DPN Topics
New Capital of Indonesia Subject – IR Context – Rising sea levels prompt Indonesia to relocate capital Concept – Indonesia passed a bill replacing its capital Jakarta with East Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo Island. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara. Nusantara is an old Javanese term that means ‘archipelago’. Jakarta has […]
National Commission for Women (NCW) Subject – Polity Context – Marital rape, gender neutral laws come up at NCW meet Concept – It was set up as a statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Its mission is to strive towards enabling women to achieve equality and […]
Reform Linked Borrowing Subject – Economy Context – ‘20 states express interest to avail extra borrowing’ Concept – The Ministry of Finance had launched a programme in June last year to allow additional borrowing space of Rs 80,000 crore to states, which is conditional on them undertaking and sustaining specific reforms in the […]
Illegally Intercepted Messages Violate Fundamental Rights Subject – Polity Context – Allowing illegally intercepted messages as evidence violate fundamental rights: Delhi HC Concept – Delhi High Court has said that if illegally intercepted messages or audio conversations are permitted as evidence, it would lead to “manifest arbitrariness” and promote “scant regard” to the […]
IAS (Cadre) Rules 1954 Subject – Governance Context – Proposed Amendment of IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954: Changes against cooperative federalism, Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Concept – As per the current guidelines, the Centre every year asks states for an “offer list” of officers from the All India Services (IAS, IPS and Indian […]
Holy See Subject – IR Context – On October 30 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican Concept – The Pope is not a “head of state” in the conventional sense nor does the UN recognise him as one. Under the Lateran Treaty, a purely bilateral one entered […]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 Subject – IR Context – In the last few weeks, incendiary speeches by YatiNarsinghanand at a religious assembly have reignited discussion regarding hate speech, and the limits of the law. The speeches made include calls for the genocide of Muslims […]
DigiYatra Scheme Subject – Economy Context – DigiYatra Scheme for airports may encounter privacy issues, says IFF Concept – Air passengers can soon use facial recognition technology to enter any airport in the country under the Digi Yatra initiative by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The initiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free […]
5G Telecoms – a threat to Airline Safety Subject – Science and Tech Context – The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo airlines have warned of a “catastrophic” aviation crisis this week as AT&T and Verizon deploy new 5G services. Concept – The United States auctioned mid-range 5G bandwidth to mobile […]
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Subject – Economy Context – SIDBI extends ₹650-crore fund line to AU SFB, Jana SFB Concept – SIDBI is the principal development financial institution for promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in India. It was established on April 2, 1990 […]