Today is the judgement day - ASSAM ACCORD, 1985

 In Assam, there were protests agains the influx of Bangladeshi migrants. This had its political impact too. Asom Gana Parishad, a regional party, was formed out of the protests. Due to the protests, there was an accord that was signed on August 15, 1985. 

A section, section 6A, was added in the Citizenship Act of 1955. This was added to address concerns about the influx of immigrants from Bangladesh after 1971. A case was filed against this and the Supreme Court was hearing it to determine the constitutionality of the Section 6A. In December 2023, the Court has reserved the judgement after hearing the arguments for four days. 

The Court will pronounce its judgement today. 

Disability is no bar to MBBS

 Very important judgement by SC

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Omkar is a student who is also disabled. When he applied for a UG medicine seat, he was denied. A rule under Graduate Medical Education Regulation of 1997 was quoted as the reason for denial. Under that regulation, a person with equal or more than 40% disability cannot pursue MBBS course.

Omkar has filed a case. A three-judge bench in Supreme Court consists of Justices BR Gavai, Aravind Kumar and KV Viswanathan has pronounced that this should not stop the disabled person to get admission. In fact, there has to be an expert report on it. 

In this case, Omkar has been allowed to take admission in MBBS course, since the medical board has opined that he can pursue medical education without any impediment. 

In general, 40% benchmark is to decide whether one is disabled or not. 

How do I crack the UPSC CSE in the first attempt while being under any circumstances?

Early bird wins the race.

Whenever some special guest comes to a school, he or she would question the students, What would you like to become?

The students will yell at the guest… Doctor, Engineer, Collector etc… Everyone has a goal and applause comes from the guests and the teachers for the enthusiasm. That is it.

How many of them gets it from the teachers, family or from the friends that what should they do to become what they aspire? A million-dollar question. Definitely, not everyone. 

Most of the people who says that they have cleared the UPSC CSE at first attempt must have started very early intentionally or unintentionally. The school days put a strong base for the preparation. The people who struggle in their preparation are the ones who could not recollect the portions they studied in the school days. The people who excel very early are the people who could recollect the things easily even after 7 or 8 years.

To have a target to crack the UPSC CSE in the first attempt is really great. This must serve an instigation to go for it with full focus. 

All the very best.

Can there be more than two political parties representing voters in elections?

 

YES, it exists even now.

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Leave the multi-party system of India and other countries.

Even in USA, where the contest is clearly polarised between Democratic and Republican parties, there are many other parties that contest the elections and garner votes.

The Libertarian Party was founded on December 11, 1972.[71] As of March 2021, it is the largest third party in the United States, claiming nearly 700,000 registered voters across 28 states and the District of Columbia.[72] As of August 2022, it has 309 local elected officials, and one state representative:

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There are many other multi-state parties and single state parties.

More surprises awaits, if we check the number of political parties in China, where one-party rule is there. There are eight other political parties are functioning and they represent people in the Parliament etc.

Ours is a country with more diversity. Hence, we have more political parties too.

 An analysis of TNPSC Group II & II A Exam (SEPTEMBER 14, 2024)

MIND GAMES DECIDES THE RESULTS

G. VISHNU PRIYA

TNPSC Group II and II A Prelims (2024) was held on 14th September 2024. It was a mind game, actually. An initial mini job of interchanging the Part A & B as GS and Language. Performance is usually based on the studied syllabus with current issue knowledge but this time it was quite different. General Studies (Part A) was the toughest part. 

The mind game played very cleverly. At regular intervals, one or two easy questions were given to look up. The order and the level of the questions fell like ups and downs with mixed emotions of easy, funny, tricky ad cranky questions. More number of pair questions were asked than statement questions. In some places, eliminating the options in pair questions was difficult. 

(25 Questions Apritude)

20 (Maths)   - Easy   and     5 (Reasoning) - Took time.

Language (Part B) part was unfair, General Tamil and English were not given equal mode.

Tamil - 10 to 15 questions were tough

English - 90+  easy

Overall, the question paper was moderate to tough. Though the questions were simple, it was difficut to attend. No recent current affairs had been asked. In fact, no questions on Government schemes, budget, Indices, Awards, Sports, Authors etc.. etc...

Only the state of mind determines the performance of the exam. Compared to Group I and IV (2024), Group II and II A standard and pattern of previous years questions were different.