Rules of Religion in Eligibility for the SC Quota Subject – Polity Context – Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik has alleged that Sameer Wankhede, Mumbai Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), who is in charge of the case against Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan, benefitted from the reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) […]
Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Inheritance Custom Subject – Polity Context – Meghalaya: District council to introduce Bill changing age-old Khasi matrilineal inheritance custom Concept – A district autonomous council in Meghalaya is attempting to modify a customary practice of inheritance of the Khasi tribe in which the youngest daughter of the family is bequeathed the […]
National Population Register Subject – Polity Context – Updated NPR form appears to retain contentious questions Concept – National Population Register It is a list of “usual residents of the country”. A “usual resident of the country” is one who has been residing in a local area for at least the last six months, or intends to stay in […]
CBI investigating powers inside state Subject – Polity Context – Bengal can’t bar CBI from probing crimes: Centre Concept – To know about CBI, please click here. To know about CBI and Consent of States, please click here.