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Abolition is the way: On the higher judiciary’s move on the death penalty Why in News? The issue of the death penalty and its mode of execution has been a subject of debate in India for a long time. Recently, the Supreme Court of India has taken a significant step towards finding a more humane methodRead more

The Supreme Court’s new rules for the appointment of Election Commissioners by the President Why in News? A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court (SC) unanimously ruled that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners shall be made by the President on the advice of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition ofRead more

International Women’s Day 2023: What is the gender gap in STEM? Why in News? The United Nations has highlighted the need for inclusive technology and digital education to narrow the Gender gap in the domains of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – collectively termed the STEM fields. About Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – collectively termed the STEM fields – continueRead more

Increasing Student Suicides in Higher Education Institutions Why in News? The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB’s) Accidental Deaths and Suicide in India (ADSI) report 2021 shows student suicides had gone up drastically during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and have been steadily rising in the last five years. What is the Current Status of Suicides in Students? Over 13,000 students diedRead more

Vaikom, a satyagraha, and the fight for social justice Why in News? As the year 2024 marks the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha, Chief Minister of Kerala and Tamil Nadu jointly inaugurated the centenary celebrations. What is Vaikom Satyagraha? Background: The princely state of Travancore had a feudal, militaristic, and ruthless system of custom-ridden Government, some of the mostRead more

Adopt a Heritage Scheme Why in news? Private firms, companies, and public sector units can enter into agreements with the Union Ministry of Culture to adopt and maintain State-owned archaeological sites or monuments. What is Adopt a Heritage Scheme about? It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultureand the ArchaeologicalRead more

The Governor of Jharkhand was recently appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra. The Governor left the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi without disclosing the Election Commission’s opinion on whether the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand should be disqualified for allegedly allocating a mining lease to himself when he was the mining and forest minister of Jharkhand.Read more

The recently-held Munich security conference, a major concern of the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the reluctance of the Global South to align itself with the G-7 on the war in Ukraine. Active Non-Alignment (ANA): It originated in 2019 and was developed in 2020 in response to the U.S.-China struggle for primacy, in which LatinRead more

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said he had declared February 16, which U.S. officials had said could be the date of a Russian attack, as a day of “national unity”. However, Russia has clarified that it has no plans to invade Ukraine. What is the Current Status of the War? The West has recently announcedRead more

Days before the first anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin announced in an address to his nation that Russia is suspending its participation in the New START, the last remaining major military agreement with the United States. In 1985, the two countries entered into arms control negotiations on threeRead more