Power of Speaker Subject: Polity Context: While granting interim relief to rebel MLAs of the ShivSena on Monday, the Supreme Court made a crucial but unusual judicial intervention that raises questions on the powers of the Speaker under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. More about News The Tenth Schedule or the anti-defection […]

    Scotland eyes independence vote Subject :Polity Section : Basic concepts Context: Scotland’s government on Tuesday drew the battle lines for a legal and political tussle with London as it announced plans to hold a second independence referendum on October 19, 2023. Scotland eyes independence Addressing the Edinburgh Parliament, First Minister Ni- cola Sturgeon […]

    Govt advertises top post of oil regulator, 2nd in as many years Subject : Polity Section :National Organization Context: The Centre has for a second time in as many years advertised the post of chairman of oil and gas regulator Petroleum And Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), which has been lying vacant since […]

    Iyer set to be NITI CEO Subject : Polity Section :National Organization Context: Parameswaran Iyer, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and a well-known sanitation specialist, has been appointed the chief executive officer of Niti Aayog, after Amitabh Kant retires on June 30. Functions of NITI Aayog To evolve a shared […]

    Victim compensation Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: The Calcutta High Court has described the inability of the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) and the West Bengal government to pay victim compensation as a sorry state of affairs which cannot be permitted to continue for an indefinite period of time. Inability to pay victim […]