Context: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an Andhra Pradesh High Court order intending to embark on a judicial inquiry into whether there is a constitutional breakdown in the State machinery under the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, requiring a declaration of President’s rule.
Topic in syllabus: Prelims – Polity
What is in the petition filed by the government?
About Article 356:
Context: Pressure groups in Meghalaya demanding the implementation of inner line permit (ILP) in the State have threatened to set up entry exit points for weeding out “unwanted people” on their own if the Conrad
Sangma led alliance government cannot do so, on December 21.
Topic in syllabus: Prelims – Polity
What is inner line permit?
Context: The government is exploring all options, including setting up of a bad bank, to improve the health of the country’s banking sector, Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on Friday.
Topic in syllabus: Prelims – Economy
What is bad bank?
Examples related to Ethics (GS-4)
Important news in short
Title:
1. Friend and neighbour (The Hindu)
2. A friend indeed (The Indian Express)
Topic in syllabus: India and its Neighbourhood- Relations. (GS-2)
Analysis about: These articles talks about issues and solutions regarding India Bangladesh relations.
Introduction:
The virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, where they discussed issues ranging from the violent border incidents to the COVID-19 fight, demonstrates their desire to reboot India-Bangladesh ties that have faced challenges in recent months.
Issues in India- Bangladesh relations:
Positive things in the relation between both:
The way forward for India:
Title: Walk the green talk
Written by: Christophe Jaffrelot (senior research fellow at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at King’s India Institute, London)
Topic in syllabus: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. (GS-3)
Analysis about: This editorial talks about how India needs decisive action to meet climate change mitigation targets, or even exceed them by 2047, as the PM has assured.
Introduction:
The fifth anniversary of the Paris accord last week was the occasion of a virtual global meeting — the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 — during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi made “a solemn pledge” that in 2047 “centennial India will not only meet its own targets, but will also exceed expectations” in terms of carbon emissions.
What are the targets set by India?
What are the issues?
The way forward:
Explained
Title: A massive hack in US, using a novel set of tools
Topic in syllabus: Science & technology, Challenges to Internal Security through Communication Networks, Role of Media and Social Networking Sites in Internal Security Challenges, Basics of Cyber Security (GS-3)
Introduction:
What is this ‘Solar Winds hack’?
How did so many US government agencies and companies get attacked?
How did they gain access?
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