Why In News ? Karnataka state has constituted a nine-member committee headed by Principal Secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture, to study and submit a report to the government on…

In News The government has merged the urban development and housing and urban poverty alleviation ministries. Now this will be known as Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). This is third…

In News The Supreme Court froze the status of legal persons accorded to rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Uttarakhand High Court in March 2017. Background High Court had invoked…

Formalise Election Commissioners appointment through law Source : The Hindu GS II : Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies In News The court…

In the news Centre informed a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) that it considered all forms of Muslim divorce unilateral, extrajudicial, unequal. Centre enact a new divorce law for…

The presidential nod to a parliamentary panel recommendation that the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) either dubs them or carries Hindi subtitles to regional Cinema. Key Fact Regional movies without…

News The Election Commission is considering revision of its recount rules so that slips generated by the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) devices can be matched with the Electronic…

Need for index Creation of a judicial performance index that could help High Courts and their chief justices keep track of the performance and processes at district courts and subordinate…

India may be finding it tough to secure extraditions because there is a fear within the international community that the accused persons would be subject to torture in India. SC…

The Centre has begun discussions to set up a national level nodal body for all transport-related matters across modes including aviation, railways, surface transport and waterways. Proposed ‘Logistics and Integrated…