Diary of a very long year: Context The article analyzes the impact on India-Pakistan relations after the surgical strikes, the challenges and India’s role as a regional stabilizer. Importance of surgical strikes It has been one year since the special forces of the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes to destroy terror Launchpad in Pakistan-occupied… Continue reading Diary of a very long year:
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UN human rights review: What India ‘accepted’, what it merely ‘noted’:
UN human rights review: What India ‘accepted’, what it merely ‘noted’: What is the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review? The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process established by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC), under which the human rights record of each of the UN’s 193 member countries is peer-reviewed every… Continue reading UN human rights review: What India ‘accepted’, what it merely ‘noted’:
Consent key factor in defining sexual assault, says Delhi HC:
Consent key factor in defining sexual assault, says Delhi HC: Context: The Delhi High Court’s discussion on various dimensions of sexual consent in the modern world. What is the background? A judgment acquits a film-maker in a rape case giving him the benefit of the doubt that he might have misread the ‘no’ of the… Continue reading Consent key factor in defining sexual assault, says Delhi HC:
Nerve stimulation pulls patient out of 15-year vegetative state:
Nerve stimulation pulls patient out of 15-year vegetative state: Context French researchers have restored a significant measure of consciousness to a brain-damaged 35-year-old car accident victim who had spent 15 years in a vegetative state. Currently, it is generally believed that if someone is in a vegetative state for more than a year, it’s irreversible.… Continue reading Nerve stimulation pulls patient out of 15-year vegetative state:
India’s GST is all tangled up:
India’s GST is all tangled up: Context There is a need to focus on making paying taxes easier and reduce costs, which was the main objective behind the goods and services tax (GST). Complexity of the situation India’s new indirect tax system – GST, which for the first time tries to standardize most taxes across… Continue reading India’s GST is all tangled up:
India’s imminent economic crisis:
India’s imminent economic crisis: Context There is a need to undertake meaningful structural reforms and loosen monetary and exchange rate policy. We need not have a tighter fiscal and monetary policy. Need for macroeconomic management Poor macroeconomic management, both by the central bank and political regimes over the past several years, is leading India toward… Continue reading India’s imminent economic crisis:
PM’s economic advisory body returns – at a time of both continuity and change:
PM’s economic advisory body returns – at a time of both continuity and change: Brief overview The article talks about the history and evolution of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) The first PMEAC under Indira Gandhi After returning to power in 1980, Indira Gandhi faced formidable economic challenges. The impact of the global oil… Continue reading PM’s economic advisory body returns – at a time of both continuity and change:
From waste to health:
From waste to health: Context Compost from biodegradable municipal solid waste will simultaneously clean up our cities and improve agricultural productivity and soil quality of our farms. The challenge of municipal solid waste management processing and treating the different streams of solid waste, safe disposal of the residuals in scientific landfills instead of focusing on… Continue reading From waste to health:
Power problem:
Power problem: Overview The article discusses about the issues faced while providing universal access to electricity. It also examines the various steps undertaken by the government to address the issue. How to ensure universal access to electricity? Universal access to electricity has been a familiar and long-standing promise of governments at the Centre. This will… Continue reading Power problem:
The Rohingya Threat:
The Rohingya Threat: Context Myanmar’s army claimed that it had discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 28 Hindus, including women and children, in violence-affected Rakhine state, blaming the killings on Muslim Rohingya militants. What is in the news? Times Now revealed that about 300 Rohingya abducted 100 Hindus on August 25, eliminated 92… Continue reading The Rohingya Threat:
