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Enforcing fundamental duties

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: ...

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For Prelims, questions on Fundamental duties can be asked.
For Mains, questions on Fundamental duties and its enforceability can be asked in GS 2. The content can also be used in questions related to human rights, constitutionality etc.

JUL 29

Internet Shutdown & Right to Internet

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...

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For Mains, questions can be asked on need of internet shutdowns, concerns associated with it, legal provisions related to internet curbs etc.
For Prelims, questions can be asked on the salient features of Information Technology Act, 2000, Telegraph Act, 1885 etc.

JUL 7

World Press Freedom Index 2022

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...

MAY 4

Exemptions under RTE Act

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. ...

FEB 25

Section 124 A

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...

DEC 11

Pegasus spyware

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...

OCT 27

Overseas Citizens of India (OCI)

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...

OCT 1

Efficacy of RTI Act

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: ...

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Mains: Questions are expected on need for Right to Information, issues associated with the implementation of RTI Act, success it achieved etc.
Prelims: Questions can be asked on salient provisions of RTI Act, composition and mandate of CIC,SIC etc.

SEP 30

Freedom of Press in India

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: ...

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Extra reading: Sedition laws https://www.ilearncana.com/details/Sedition-law/1977
Extra reading: NSA https://www.ilearncana.com/details/National-Security-Act-1980/805
Extra reading: UAPA https://www.ilearncana.com/details/Unlawful-Activities-Prevention-Act/1889
Extra reading: Fake news https://www.ilearncana.com/details/ISSUE-OF-FAKE-NEWS-IN-INDIA/1261

JUL 7

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 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...

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For Prelims, questions on the salient features of the act and the recent amendments can be asked.
For Mains, direct questions on the Act and recent amendments can be asked. Also, the content can be used in questions related to women issues and women empowerment in essays, GS 1 and GS 3.

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