Personal Recognisance (PR) Bond Subject – Polity Context – Assam editor facing sedition charge released on PR bond Concept – A Personal Recognizance Bond, better known as a “PR Bond“, is granted by a court judge once the review of an individual’s case and criminal history has been completed during a pretrial hearing. […]

    Article 3 of the Constitution Subject – Polity Context – The demand has grown louder to carve out a separate state of ‘Greater Tipraland’ for the indigenous communities in Tripura under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Concept – ARTICLE 2 : ADMISSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW STATES Parliament may by law […]

    Sedition Subject – Polity Context – Editor of Assam portal charged with sedition Concept – Sedition, which falls under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, is defined as any action that brings or attempts to bring hatred or contempt towards the government of India and has been illegal in India since 1870. […]

    E-voting in India Subject – Polity Context–There is no proposal to introduce electronic voting in the upcoming general elections, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha. Concept – It will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to the designated polling station of their constituencies. The voters will have to […]

    Supplementary Demands for Grants Subject – Polity Context – Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday sought Parliamentary clearance for an additional spending of Rs 3,73,761 crore, placing the second batch of supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal. Concept – In addition to the budget that contains the ordinary estimates of income […]

    How MPs’ questions are allowed and disallowed in parliament? Subject – Polity Context – On Tuesday, The Indian Express reported how a question by Congress MP K C Venugopal in Rajya Sabha, scheduled to be answered on December 2, was removed from the list of finally admitted questions. Concept – In both Houses, […]