Polity: Right to life: Cinemas can bar outside food, must give free drinking water rules Supreme Court. (सिनेमा घरों के मालिक, प्रेक्षकों को बाहर से खाना लाने पर प्रतिबंध लगा सकते हैं, किंतु मुफ़्त पेयजल देना, सिनेमा की ज़िम्मेदारी [...]
EcoPill2B-Black money: SC ruling on demonetisation: 4–1 majority judges upheld Government’s decision. 1 judge dissented that RBI didn’t apply its mind, and government should have enacted a law and informed parliament. Justice Nagarathna held that Section 26(2) gives excessive [...]
IR/Defense: United Nations General Assembly resolution asked International Court of Justice’s opinion Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.India abstained but vote passed by majority. (संयुक्त राष्ट्र की सामान्य सभा ने अंतरराष्ट्रीय न्याय अदालत से फ़िलिस्तीन पे इज़राइल के क़ब्ज़े [...]
History/Culture Polity Economy: GST Changes before and after Ethics/Society Persons in News- Alok Sharma History/Culture urbanization impact on monuments: AS MANY as 50 of India’s 3,693 centrally protected monuments are missing/ untraceable over the years Reasons: due to rapid [...]
EcoPill1D-Insurance/ pension/ financial inclusion: Under National Pension System (NPS) a state government employee contributes 10 per cent of salary State government also contributes 10%. The amount of pension depends on the performance of the share market/bond market where this [...]
What are Puranas? Why some Puranas are called Mahapuranas & Upapuranas? Lecture Video by Arti Chhawri Five characteristics (Pancha-Lakshanas) What are Puranas? Puranas are ancient Hindu texts that are considered to be a part of the Vedas, the oldest [...]
What is Delimitation? Objective of Delimitation How are Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats divided among the states? Which states have highest number of LS/RS seats? Why is DMK opposed to the system Lecture Video What is Delimitation? Delimitation [...]
EcoPil4B-Sectors of Economy: ‘Right to Repair’. (see infographics below) Apple makes laptops in such manner that it can’t be opened/repaired by customer/third party. Then Apple charges high price for sparepart/repair/ warranty extension. Customer has to throw away the product [...]
EcoPill6: HRD/Malnutrution: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana abolished / merged inside NFSA. Matter explained in infographics below. (- प्रधान मंत्री गरीब कल्याण अन्ना योजना को राष्ट्रीय खाद्य सुरक्षा क़ानून (एनएफएसए) के अंदर समाप्त / विलय कर दिया गया। [...]
Column: Rule 267, problems areas in federalism Read this column to improve vocabulary EcoPil4B-Sectors of Economy- Ease of Doing Biz: Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill -it aims to decriminalise the minor offences in the Press and Registration [...]
Corona: BF.7 sub-variant causing havoc in China. Indian government also issued advisory. EcoPill1D-Insurance/ pension/ financial inclusion: National Pension System (NPS) - the return on investment depends on the performance of share market. Many government employees protesting against this and [...]
Art culture: 1) Gujarat’s Vadnagar town, 2) the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, and 3) rock cut sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura have been added to the tentative list of UNCESO World Heritage Sites. EcoPill2D: Deficit/Disinvestment: Fiscal marksmanship - [...]
UN biodiversity conference at CANADA. Parties agreed for 30 by 30 target. It is a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030, known as 30 by 30. Currently only Currently, 17% of [...]