Category: Polity Current Affairs

Co-District : Assam Assam has become the first state in India to implement a new administrative structure known as Co-Districts, aimed at improving governance and accessibility of public services. The inaugural phase will take place on October 4 and 5, 2024, when 39 Co-Districts will be officially launched. Co-districts are smaller administrative units under Assam’s […]

Supreme Court Ruling On ITC: The Supreme Court laid down functionality and essentially test for Input Tax Credit (ITC) eligibility under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The verdict was delivered in the Chief Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax & Ors. Vs Safari Retreats Case, 2024. The Supreme Court (SC) ruled that […]

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: India has strongly rejected a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which flagged “increasing abuses” against religious minorities in the country. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government agency. It was created by the 1998 International […]

Classical Language : In News The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister of India has approved to confer the status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The recognition of a classical language is based on criteria established by a Linguistic Experts Committee. According to the committee, the following revised […]

Judge’s Asset Disclosure: The Kerala High Court topped the list with the asset declarations of 37 out of 39 judges available on its website while those of only two of 50 judges in the Karnataka High Court and five of 62 judges in the Madras High Court have been provided. Only 13% of High Court […]

Sonam Wangchuk : Ladak and Sixth Schedule Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained on the Delhi border on Monday night as he led a group of protesters to petition the Central government for the inclusion of Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution among other demands for autonomy to the region. Ladakh’s indigenous population, […]

SARTHIE 1.0: The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE), Government of India, and the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched the SARTHIE 1.0. SARTHIE 1.0 is an initiative intended to empower disadvantaged communities, including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Senior Citizens, Transgender Persons, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, persons engaged in […]

MV Shreyams Kumar New President of Indian Newspaper Society: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), a premier organization representing the print media industry in India, has announced significant leadership changes for the year 2024-25, marking a new chapter in its illustrious history of safeguarding press freedom and promoting print media interests.