The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 was enacted to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and the Human Rights Courts for protection of […]

Important excerpts from The Hindu and NY Times (with inputs): Turkey invaded a Kurdistan held territory in northern Syria in October 2019. While Turkey has been active in the eight-year-old civil war in Syria, its […]

Excerpts from The Hindu (with inputs): Indian soils are poor in organic matter content. About 59% of soils are low in available nitrogen; about 49% are low in available phosphorus; and about 48% are low […]

As defined by the UN,census is “the total process of collecting, compiling and publishing demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time or times to all persons in a country or delimited territory.” […]

Important excerpts from The Hindu (with inputs): Some data – ‘Global Disinformation Order’ – a study by Oxford University shows evidence of organised social media manipulation campaigns that have taken place in 70 countries, up […]

Important excerpts from The Hindu (with inputs): China-India relations assume “global and strategic significance” beyond just the bilateral dimension. Only two major developing countries with a population of over one billion and important representatives of […]

Important Excerpts from The Hindu articles: Madras HC has held that social media platforms can be held accountable for the spread of fake news through their platform; fake news can have psychological impact on the […]

Important Excerpts from The Hindu articles: National Nutrition Mission – September, 2019 is being observed as ‘Poshan Maah’ (nutrition month) across the country to ensure mobilisation at the grassroots level to achieve the targets laid […]

Important Excerpts from The Hindu articles (with inputs): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Lok Sabha in January this year but lapsed as it was not tabled in the Rajya Sabha. It […]

Important Excerpts from The Hindu articles (with inputs): In late September 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed restrictions on withdrawals from the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, one of the largest urban […]