Heteropessimism: A recent example of heteropessimism in India is men trending #MarriageStrike on Twitter when the Delhi HC was hearing a plea to criminalise marital rape. Heteropessimism can be defined as public declarations of dissatisfaction with heterosexual relationships, by people who continue to be in those relationships. Heteropessimism has been caused and shaped by larger […]
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National Legal Services Authority
National Legal Services Authority: The Minister of Law and Justice informed the details of funds allocated by NALSA (National Legal Services Authority) to Legal Services Authorities to organise Legal Aid Programmes in India. The NALSA was founded in 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 to monitor and review the effectiveness of legal […]
Flag Code Of India
Flag Code Of India: The government has amended the Flag Code of India to allow the tricolour to be displayed in the open and on individual houses or buildings through day and night. The provision earlier allowed the flag, when displayed in the open, to be flown from sunrise to sunset as far as possible. […]
Right To a Safe Abortion
Right To a Safe Abortion: Denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom, the Supreme Court held in an order. A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was hearing the appeal of a woman who wanted to abort her 24-week pregnancy after her relationship failed and her […]
Right To Repair
Right To Repair: The Department of Consumer Affairs announced that it has set up a committee chaired by Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary to develop a comprehensive framework on ‘Right to Repair’. The Right to Repair refers to government legislation that is intended to allow consumers the ability to repair and modify their own consumer electronic […]
Data Related To Left Extremism In India
Data Related To Left Extremism In India: During question hour in Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Home Affairs provided data related to left extremism in India. The incidents of Naxal violence in the country have dropped by 77 % between 2009 and 2021, and deaths of security force personnel due to Maoist violence have more […]
Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022
Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022: The Lok Sabha deferred the consideration and passing of the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, due to protests by the Congress members outside of Parliament over the Enforcement Directorate’s summoning of their party president Sonia Gandhi for questioning. The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha on April 1, 2022. […]
Droupadi Murmu : 15th President Of India
Droupadi Murmu : 15th President Of India Former Jharkhand Governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu was elected the 15th President of India, the first tribal woman to be appointed to the position and the youngest as well. After four rounds of polling, Ms. Murmu received 2,824 votes of 6,76,803 value, while Yashwant […]
Minority Status Of Religious And Linguistic Communities
Minority Status Of Religious And Linguistic Communities: Every person in India can be a minority in one State or the other. Minority status of religious and linguistic communities is “State-dependent”, the Supreme Court said. A Marathi can be a minority outside his home State e.g. Maharashtra. Similarly, a Kannada-speaking person may be in minority in […]
Registration Of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019
Registration Of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019: Government will revive the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 for a new registration regime for newspapers that will include digital Media as well (the current registration framework doesn’t include digital news) It will replace the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 ( the act currently […]
