Source : www.pib.nic.in Date : 2019-03-26 YOUNGER GENERATION SHOULD BE ACQUAINTED WITH OUR HISTORY, CULTURE & HERITAGE: VICE PRESIDENT Relevant for: Ethics | Topic: Human Values – Lessons from the lives and teachings of great Leaders, Reformers and Administrators Vice President’s Secretariat Younger generation should be acquainted with our History, Culture & Heritage: Vice President…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-18 WHAT IS A ‘HUNG PARLIAMENT’? Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Elections, Election Commission and the Electoral Reforms in India Incl. Political Parties When no party or pre-poll alliance is able to secure a majority in the election, this leads to a hung Parliament. The total number of seats…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-08 WHAT IS ‘BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE’? Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Parliament – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these Bicameralism is the practice of having two Houses of Parliament. At the State level, the equivalent of the Lok Sabha is the Vidhan…
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The powerhouses of education and entertainment recently converged in an enlightening encounter at RED FM, Kanpur station. USPC’s Chief Mentor, Avadh Ojha Sir, and CEO, Faisal Shaikh, along with other esteemed senior faculty members, had an exciting rendezvous with the popular RJ Sugandha. With the aim to foster a synergy between education and entertainment, the…
DetailsSource : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-27 TOLERATING THE CORRUPT Relevant for: Ethics | Topic: Challenges of corruption © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved The writer is a constitutional jurist and senior advocate to the Supreme Court. Has the campaign against corruption succeeded? I am not at all sure it has. Let me…
DetailsSource : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-29 THEIR RIGHT TO THE CITY Relevant for: Indian Society | Topic: Urbanization, their problems and their remedies incl. Migration & Smart Cities © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved The writer is a lawyer and senior associate-legal, Indian Institute for Human Settlements On March 18, the Delhi…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-18 THE URBAN QUESTION: REIMAGINING OUR CITIES Relevant for: Indian Society | Topic: Urbanization, their problems and their remedies incl. Migration & Smart Cities While agrarian distress has slipped into the pre-election discourse as an important political subject, it is imperative to ask why the urban question is no less…
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Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-15 THE GOLD STANDARD FOR A PRIME MINISTER Relevant for: Ethics Topic: Human Values – Lessons from the lives and teachings of great Leaders, Reformers and Administrators India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, is now moving through an eclipse that B.R. Ambedkar experienced and yet emerged from more luminous. During…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-24 THE GAP WITHIN: ON INTER-STATE DISPARITIES Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development India, as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, may well be catching up with the richer economies in terms of absolute size. But economic convergence within the country remains…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-19 THE DEATH PENALTY: A FATAL MARGIN OF ERROR Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Judiciary in India: its Structure, Organization & Functioning, Judges of SC & High Courts, Judgments and related Issues On March 5, 2019, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice A.K. Sikri (now…
DetailsSource : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2019-01-23 THE CRISIS OF IMBALANCE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development The World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual event held in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, has become a symbol of global capitalism. Oxfam, an international…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-11 STATES’ APPROVAL NOT NEEDED FOR QUOTA BILL Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution | Topic: Indian Constitution – Features & Significant Provisions related to Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Amendment) Bill of 2019 providing up to 10% reservation for economically…
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