Why in the news?
Currently, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) disclosed that, in advance of the 2023 Assembly Elections in Karnataka, the number of candidates with criminal charges has surged in all major political parties, emphasizing the issue of the criminalization of politics.
Preventive detention act
Indian Desert and its Features
A desert is an area of extreme aridity with little vegetation and extremely high or low temperatures. There can be hot deserts or cold deserts, depending on the temperature. To practice agriculture, people live on these lands with little water.
ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZONES
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), GoI, has designated some regions in India as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) in and surrounding Protected Areas, National Parks, and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Context:
The Revolt of 1857–1859 was a massive but failed revolt against the British East India Company's control in India, which served as the British crown's sovereign power.
India's Hunger Paradox
The phrase "India's Hunger Paradox" refers to the country's experience of malnutrition, hunger, and economic expansion. India is one of the world's top producers of food, but it also has one of the highest rates of malnutrition, with a significant portion of its population suffering from undernutrition.
Public distribution system
The Public Distribution System (PDS) was developed as a framework for managing emergency situations and distributing food at reasonable costs.
Ecosystem
A community of living things that interact as a system, along with the non-living elements of their environment, is referred to as an ecosystem.
The Cold War
From the end of World War II in 1945 until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, there was a time of geopolitical competition and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
6th Schedule of the Indian Constitution
Sealed cover jurisprudence
What is the exchange rate?
When one country's currency is converted into another country's currency, the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another is referred to as the "exchange rate” or “foreign exchange rate." In other words, it is a price at which domestic currency is exchanged for another currency.
