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Pegasus: the group responsible for investigating the accusations of espionage submits its report to the SC
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance
Sector Review:
• General Studies II: Parliament and State Legislatures
• General Studies III: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
Key points to ponder:
• What is the Pegasus software? How it works?
• How is Pegasus different from other spyware?
• What types of devices are vulnerable and what information may be compromised?
• Types of cyberattacks
• Pegasus in India – What is the controversy?
• Surveillance Laws in India – Section 5(2) Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, Section 69 Information Act
Technology Act, 2000, and Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and
Information Decryption Rules), 2009.
• Cyber Security India – Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-IN), Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative, National Cyber Security Coordination Center (NCCC), Cyber Swachhta Kendra, India Cyber Security Coordination Center cybercrime (I4C), Cyberdome (Kerala)
• Espionage and Surveillance in the Name of National Security – Where to Draw the Line?
• Supreme Court of India on Espionage and Surveillance – People’s Civil Liberties Union (PUCL) v Indian Union
case in 1996, Rule 419A of the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951
• Report of Judge Raveendran’s committee
• Highlights of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
• Know parliamentary privileges and the motion of privilege
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Evidence of Pegasus being used on phones, cybersecurity experts tell SC panel
📍 Explanation: how Pegasus spyware infects a device; what data can be compromised
📍 ONS calls critics hypocritical and denies breach charges
THE CITY
New school prepares students for NDA under Delhi’s deshbhakti push
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.
Key points to ponder:
• Delhi Government ‘Deshbhakti’ Project – learn about ‘Deshbhakti Initiative’
• Sainik Schools and the Society of Sainik Schools under the Ministry of Defense (MoD) – Learn more about them
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Tepid Response from 13 States, UT on Sainik School Affiliation: Department of Defense
DECISION 2022
The bicycle tale: how Mulayam, Akhilesh identified with it
Program:
Preliminary examination: Indian politics and governance
Sector review: General studies II: Salient characteristics of the law on the representation of the people.
Key points to ponder:
• Electoral or electoral symbol – why is it important?
• Electoral Symbols (Reservation and Allocation) Ordinance, 1968-Salient Points
• How does the electoral commission decide on party symbols?
• How many types of symbols are there?
• Powers of the electoral commission to decide on the electoral symbol
• What are the powers of the electoral commission in the event of a dispute over the electoral symbol when a party splits?
• Election Commission of India – Powers, Functions, Vision and Mission
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Explanation: When the parties split up, how does EC decide who gets the symbol?
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Lalu receives 5 years in prison and a fine of Rs 60L in a fodder scam case
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.
Sector Review: General studies II: Salient characteristics of the law on the representation of the people.
Key points to ponder:
• What is Fodder Scam or chara ghotala?
• Fodder scam: how it started
• What is the special judge’s order?
• What are the other four cases?
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Explained: Conviction of Lalu Prasad Yadav in the 5th fodder scam case
📍 What is the fodder scam: an overview of everything that has happened since 1996
EXPRESS NETWORK
HC denies Center’s time request and reserves verdict
Program:
Sector Review: General Studies General Studies I: Salient Features of Indian Society, Social Empowerment, Role of Women and Women’s Organization
Key points to ponder:
• The institution of marriage – What is the rationale behind using the word “institution” with marriage?
• Delhi High Court and Constitutional Validity of “Immunity from Marital Rape” – Background to the Case
• What is immunity from marital rape?
• Criminalization and non-criminalization of marital rape – Pros and cons
• IPC Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code and Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code
• Status of Marital Rape in India – Latest Data from National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
• “Cover Doctrine”, Section 14 and Section 21 of the Indian Constitution and Exception 2 to Section 375 of
Indian Penal Code
• Report of the Justice Verma Committee and Report of the Pam Rajput Committee “Status of Women in India” on marital rape
• United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Violence Against Women in India
• The position of the Indian government on marital rape?
• Criminalization of marital rape – Does the law exist in other countries?
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 A history of the movement to criminalize marital rape around the world
📍 Explained: The marital rape debate
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
The Ukrainian dilemma
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.
Sector Review: General Studies II: Effect of Policies and Policies of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s Interests
Key points to ponder:
• Crisis in India, Central Europe and Ukraine
• Map Central European countries
• Russia’s recognition of two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine – Why is this a matter of deep concern?
• Six key takeaways from India’s statement on the ongoing Ukraine crisis
• Russia and Ukraine-Historical Relations
• Learn about the Crimean sovereignty referendum of 1991
• 2014 protest in Ukraine and removal of Viktor Yanukovych – why?
• Minsk agreements in the highlights of 2015
• What is Russia’s demand? Why is Putin threatening war on Ukraine?
• Strategic position of Ukraine – Locate on the map
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – About, Member Countries, Mandate and Headquarters
• Crimea’s strategic location – why is it important for Russia?
• Ukraine, NATO, USA and Russia – where are we?
• Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO (Collective security)
• India’s position in the current crisis in Ukraine
• India, Ukraine and Russia
• How can India help the United States and Russia keep the “peace” in this conflict?
• Understand the quote: “War (or the threat of war) is a continuation of politics (by other means)”.
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Kremlin: Russia will recognize 2 separatist regions in Ukraine
📍 Reading India on the Ukraine crisis: 6 takeaways from New Delhi’s statement to the UN
EXPLAIN
Pandemic and endemic
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.
Sector Review: General Studies II: Issues relating to the development and management of Social Sectors/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Key points to ponder:
• Understand the words-Pandemic and Endemic
• What are the differences between pandemics and epidemics?
• What does the endemic stage mean, and are we there already?
• Does this mean that India and the world are now safe?
• How will control measures change if the disease becomes endemic?
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Epidemic, Endemic, Pandemic: what are the differences?
Apple and Google Privacy Moves: Strengthening User Agency, Data Concentration
Program:
Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.
Sector Review: General Studies III: Raising awareness in the fields of computing, space, computing, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
Key points to ponder:
• What did Apple and Google do?
• What is the privacy sandbox?
• How do cookies work, in clear terms?
• How was Meta hurt?
• How could these developments lead to a greater concentration of data?
• What is the metaverse and where does the concept come from?
Other important articles dealing with the same subject:
📍 Explainer: Why is Texas suing Meta, Facebook’s parent company?
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