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Most often we tend to get confused between the terms Naxalism, Terrorism, Extremism, Militancy. Militancy is an umbrella term, all of the above is a type of some kind of militancy. Naxalites on the other hand are the people who have been exploited by aristocrats and bureaucrats later they took...

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  • August 2, 2021

About National Commission for Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body established in 2007 under the act of parliament, The Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. The commission works under the administrative control of Ministry of Women and Child Development. The headquarters of the commission is based in...

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  • July 11, 2021

DELTA PLUS : VARIANT OF COVID-19 What is delta plus? The Delta Plus variant is the mutated version of the Delta variant, which was earlier found in India. The Delta variant thus far been found in 85 countries. It has been wreaking havoc across the world, with increased transmissibility and resistance...

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  • July 6, 2021

National Security Act (NSA)  is a preventive detention act that was passed in 1980. Preventive Detention involves detainment of any individual in order to keep him/her away from committing future crimes or escaping future prosecution. Article 22(3)b of our constitution allows for preventive detention and restriction to personal liberty for reason...

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  • June 29, 2021

OPERATION TWIST: The Simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under OMOs What actually operation twist is? Operation Twist – Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy initiative utilized in the past to lower long-term interest rates to further stimulate the U.S. economy when traditional monetary tools were lacking via the timed...

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  • June 23, 2021

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISION NHRC in India is a statutory body (body which is not built constitutionally but brought by passing a resolution and made as Act, such bodies are known as Statutory Body). NHRC was constituted on Oct12th 1993.which was established under Protection of Huma Rights, Act 1993 and...

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  • June 20, 2021

Union  Finance Minister,  Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Budget 2021-22 in Parliament on 1 February 2021,projected to set up a Higher Education Commission of India as an umbrella body including 4 separate vehicles for standard-setting, accreditation, regulation, and funding.  Finance minister announced, “Many of our cities have various research institutions, universities,...

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  • June 15, 2021

EXPERT COMMITTEE ON LAND LEASING HEADED BT DR. T HAQUE Agriculture Division of NITI Aayog in September 2015 constituted an Expert committee on a Shore Leasing. The expert committee was headed by former Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices chairman T Haque. Who was DR. T HAQUE? He was the...

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  • June 15, 2021
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