Subject : Polity Context : Karnataka government defers tabling anti-cow slaughter bill in Legislative Council. 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 […]

Subject : Polity Context : Karnataka government passed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill (2020) in the Assembly amid strong opposition. Concept : The Bill envisages a ban on all forms of cattle slaughter and stringent punishment for offenders. While ‘beef’ is defined as the flesh of cattle in any form, […]

Subject: Polity Context: More than 70% of the 1,365,207 voters turned out for the first phase of the elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council. Concept: Bodoland Territorial Council is an autonomous region in the state of Assam in India. It is made up of four districts (Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri) on the north bank […]