What is it? The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the register containing names of Indian citizens. NRC was prepared first in 1951 after the conduct of the Census of 1951. It is being updated and that too only in …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Defence has announced that the Indian Army will participate in Exercise ZAPAD, 2021, a Multi Nation exercise starting this week at Nizhniy, Russia. Exercise ZAPAD will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. Over …
Background Last year, the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020. The new policy aims to pave way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country. This policy will replace the 34 year old National …
NEWS The marital rape exception is antithetical to women’s dignity, equality and autonomy. CONTEXT Recently the High Court of Chhattisgarh had decided on a criminal revision petition challenging the charges framed against the applicant husband. BACKGROUND Initially, based on the …