Why in News: China is constructing a bridge in Eastern Ladakh connecting the North and South Banks of Pangong Tso which would significantly bring down the time for People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to move troops and equipment between the two …
What is LWE? Left-wing terrorism or far-left terrorism, sometimes called Marxist–Leninist terrorism or revolutionary left-wing terrorism, is terrorism committed with the aim of overthrowing capitalist systems and replacing them with Marxist–Leninist or socialist societies. What is Maoism? Maoism, or Mao …
NEWS Since early 2020, there has been an observation of a large increase in suspected targeted intrusion activity against Indian organisations from Chinese state-sponsored groups’ concentrating on infrastructure targets, including the power sector and ports, then India needs to be …
BACKGROUND On February 1, 2021, in the wake of the intensification in the farmers protest and reports of violent incidents on January 26, a number of Twitter accounts became inaccessible in India. It was unclear whether this was Twitter’s decision, …
NEWS Worldwide including in the European Union and the United States, the antitrust investigations are going on the abuse of monopolistic power by the Big Tech firms, especially Facebook and Google. CONTEXT These investigations are being compared with the earlier …
NEWS The protesters of Capitol Hill in the U.S. believe that the 2020 U.S. election was stolen by the Democrats. This is largely due to misinformation and disinformation of which deepfakes are a part. It has even threatened the electoral …
Why in the news? 12 years after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the Indian Coastal region has been rewired to better security. India has developed a 3 tier mechanism (Indian Navy, COastal Guards and Marine Police) along with the IMAC system. …
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 …
UAPA Act, 2019 The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament in August 2019. It amends the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The latest Act empowers the central government to designate an individual a “terrorist” if …