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Indian Art can be classified under three headings:- Performing Arts Visual Arts Literary Arts Performing Arts Performing arts include the various dance forms, music, Indian theatre and puppetry. Dance forms are further divided into: Classical Dances & Regional (folk) Dances Classical dance forms of India:- Bharathanatyam (Tamil Nadu) Mohiniyattam (Kerala) Kathakali (Kerala) Kathak (North and West […]

India is a young nation. According to Census 2011, children constitute 39 per cent of the country’s population. The Constitution of India provides that the State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that children are protected from exploitation and moral and material abandonment. The National Policy for Children, 2013 aims to protect the rights of

Multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture. That acknowledgment can take the forms of recognition of contributions to the cultural life of the political community as a whole, a demand for special protection under the law for certain cultural groups, or autonomous rights of governance for certain cultures. Multiculturalism

Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) under the Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) stepped up as effective frontline responders and reached the last mile ensuring an immediate relief to the rural communities and the most vulnerable population during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Key Points SVEP is a sub-scheme of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development and has been

India has fallen 28 places in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2021. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, Ujjawala Scheme are some the initiatives launched by the government to address the issue of gender inequality. Further, the principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties

The Supreme Court in an important judgement declared that the daughters would have coparcenary rights in a joint Hindu family equal to that of the male heirs irrespective of the father being alive (or not) before the date of enactment of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005. Through this ruling, the Supreme Court has now categorically

Myanmar military has grabbed power in a coup – the third time in the nation’s history since its independence from British rule in 1948. A one-year state of emergency has been imposed and democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained. ‘Coup’ is generally described as a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Myanmar Location: Myanmar, also known

 Background- The United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted in 2006 and came into force in 2008. Since India signed and ratified the said Convention in 2007, it became necessary to align and harmonize the existing laws with the Convention standards. The mental healthcare bill 2016 repeals the

·         Lack of awareness in common people. ·         Stigma related to mental disorders. ·         Delayed treatment-seeking behaviour. ·         Lack of low-cost diagnostic test. ·         Limited access and availability to easily available treatment. ·         Over beliefs in traditional medicine and supernatural powers delay diagnosis and treatment. India gave its attention all these years mainly to improve

Every person shall have the right to access mental health care and treatment from services run or funded by the government. The right to access mental health care includes affordable, good quality of and easy access to services, available in sufficient quantity, accessible geographically, without discrimination based on gender, sex, religion, culture, caste, etc and