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Editorial-3: India leads in Internet shutdowns, but lacks tool to assess impact
Earlier this month, the Punjab government suspended mobile Internet and SMS services in the State for more than four days as it launched an operation to arrest proKhalistani preacher Amritpal Singh. It said that this was “in the interest of public safety, to prevent incitement to violence and to prevent disturbance of peace and pu... .Read more
Updated on 27 March, 2023 Security Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Governance Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Economy Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
One conviction for unsafe sewer work so far, govt. tells panel
Why in News- The Union government has informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee that FIRs have been registered in 616 cases where contractors had not provided safety gear and equipment to sewer workers. Among the cases registered under the Manual Scavenging (Prohibition) Act, one conviction has been secured so far, the government said. The gov... .Read more
Updated on 24 March, 2023 GS2 Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Society Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Governance Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Social issues & Justice Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
All eyes on Karnataka after HC nod on quota
Why in News- The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday allowed the State government to take a decision on reservation for the Panchamasali Lingayat subsect as the government gave an undertaking that the proposed decision would not disturb the constitutionally guaranteed quota in the existing Category 2A for OBCs of the caste based reservation list... .Read more
Updated on 24 March, 2023 GS2 Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Polity Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Governance Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Editorial-3: The road to ending tuberculosis[G.S. Mains Paper-3 Health]
The world got a wakeup call in 1993 about tuberculosis (TB) when the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency. The 1993 World Development Report labelled TB treatment for adults as the best buy among all developmental interventions. The response in the 30 years since has been short on urgency and long on processes. The... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 Security Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Society Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC International Relations Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Health and Family wellfare Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Centre is not committed to Naga peace talks: NSCN (I-M)
New Delhi’s fluctuating commitment to the “IndoNaga political issue” has made the Framework Agreement hang in balance, the Isak Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland [NSCN (IM)] has said. The NSCN (IM) calls itself the National Socialist Council of Nagalim. The Framework Agreement was signed be... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 GS3 Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Security Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Governance Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Getting it right: a historian’s effort to document the life of Bhagat Singh
India has been slow to appreciate the genius of Bhagat Singh. Often clubbed with Sukhdev and Rajguru and the three revolutionaries’ hanging on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, the man who wanted to “sow guns” as a child, deserves better. Bhagat Singh Born as Bhaganwala on the 26th September 1907. He belonged to a generation th... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 GS1 Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Security Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Current Affairs Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Modern Indian History Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
