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Polity Right to know Right to know is the species of the right to speech and expression provided by the Article 19(1) (a) of the constitution of India. A citizen has a fundamental right to access information. It is the duty of the state to protect the fundamental right. The Right to Information Act gives … Read more
Project RE-HAB ●Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), on Monday, launched a unique project of creating “bee-fences” to mitigate human – elephant conflicts in the country. ●The objective of Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant – Human Attacks using Bees) is to thwart elephant attacks in human habitations using honeybees and thus reducing loss of lives of … Read more
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) ●EESL is a Super Energy Service Company (ESCO), which enables consumers, industries and governments to effectively manage their energy needs through energy efficient technologies. ●EESL is implementing the world’s largest energy efficiency portfolio across sectors like lighting, buildings, electric mobility, smart metering, agriculture, etc. ●EESL’s energy efficiency solutions have saved … Read more
Polity Article 342A Article 342 A empowers the President to specify socially and educationally backward classes in various states and union territories. He can do this in consultation with the Governor of the concerned State. However, law enacted by Parliament will be required if the list of backward classes is to be amended. 102nd Constitution … Read more
Swamp Deer ●The barasingha, also called swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. ●Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. ●It is extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh. ●Swamp deer occur in the Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh, in two localities in Assam, and in … Read more
Sufism ●Sufism as Tasawwuf is mysticism in Islam, “characterized by values, ritual practices,doctrines and institutions”. ●It is variously defined as “Islamic mysticism”,”the inward dimension of Islam” or “the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam”. ●Sufis have often belonged to different ṭuruq or “orders” – congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a wali who traces a direct chain of successive teachers back to … Read more
Vedanta Philosophy ●Initially was connotation for the Upanishads comprising the Brahman Sutras and the Bhagavadgita. ●There are many schools of Vedanta including the well propagated schools of Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita. ●It is a Sanskrit word meaning “end of knowledge”, a compound of two words “Veda” meaning “Knowledge” and “ Anta” meaning “End” ●Its … Read more
Lafarge Mining Case ●In the above case, the Bench asked the Central government to appoint a National Regulator for appraising projects, enforcing environmental conditions for approvals and to impose penalties on polluters. ●It said: There is one more reason for having a regulatory mechanism in place. Identification of an area as forest area is solely … Read more