Context Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas completed seven years of service in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on July 1. Background The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) program was started in the early 1980s, with the Government of India (GoI) establishing the project in Read More
Context: Against the Maharashtra government’s stand in Bombay High Court to grant transgender persons horizontal and/or vertical reservations because it would breach the 50 per cent ceiling, has staged a protest in Mumbai. Present scenario on reservation for Transgender: Unheard demands: Reservation for transgender is an important Read More
Context Recently, the Delhi High Court has ruled that, Construction workers cannot be deprived of their right to pension “merely due to hyper-technical issues” or requirements such as “production of original MR Slips or serial number of the notary records”. Construction workers in India: Read More
Context The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs has decided to issue specific guidelines to control the increasing use of ‘dark patterns’ in misleading advertisements, creating false urgency, confirm-shaming, forced action, subscription traps and nagging on online platforms. What are dark patterns? Dark Patterns are unethical UI/UX (user Read More
Context Recently, the World Drug Report 2023 was launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): The agency’s focus is the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs, crime prevention and criminal justice, international terrorism, and political corruption. It Read More
Context: The Maharashtra government is facing difficulties in providing additional reservations to transgender persons in education and Public Employment. PYQ: Q. The reservation of seats for women in the institution of local self-government has had a limited impact on the patriarchal character of the Indian political Read More
Context: During his state visit to the US last week, Prime Minister had announced that over 100 stolen antiquities were being returned to India. About the news: Some of the 105 antiquities that are set to be returned to India are verified Read More
Context Three years after the violent clash in Galwan, both India and China are busy with construction in the area. China is building a bridge across Pangong Tso while India is constructing a road on the north bank. Chinese Construction Update: Main bridge construction underway, Read More
Context: The UNGA President said that the first segment of UN Intergovernmental Negotiations framework meetings are now webcast. About Intergovernmental Negotiations Framework (IGN): It is a group of nation-states working within the United Nations to further reform of the United Nations Security Read More
Context This article gives a holistic picture of the current dynamics of India by explaining the important coordinates such as economy, society and foreign policy. Economy Economic growth- India’s GDP will more than double over the next five-seven years. Currently, it is around Read More