Features of the Representation of People Act Article 324 to 329 of Part XV of the Constitution deals with the electoral system in our country. Constitution allows Parliament to make provisions in all matters relating to elections to the Parliament…
Lingaraj temple All over in Bhubaneshwara, Lingaraj temple is considered to be the most ancient and the largest of all the temples. The temple has been named so, as to denote the king of the Lingam which is in the phallic…
Sri Lanka invites Myanmar junta’s Minister BIMSTEC Sri Lanka has invited Myanmar’s junta-appointed Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin for a virtual meeting of members of regional body BIMSTEC, which Sri Lanka currently chairs. Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar slammed the move on…
Electoral Bond An electoral bond is like a promissory note that can be bought by any Indian citizen or company incorporated in India from select branches of State Bank of India. The citizen or corporate can then donate the same to…
Start scheme for procurement of cattle dung from farmers: Agri panel cites Godhan Nyay Yojana The Standing Committee on Agriculture asked the Centre to launch a scheme for procurement of cattle dung from farmers while citing the Godhan Nyay Yojana…
National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) The Action Plan was released on 30th June 2008. It effectively pulls together a number of the government’s existing national plans on water, renewable energy, energy efficiency agriculture and others – bundled with additional…
Structural issues of Union Territories Recently,MLAs from the Puducherry Assembly have turned out to be an ingenious move to topple the government. This was done in 2019 with devastating effect in Karnataka. In both cases, the governments lost majority and went…
Tholpavakkoothu – A puppet master with a chip in the brain When tradition meets modernity, the result can sometimes be amazing. A puppet with robotic movements may not sound very charming but in a melding of traditional art and cutting…
Panel seeks more data to clear Sputnik V A Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization has sought more data on Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine trials from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to accord emergency use authorisation for…
Himalayan serow spotted in Assam A Himalayan mammal, somewhere between a goat and an antelope, has been confirmed as the newest creature to be spotted in Assam. The Himalayan serow, a goat-antelope, in the 950-sq.km Manas Tiger Reserve. The animal —…