(VIDEO) Social Media Kya Ho Dayara (सोशल मीडिया क्या हो दायरा) - Lok Sabha TV Insight Discussion

Topic of Discussion: Social Media Kya Ho Dayara (सोशल मीडिया क्या हो दायरा) - Lok Sabha TV Insight Discussion

Expert Panel Name :  Prativimbh Sharma (Studio, Anchor)

(VIDEO) Reservations in Promotions - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate

Topic of Discussion: Reservations in Promotions - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : Kaushal Kant Mishra, National President, Youth for Equality; Siddhartha, Advocate on Record, Supreme Court; Vikas Singh, Former Additional Solicitor General of India; B.K. Chaturvedi, Former Cabinet Secretary; Frank Rausan Pereira (Anchor)

(VIDEO) India's Nordic Connect - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate

Topic of Discussion: India's Nordic Connect - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva, Centre for European Studies, JNU; Shashank, Former Foreign Secretary; K.P. Fabian, Former Diplomat; Akhilesh Suman, Foreign Affairs Editor, Rajya Sabha TV; Frank Rausan Pereira (Anchor)

Strategy and Booklist Anthropology Optional (Paper-2) for UPSC Mains

• This is the 2nd article in anthropology series ,please go through the first article before going through this article to get maximum benefit.

• In paper 2 current affairs play an important role in enriching the answer especially in tribal parts and caste system part of the syllabus.

• In tribal part case study need to be quoted in answer to get descent marks.

• You  should ideally notedown the case study while reading newspaper whenever you come across any case study for example –Mankidia tribes are denied habitat right in simplipal tiger reserve (The Hindu Newspaper).

• Further XAXA report on tribes is also greatly helpful for case study.

• There are few topics in this paper which do not have any specific study material in the market, so you need to search on internet and prepare short notes.

• In archaeology part of the syllabus use of diagram is must with map of the archaeological sites. Diagram and map fetch good marks.

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(VIDEO) Flashpoint Syria - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate

Topic of Discussion: Flashpoint Syria - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times; Anil Trigunayat, Former Ambassador ; Professor Harsh V Pant, Head, Strategic Studies, Observer Research Foundation ; A.K.Ramakrishnan, Professor, Centre For West Asian Studies, JNU; Frank Rausan Pereira (Anchor)

(VIDEO) Funds and Population Matters - 

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Topic of Discussion: Funds and Population Matters - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard; NC Saxena, Former Member, Planning Commission; Aman Agarwal, Director, & Professor, Indian Institute of Finance; Vishal Dahiya (Anchor)

(VIDEO) Supreme Court : The Judges' Debate - 

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Topic of Discussion: Supreme Court : The Judges' Debate - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : J Sai Deepak, Advocate, Supreme Court; Satya Prakash, Legal Editor, The Tribune; MP Singh, Former Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy; Justice Jaspal Singh, Former Judge Delhi High Court; Frank Rausan Pereira (Anchor)

Should gambling be legalised ? : Important Topics for UPSC Exams

Gambling is ubiquitous in Indian society: people bet on animal fights on streets, they make bets while playing cards and before cricket matches. As the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke correctly said, “Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.” While societal attitudes towards gambling have changed in the last century, with gambling now seen as a legitimate form of recreation, Indian laws have not kept pace with the times.

Why in News?

• In 2016, while examining the Lodha Committee recommendations on legalising betting in sport, the Supreme Court wanted the Law Commission to examine whether betting on cricket should be legalised and a law framed to enable that and the Law Commission is yet to make its final recommendations, but going by news reports, the Chairman of the Law Commission, Justice B.S. Chauhan, has gone on record saying that he is in favour of a law to regulate such activities.

• Chairman of the Law Commission, invited views and suggestions, from all those concerned, to arrive at a judicious opinion and make suitable suggestions and recommendations to the government and the report is awaited.

Laws Dealing with Gambling in India

• The first attempt to control gambling was made in 1867 with the Public Gambling Act which provided for punishment for public gambling and keeping of common gaming houses. Section 2 of the Act authorised each territory (now each State) to extend the Act to the State.

• The Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act came into force in 1887. Gaming as defined in the Act includes gaming and betting.

• Constitution has enabled the State Govt to formulate their own laws and there exist no uniformity among the state laws and mostly deal with Physical Gambling while Online gambling remains out of the scope.  

• Section 67 of the Information Technology Act of 2000 vaguely deals with Online Gambling which prohibits online transmission and publication of material which “corrupt” persons.

• From the various provisions of the Central and State Act, one can infer that while gambling is prohibited in public or public gaming houses, there is no prohibition on such activities in a private house.

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(VIDEO) Securing India's energy needs 

Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate

Topic of Discussion: Securing India's energy needs - Rajya Sabha TV Big Picture Debate
Expert Panel Name : Ajay Shankar, Former Secretary, DIPP ; Sushil Chandra Tripathi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Ashok Sajjanhar, Former Diplomat; R.P. Gupta, Additional Secretary, Energy, NITI Aayog Frank Rausan Pereira (Anchor)