Category: Polity Current Affairs

Enemy Property In India: The Indian government has begun to auction properties classified as ‘enemy properties’. Enemy Property are those immovable and moveable assets which were left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and post the 1962 and 1965 wars. Besides real estate, enemy property […]

Rwanda : Election Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has smashed his own record by winning recent elections with more than 99% of the vote. Rwanda is a landlocked countrylocated south of the equator in east-central Africa. It is part of the Great Rift Valley region of Africa. Often referred to as the “land of a thousand […]

Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas: The declaration of 25th June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas serves as a poignant reminder of the period when the Constitution of India was undermined, particularly during the Emergency imposed in 1975. The Prime Minister of India emphasised that this day will pay homage to all those who suffered from the excesses of […]

Classical Language Status : In News The Central Government recently decided to tweak the criteria for giving classical language status. The current criteria evolved by the government to determine the declaration of a language as a classical language are It should have high antiquity in its early texts/recorded history over a period of 1,500-2,000 years. […]

What Is Expunction Powers? The first special session of the 18th Lok Sabha saw heated debates and clashes between the government and opposition over remarks that led to expunction from records. Expunction powers refer to the authority vested in parliamentary presiding officers, such as the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker, to delete remarks […]

Anand Marriage Act: The National Commission for Minorities held a meeting under the chairmanship of the Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, with 18 States/UTs to discuss the implementation and registration of marriages of Sikhs under Anand Marriage Act. Anand Marriage Act provides statutory recognition of marriage rituals of the Sikh community in India. The emergence […]

Social Security For Gig Workers: Karnataka became the second state after Rajasthan to come up with legislation for Gig Workers. Through a draft version of the law (Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill), the Karnataka government aims to regulate the social security and welfare of platform-based gig workers in the state by […]

Right To Repair Portal: The Central government of India asked the automobile companies to join the unified Right to Repair Portal India. Right to Repair Portal aims to provide consumers with access to repair information for their products and reduce e-waste. It was launched by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA) on National Consumer […]