In ‘Issues in News’, we cover those issues, which are making headlines as of now, and consequently there is a possibility of these issues finding their way to the question papers, whether ‘Prelims’ or of ‘Mains’. The Objective here is to expose an aspirant to 15/20 different issues every month, so that by the end of the year, the aspirant covers nearly 200 (odd) issues, which can be raised in the form of questions.
On 11th September 2021, the Government of Assam released a press statement announcing that “in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958”, it is declaring the [Read More]
On 17th August 2021, the Apunba Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (AMKIL) organized a public discussion on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) at the Dhanamanjuri University (DMU) in Manipur. On the 63rd anniversary of [Read More]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, an iconic figure who symbolizes many things to many people, has been perceived in myriad ways as a great opponent of European colonialism, as a champion of civil rights for racial, religious [Read More]
Although the massive anti-imperialists’ protests in the immediate post-war years ended in a failure resulting in exhaustion of popular energies and tendencies towards compromise, division was not the sole constituent of the post-1942 Indian scenario. [Read More]
The shared border between Assam and Mizoram is a heavily-forested and hilly region of about 165 kilometers. These two states have, over the decades since Independence, engaged in recurrent disputes of respective ownership over 1318 [Read More]
The nationalist movement during the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 was in quite precarious condition. The Congress, under whose aegis the mainstream nationalist movement had been shaped, was fraught with differences [Read More]
For ages, India has been predominantly an agricultural country. The fact that Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for about 58% of India’s population highlights its significance in our country. However, Indian agricultural lands have been reported to [Read More]
On 15th July 2021, the Supreme Court of India, through a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, asked the Centre why, if it was repealing out-of-date laws, did not repeal the “colonial era penal [Read More]
On 6th July 2021, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, an international nongovernmental organization based in France, with the objective of preserving the inalienable right to freedom of information, released a list entitled [Read More]
The British conquest and the dissemination of colonial culture and ideology that followed in the wake of it resulted in an inevitable introspection concerning the strengths and weaknesses of indigenous culture and institutions. The educated [Read More]
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