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Sedition law has lost meaning
Relevance: Prelims: Polity Why in news? Justice Deepak Gupta, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, noted how the provision
Continue readingThe Idea of Common School in the Education Policy: Overlooked
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis: G.S paper III: Education In the 1830s, Horace Mann proposed common schools, that is, tax-funded
Continue readingIndian banking sector: smaller still beautiful
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs: Analysis Over the past decade and a half, India has evidenced several important mergers of public
Continue readingQuandary of National Register of Citizens
Relevance: mains: G.S paper II: Indian Polity Citizenship cannot be seen as existing outside the larger concerns of humanity. The
Continue readingUDAN – A New Meaning to Air Connectivity
Relevance: mains: Current affairs analysis It is about two years since UDAN was conceived. The Union Government’s flagship regional Connectivity
Continue readingOne year after ‘Navtej Johar’, imagining an equality law
Relevance: Mains: Polity: current Affairs Why in news? The Supreme Court’s decision in Navtej Johar v. Union of India had
Continue readingPublic universities under threat
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Education Why in news? Recently, Romila Thapar and 11 others were asked to submit their
Continue readingIAF resurrects 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ for Rafale
Relevance: Prelims: Defence: Current Affairs The Indian Air Force (IAF) resurrected the Air Force Station Ambala-based 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’,
Continue readingTwo new species of ginger discovered from Nagaland
Relevance: Prelims: Environment: Current Affairs Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered two new species of Zingiber,
Continue reading6th Schedule of Constitution Of India: Union Territory of Ladakh
Relevance: Prelims: Polity: Current Affairs The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) wrote to Union Home Minister and Tribal Affairs
Continue readingIndia’s Economic Revival
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Indian Economy Why in news? Apart from the trade war, media in the United States
Continue readingFiscal Deficit: Analysis
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis News Related The fiscal deficit numbers mentioned in the Union Budget for 2019–20 are doubtful,
Continue readingPSU banks recapitalisation: may not spur credit-growth
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis At 10.15% year-on-year (y-o-y), the growth in non-food credit, in the fortnight to August 30,
Continue readingIT, communication: boosts sustainable farming in India
Relevance: Mains: Essay Use of messaging services, web-based applications, capacity building and encouragement of public-private partnership can enable farmers to
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