Supreme court, in at least 3 separate instances, has red-flagged the Telangana government’s usage of the stringent preventive detention law.
Preventive detention |
Pre-trial detention |
Punitive detention |
Detention of a person without trial and conviction by court, but merely on suspicion. |
Detention of an accused under trial. |
Detention after trial and conviction by a court. |
Article 22 of the Indian Constitution contains provisions for preventive detention.
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The Indian Express | How preventive detention works?
China is building the World’s largest neutrino detector called “Trident” in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Currently, the largest neutrino-detecting telescope is the University of Madison-Wisconson’s “IceCube” telescope situated in the Antarctic.
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Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has recently unveiled ‘Vikram-1’ with an expected space launch in early 2024.
Vikram-1 |
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India saw the highest migration flows to OECD countries in 2021 and 2022, according to the ‘International Migration Outlook 2023’ released recently.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an association of 38 member countries, most being rich developed nations that attract migrant workers and students.
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Vajra Mushti Kalaga, a martial art form of the Wadiyars was in declining trend.
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