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. […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
What Is Expunction Powers?
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
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
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
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 […]
Joint Sitting Of Parliament And Leader Of House
Joint Sitting Of Parliament And Leader Of House: The President of India recently addressed the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament. It was the first time he addressed the newly elected 18th Loksabha. A joint sitting involves both houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) meeting together. There are two main types of […]
Kerala Seeks Renaming To Keralam
Kerala Seeks Renaming To Keralam: The Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre to rename the state as “Keralam’’ in the Constitution. Article 3 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Centre to change the name of existing states which also needs amendment in the name of the state listed under Article 1 of […]
Enemy Agents Ordinance
Enemy Agents Ordinance: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) said those found assisting militants in J&K should be tried by investigating agencies under the Enemy Agents Ordinance, 2005. The J&K Enemy Agents Ordinance was first issued in 1917 by the then Dogra Maharaja of J&K. It is referred to as an ‘ordinance’ since […]
High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule
High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule: The Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government’s decision to increase the reservation quota from 50% to 65% for Backward Classes (BC), Extremely Backward Classes (EBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in educational institutions and government jobs. This move by the Bihar government has […]
Pro-tem Speaker
Pro-tem Speaker: The President has appointed Bhartruhari Mahtab, a seven-term MP from Cuttack, as the pro tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. Pro-tem Speaker is a Latin phrase which translates to ‘for the time being’ in English, and so the pro-tem speaker is a temporary speaker appointed for a limited period of time to […]
