person. As there is no universal constant set of life-conditions, our responses to life too must differ over space and time. One’s faith …
On 15th of December 1953, when Potti Sriramulu succumbed to death not able to sustain 52 days of marathon fast that was undertaken to demand a separate state for Telugu speaking people, little did he realize that his death would become a launch pad for the dawn of Political Regionalism in India – that would …
The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) and the North Western Frontier Provinces (NWFP) were always been the breeding grounds of Taliban under the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) and Pak military supervision.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, my copartners in Government, gentlemen-and ladies: The Constitution imposes upon me the obligation to “from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union.” While this has traditionally been interpreted as an annual affair, this tradition has been broken in extraordinary times. These are extraordinary …
§ So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked. – Mark Twain (American writer) § We owe a lot to the Indians, who …
By Vinay Revolutions never cease to occur. Some revolutions transform the lives and some transgress the good. Political revolutions are difficult to predict and scientific revolutions are difficult to comprehend. Former decides the destiny and the latter defines the destiny. In 1989, when Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web while working at CERN (European …
Higher education in India needs urgent attention and massive reforms if India wants to become a Global leader tomorrow. National Knowledge Commission’s report must be implemented as soon as possible.
The speech that I love most from the pages of history is the one given by Jawaharlal Nehru addressing the first Constituent Assembly of sovereign India on 14th August, 1947. His speech is etched on the pages of world history as one of the best eloquence ever used. His magic words make me feel …
By Vinay We are living in the Asian Age. World is all praise for Asia. China and India are touted as the next superpowers. And everyone knows this story. Other Asian countries, especially Tiger economies are also not lagging behind in the race. World’s focus is on Asia now. What is that makes world take …
