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60th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police
- Held on 28-30 November at the Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh → chaired by PM Modi.
- Theme was ‘Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions’.
- Key highlights
- India’s major security issues include Left Wing Extremism (LWE), counter-terrorism, cyber security, women’s safety, and disaster management.
- Role of forensic science and artificial intelligence (AI) in policing has become crucial.
- Number of Naxal-affected districts has reduced from 126 in 2014 to 11 in 2025.
- There is an urgent need to transform public perception of the police by enhancing professionalism, sensitivity, and responsiveness.
- Urban and tourist policing need to be strengthened, and awareness of new criminal laws (BNS, BSA, and BNSS) should be increased.
- Police should make effective use of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) and utilise AI to generate actionable intelligence.
- Addressing drug abuse requires a comprehensive government strategy, integrating enforcement, rehabilitation, and community intervention.
- SIR is conducted by Election Commission of India (ECI) under Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1950.
- Article 324: gives the ECI discretionary power to revise electoral rolls.
- Article 329 (b): bars judicial intervention during elections → disputes can be raised only through election petition after the elections.
- Section 16 of RPA 1950: deals with disqualifications (e.g. non-citizens are disqualified) from registration in the electoral rolls.
- Section 19 of RPA 1950: states the eligibility conditions for registration in the electoral rolls.
Quick Picks for Prelims and Mains (QPPM)
- Indian carriers have upgraded the software on Airbus A320 planes to fix a flight control problem. This topic has already been covered HERE.
- Irwin’s wolf snake (Lycodon irwini): a new species of snake endemic to Great Nicobar Island.
- Recently, the world’s largest Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility for CFM LEAP engines of Safran SA (France) was inaugurated by PM Modi in Hyderabad.
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