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Cyclone Biparjoy

It was stationed about 850 km west of Goa and 900 km southwest of Mumbai. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy is a powerful tropical cyclone that formed over the east-central Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall along Gujarat’s Kutch coast. The cyclone is predicted to gain in strength over the next three days and develop into a very severe cyclonic storm by June 13. It would result in squally weather with wind speeds reaching 35-45 kmph along the coastline of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra The IMD has not yet predicted any major impact on countries adjoining the Arabian…

Dark patterns

Dark patterns, also known as deceptive patterns, is a term used to describe ways or tricks implemented by websites or apps to make users do things that they didn’t intend to, or discourage behaviour that’s not beneficial for companies. The term dark patterns was coined by Harry Brignull, a London-based user experience (UX) designer, in 2010.  Think of that annoying advertisement that keeps popping up on your screen, and you can’t find the cross mark ‘X’ to make it go away because the mark is too small to notice (or to click/ tap). Worse, when you try to click/ tap…

World Population Day

World Population Day is commemorated annually on July 11th to raise awareness and educate individuals about the challenges and consequences associated with global population growth. It serves as a reminder to continuously work towards addressing these issues and improving the lives of everyone on the planet.  The observance of World Population Day aims to promote understanding and encourage collective efforts in tackling the impacts of population growth. World Population Day 2023 Theme According to United Nations, the theme for this year’s World Population Day is – Unleashing the Power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world’s infinite…

Uniform Civil Code

The concept of a standard set of civil laws for all citizens of a country, regardless of religious or cultural ties, is referred to as the standard Civil Code. A UCC would provide for one law for the entire country, applicable to all religious communities, in their personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption etc. In other words, UCC is a set of rules/regulations, which proposes to replace the personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each major religious community in the country with a common set governing every citizen. Current situation in India Currently, Indian personal…

About Article 142(1)

Article 142(1) states that “The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or order so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe”. Significant cases where Article 142 was invoked: Babri Masjid Case: The article was used in…