About the Act The Special Marriage Act, 1954 (SMA) was enacted to facilitate the marriage of couples professing different faiths and preferring a civil wedding. However, some practical problems arise in registering such marriages. What are the features of the …
What is it? Straddling western Asia and Eastern Europe, the landlocked mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh is the subject of an unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan, in which it lies, and its ethnic Armenian majority, backed by neighbouring Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally …
Where is Gilgit Baltistan? It is the India claimed territory as a part of Jammu and Kashmir. But, it is the northernmost territory administered by Pakistan, providing the country’s only territorial frontier, and thus a land route, with China, where …
How will the delivery be made? The government recently said it will procure the vaccine and distribute it under a special COVID-19 immunisation programme to four categories of people, free-of-charge. The priority groups named are healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses …
What is the debate around the poll process and why are questions being raised about its viability? The story so far: The 2020 U.S. presidential election has been one of the most bitterly polarised democratic exercises in recent memory. Despite …
Competition Act, 2002 The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, prohibits anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control and Mergers and acquisitions), which causes or likely to …
What’s in the news? India and Maldives recently signed four agreements during Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s visit to the Maldives. About the agreements In addition to two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for “high impact” community development projects, the countries …
Neolithic Period The Neolithic (also known as the “New Stone Age”), the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts …
WWF In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was founded as an international non-governmental organization to work in collaboration with existing conservation groups and bring substantial financial support to the conservation movement on a worldwide scale. International Union for Conservation …
About the programme Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for capacity building of civil servants. It will help the officers to learn about the best practices across the world. Officially called the “National Programme for Civil …