– Polity: Rights issues- The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022- to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. It’ll authorise the police to take “measurements” to tag those who have been convicted, arrested or detained. e.g. Police can take Prisoner’s impressions of fingerprints, palm prints and footprints; photos; iris and retina scans, physical and biological samples; and behavioural attributes, including … Read More
Read More...4 Days Current: 25th to 28th March- : Polity, Economy, IR क़ुछ ख़ास नहि
Polity – Polity: Federalism / PRI: Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022 → 1) replacement of the word “government” with “Central government” in all places. So, this basically takes the Delhi government out of the picture completely when it comes to decision-making in the unified corporation. 2) Unifying the North, East and South MCDs 3) reduce the number of seats … Read More
Read More...4 Days Current From 21-22-23-24 March – although nothing really exam worthy
4 Days Current: Polity NEWS From 21-22-23-24 March ( nothing so great / exam worthy so I don’t feel making a video for it ) Polity – Polity: Local Bodies- Articles 243 provide for OBC reservation in local bodies. 2010: Supreme Court said it’s valid BUT “identification / survey” of “backward classes” required। Karnataka’s 33% reservation for OBCs in local … Read More
Read More...IR/Diplomacy- Rupee-Ruble agreement, De-Dollarisation, India-Japan PM Meet, ICJ-Verdict on RussiaCurrent Affairs from 17 to 20 March 2022 for UPSC:
Rupee-ruble trade scheme. India page for Russian imports in rupee currency and then Russian companies will use that money to import goods from India. 1970-1992: India-USSR had this Read More...
Polity Current: Hijab Verdict Karnataka, UN Islamophobia Day, Blood Money for Kerala Nurse, Dishank App : 2 Days Current 15th & 16th March.
Karnataka High Court hijab verdict (2022): Q1) wearing the hijab is part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith under Article 25 of the Constitution Read More...
Economy Current: Dollar Swap agreement, National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC), EPFO interest rates & more
$5 bn dollar-rupee swap. E.g. Axis bank will buy US Dollars from the RBI (e.g. at $1:75) & simultenously Axis agrees to RE-SELL those dollars back to RBI Read More...
Economy- UPI 123PAY, DigiSaathi, UPI limit in Debt Securities for Digital Economy- 5 Days Current
2022: RBI launched a new UPI platform named 123PAY (with help of NPCI) → Featurephones to get more options for UPI payments: 1) USSD - already available. 2) Interactive voice response or IVR 3) missed call-based payments Read More...
Current Affairs Science Tech, PIN, History Culture from November week4- Omicron Variant, White Dwarf etc.
World Health Organisation (WHO) had designated Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) as a “variant of concern (VOC)”. First reported from South Africa. Also found in Israel and Belgium. Botswana and Hong Kong. द Read More...
Current Affairs for UPSC: Polity Governance from November Week4: Personal Data Protection Bill, Andhra Capital(s), Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act & more
Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 aims to regulate the relationships roles and responsibilities 😍 A) DATA PRINCIPAL: The person to whom the data in consideration belongs to. 😍 B) DATA PROCESSOR: A person, state, company which processes data on behalf of someone else. e.g. Google, Paytm, Twitter, Amazon, Facebook. The data could be of two types 😍 DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY: Read More...
Current Affairs for UPSC: international relation and defence from Nov-Week4: INSAS, AK-203, Abhinandan Varthaman
ir Chakra is the third highest Indian military honour during wartime. Given to GROUP CAPTAIN (previously wing commander) Abhinandan Varthaman who shot down a Pakistan F-16 fighter jet in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack-2019. He was captured by the Pakistani Army after his MiG-21 Bison jet was shot down in a dogfight with Pakistani jets Read More...
Current Affairs for UPSC: Economy banking and finance from November Week4: Digital Bank, inverted duty structure in GST, SDG Urban India Index & More
An inverted duty structure in GST arises when the taxes on output or final product is lower than the taxes on inputs, creating an inverse accumulation of input tax credit- then government has to refund the GST to the business man. e.g. (Input) Fibre 18% GST+yarn 12% GST Read More...
Current Affairs for UPSC: Economy, Agriculture & Environment from NovW3- Farm Laws repealed, PayTM IPO, Glasgow Summit
PM Modi to repeal three farm laws 1) The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, which is aimed at allowing trade in agricultural produce outside the existing APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis; 2) The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, which seeks to provide a framework for contract farming; 3) The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, Read More...
Current Affairs for UPSC: History Culture, IR/Defense from Nov-Week3- Rani Kamlapati, Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system
Defense: India received delivery of Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system to India. 😍 has the capability to protect against almost all sorts of aerial attacks, including drones, missiles, rockets and even fighter jets. 😍 The system comes equipped with four types of missiles: short- range up to 40 km; t Read More...