Author: Durai

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Future Retail has recently missed the payment of dues it owes to the banks which it had intended to pay by selling its assets to Reliance. Reliance’s offer to buy the assets of Future (Future-Reliance deal) expires in March 2022 which may impact Future’s ability to repay the debt. The… Continue reading The Reliance-Future Deal and Arbitrations in India – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) wrote to the States on January 12 that the Union Government proposes to amend Rule 6 (Deputation of cadre officers) of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules 1954. The proposed rules will provide overriding powers to the Union Government to transfer IAS and… Continue reading Deputation of Cadre Officers and the Proposed Amendments – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Pakistan’s National Security Policy (NSP) was officially released on January 14, 2022. It offers the first comprehensive view of the political-military-intelligence establishment’s approach to its internal and external challenges at a critical juncture in the 75th year of its existence. The policy was cleared by the Pakistani Cabinet is valid… Continue reading Pakistan’s National Security Policy and its Implications for India – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction On January 14, 2022 about 33 leading public health experts shot off an open letter to the Central and State Ministries of Health, and to the Indian Medical Association. The letter raised several issues, including the fact that expensive diagnostics and medications with limited evidence were being promoted in India… Continue reading Emergency Use Authorisation of Drugs and the Issues Therein – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction In the first week of January 2022, a genetically modified pig’s heart was successfully transplanted into a 57-year-old man dying of heart failure in a New York hospital. This is the first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human being. However, it’s too soon to know if the… Continue reading Xenotransplantation: Need, Advantages and Challenges – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction In 2022, as India marks its 75th year of independence, Indians were expected to experience the thrill of a bullet train ride. But the railway minister recently said that the likely date for Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project has been pushed back by several years—to 2026, perhaps. The project is entangled… Continue reading High-Speed Rail Project and its challenges in India – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The board of Vodafone Idea (VI) has approved the spectrum auction instalments and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) Dues (an estimated Rs 16,000 crore) in the form of equity to the Government of India. Once done, the Union Government will own 35.8% of VI, while the Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla… Continue reading Vodafone Idea issue and the telecom sector in India – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The Chief Justice of India (CJI), while speaking at the India-Singapore Mediation Summit in July 2021 has said that mediation should be made mandatory as the first step in dispute resolution and that a law should be framed in this regard.  In December 2021, the CJI, while addressing the International… Continue reading Mediation Bill: Salient Provisions, Potential Challenges and the Way Forward – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction India is the largest consumer and the second-largest producer of sugar. There is excess and cheap availability of Sugar in India. The Government is taking proactive measures to boost the export of surplus sugar and divert the use of sugarcane to ethanol (Biofuel). About Sugarcane crop Sugarcane is grown as… Continue reading Excess Supply of Sugar and promoting use in Biofuels – Explained, pointwise