For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75978-30000 Table of Contents Polity & Governance .......................................................... 1 1. NITI Aayog releases First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .................................................................................... 1 2. Analysis of Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ......................................................................................... 2 3. In Kashmir, after the ceasefire (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Election Commission of India launches Mobile App cVIGIL to enable citizens to report on violation of election code of conduct (Relevant for GS Prelims; Polity & Governance) .......... 5 5. A good beginning: on the Cauvery Water Management Authority (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .................................................................................... 6 6. Supreme Court verdict on Delhi CM vs L-G (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ..................................................................................................................... 7 7. Cabinet approves DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .......................................................... 9 8. Allow gambling in sports but regulate it, says Law Commission of India (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ..................................................................... 9 9. In Telangana, fighting fake news (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 10 10. NTA to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational Institutions (Relevant for GS Prelims and GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ....................................................... 12 11. View of Political parties on simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................. 13 12. SC says it is ready to go live, Centre moots a TV channel (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 15 13. Choosing a partner is a persons fundamental right: SC on homosexuality (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................... 16 14. Poll position: on electoral reforms beyond simultaneous elections (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .................................................................................. 18 Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMateEdutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75978-30000 15. ISRO spy case: How a scientist cleared his name and continues to fight (Read only for understanding; Polity & Governance) ....................................................................................... 19 16. Adultery must remain a punishable offence: Centre (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 21 17. On Punjab's drug menace (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 22 18. Competition Commission of India (CCI) issues order against All India Chess Federation (AICF) for the Anti-Competitive conduct (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................................................................................. 23 19. Section 377 of IPC and beyond (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 24 20. India-South Korea ties (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 21. Why track social media chatter (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 26 22. Who posts, transfers Delhi bureaucrats? (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................................................................................. 28 23. Overdue correction: on revisiting the Companies Act (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 30 24. Overdue correction: on revisiting the Companies Act (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 31 25. Make lynching a separate offence, SC tells Parliament (Relevant for GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 33 26. Explained: How the pay-and-publish business works (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 33 27. Regulating foreign universities in India (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................................................................................. 34 28. The story of no-confidence (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 35 29. Case against P. Chidambaram (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................................. 37 30. SC collegium stands firm on Justice Joseph (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 38 Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMateEdutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75978-30000 31. Details of 2015 Naga agreement emerge (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 39 32. Heavy rains overshadowed Cauvery dispute (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 40 33. No-confidence motion: Failed miserably (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................................................................................. 41 34. Analysis of proposed amendments to the RTI Act (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) .............................................................................................................. 43 35. Salient features for proposed National Policy for Domestic Workers (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................... 44 36. SC pulls up Centre for its delay in appointing a Lokpal (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................... 45 37. Detention no cure: on RTE Act amendment (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 47 38. National Achievement Survey (NAS) has been conducted to increase focus on learning outcomes in quality of elementary education (Relevant for GS Prelims; GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ................................................................................................................... 48 39. Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov launches Innovate India Platform (Relevant for GS Prelims, GS Mains Paper II; Polity & Governance) ...................................... 49 40. West Bengal Assembly passes resolution