New Courses GS Pre & Mains NCERT CSAT for UPSC Crash course for Pre 2026Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-11 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Regulatory bodies Of the 110 anti-TB (tuberculosis) Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) available in India, only 32 (less than 30%) have been approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the country’s drug regulator. In the case of malaria FDCs, only…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-10 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Finance Commission The Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, N.K. Singh, says that though the Commission will have to take the 2011 census as the base year for population, it could use a combination of variables to ensure that performance and efficiency…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-16 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Separation of powers between various organs In many recent judgments, the Supreme Court has become hyper-activist in making laws. But can judges legislate? When the courts legislate and execute This question has already been answered in the past by the court. In…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-22 WHAT IS INDELIBLE INK? Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Elections, Election Commission and the Electoral Reforms in India Incl. Political Parties This refers to the violet-coloured ink in India that is applied on a voter’s forefinger after she exercises her vote. In 1962, the Election Commission in collaboration…
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…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-29 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Indian Constitution – Amendments, Schedules, and Important Articles The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018, passed by the Lok Sabha recently, has caused great alarm. Transgender and intersex activists have protested on the streets, campaigned with parliamentarians and spoken out against…
DetailsSource : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2019-01-24 THE STATE MUST ADDRESS MIGRANTS’ VULNERABILITIES Relevant for: Indian Society | Topic: Urbanization, their problems and their remedies incl. Migration & Smart Cities Two simultaneous processes are likely to significantly increase north-south migration in India in the not-so-distant future. Southern states are aging at a much faster rate than…
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 : 2018-12-25 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Indian Constitution – Features & Significant Provisions related to Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties Last week, a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt online communications and data caused a furore…
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