The extra-constitutional delusions of Raj Bhavan Subject: Polity Context: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the State government have major differences over multiple issues. The latest controversy has arisen after he sought the resignation of several vice-chancellors following a Supreme Court judgment setting aside the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of a technology university. […]
SC agree to hear plea against first amendment of constitution Subject : Polity Context: Recently, the Supreme Court has agreed to view the plea challenging the Constitutionality of the First amendment Act, 1951 which had put the reasonable restrictions under clause(2) of Article 19 (a) of Freedom of Speech and Expression. What was […]
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of CAA Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court was about to hear on the batch of petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019. The bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi will hear the plea. What […]
NCERT proposal for PARAKH Subject: Polity Context: Recently, the three global educational non-profits —Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Australian Council for Educational Research(ACER) approached the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to set up the proposed regulator PARAKH. What is PARAKH: PARAKH stands for Performance […]
Kerala Governor withdrawal of pleasure in minister Subject :Polity /Governance Context :The latest controversy has arisen after Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has declared that he is withdrawing his pleasure as far as Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal is concerned. Concept : Article 164 of the Constitution, which says the Chief Minister shall be […]
EC sends notice to Telangana Minister over MCC violation Subject : Polity / Governance Context : The Election Commission(EC) on Friday sent a notice to Telangana Energy Minister for violating the Model Code of Conduct by asking voters in the Munugode Assembly seat to support Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao if they wanted […]