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VVPAT Subject: Polity Context: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, has urged the panel to carry out a 100% tally of all EVM machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the coming Assembly elections. Concept: The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is […]
PREVENTION OF INSULTS TO NATIONAL HONOUR ACT 1971 Subject: Legislations Context: Cutting cake depicting national flag not unpatriotic or an insult , rules Madras High Court. Concept: The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 Prevent dishonour: The act was legislated to prevent dishonour to National symbols which shall include the Indian […]
CHIN COMMUNITY Subject : Society Context: No request received for asylum from Chin community, says Mizoram government. Concept: The State government has said that asylum would be considered if there was a formal request cleared by the Centre. People belonging to Myanmar’s Chin community were seeking to migrate to Mizoram to escape a […]
YEMEN CIVIL WAR Subject: Intenational Relations Context: Riyadh proposes ceasefire plan to Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Concept: Yemen Conflict: Since 2014, Yemen has been facing a multi-sided conflict involving local, regional, and international actors. The Houthis, a group of Zaidi Shia Muslims who ruled a kingdom there for nearly 1,000 years, used widespread anger […]
NALSA Subject : Polity Context : Access to justice still a challenge for millions : Justice Ramana Concept : About NALSA: It has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to provide free legal services to weaker sections of society. It aims to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not […]
MARINE AIDS TO NAVIGATION BILL Subject : Legislations Context :Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021 by voice vote. Concept : It aims to regulate state-of-the-art technologies of marine navigation which was earlier used to tangle in statutory provisions of Lighthouse Act, 1927. A navigational aid is any […]
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE Subject: Current Events Context: ‘Hero to Indians as well’ Bangabandhu Mujib gets Gandhi Peace Prize. Concept: About Gandhi Peace Prize The annual award was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 during the commemoration of the 125th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi for those involved in social, economic and […]
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Subject: Polity Context: AIADMK’s ally BJP promises legislative council revival in TN. Concept: Abolition or Creation – Article 169 The Parliament can abolish a legislative council (where it already exists) or create it (where it does not exist) by a simple majority, that is, a majority of the members of each […]
Daily Prelims Notes 22 March 2021 Table Of Contents SCRAMBLE CROSSING LARGEST TULIP GARDEN NOWRUZ FESTIVAL KEN BETWA LINK ODISSI DANCE KAMBALA RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN CUSTODY INDO ISRAEL VACCINE IAEA REDSANDERS WHITSUN REEF 1. SCRAMBLE CROSSING Subject : Current Events Context : A scramble crossing or X-crossing is going to come […]
WHITSUN REEF Subject : Environment Context : The Philippines government has claimed that around 220 Chinese boats have been spotted at a reef in the South China Sea waters controlled by Manila. Concept : It urged China to recall the boats saying the presence of the vessels violated Manila’s maritime rights by encroaching […]