Mains > Constitution > Indian Constitution > Fundamental rights
IN NEWS: The Supreme Court recently allowed the Centre’s request for two months’ time to file a reply to a petition seeking the enforcement of fundamental duties of citizens. FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES: ...
Mains > Governance > Aspects of Good Governance > Fundamental rights
IN NEWS: Following the brutal on-camera killing of a tailor in Udaipur by two men, the Rajasthan government imposed a ban on Internet services. Shutting down the Internet as an administrative or law-and-order measu...
Preliminary > Polity > Miscellaneous > Fundamental rights
Why in news? The World Press Freedom Index 2022 has been released. About the index: It aims to assess the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories. It is released by Reporters Without Borde...
Preliminary > Social Justice > Education > Fundamental rights
Why in news? The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain a petition questioning the exclusion of madrasas and Vedic schools from the ambit of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. ...
Preliminary > Polity > Executive > Fundamental rights
Why in news? The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that there is no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. More about the news: The petition questioning th...
Preliminary > Security > Cyber security > Fundamental rights
Why in news? Ruling that the state does not get a free pass every time the spectre of national security is raised, the Supreme Court on 27th October appointed a committee comprising three technical members and supe...
Preliminary > Polity > Miscellaneous > Fundamental rights
Why in news? The Supreme Court on 1st October 2021 permitted Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) candidates to participate in the NEET-UG 2021 counselling in the general category. About Overseas Citizens of India...
Mains > Governance > Right to Information > Fundamental rights
WHY IN NEWS? Recent report states that more than 20 RTI activists killed in Bihar over the past decade. Maharashtra followed by Gujarat tops the list for states with the most attacks on RTI users. BACKGROUND: ...
Mains > Governance > Right to Information > Fundamental rights
IN NEWS: In April of 2021, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) had said that India was one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. World Press Freedom Index, 2021: ...
Mains > Social justice > Health > Fundamental rights
IN NEWS: Rajya Sabha recently passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2021, which amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. CONTEXT: Under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, v...