Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Modi, will be the guest of honour at the Maldives’ Independence Day celebrations on 26 July. This will be Mr. Modi’s first trip to the island nation after the change in the leadership there. In the recent past, India-Maldives relations had become a major challenge for India’s foreign policy establishment. India-Maldives… Continue reading India-Maldives Relations- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
Author: Gaurav Yadav
Cross-border Terrorism – Challenge & Countermeasure Initiatives – Explained Pointwise
In a significant move that bolsters India’s fight against cross-border terror, US State Department has recently designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of Pakistan-based terror outfit LeT that had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) & Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Thus, in this article we… Continue reading Cross-border Terrorism – Challenge & Countermeasure Initiatives – Explained Pointwise
Executive Accountability – Instruments, Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Monsoon session of Parliament is about to be begin next week. In parliamentary form of governments, such as ours, Parliament performs 3 cardinal functions – to make laws, to represent people & articulate their concerns and to secure executive accountability. The Parliamentary sessions are important in a democracy to hold the government accountable. Executive Accountability… Continue reading Executive Accountability – Instruments, Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Earthquakes – Mechanism, Distribution & Preparedness – Explained Pointwise
Recently, several earthquake tremors were felt in the National Capital Region as reported by National Centre for Seismology. Increased frequency of such tremors is a wake up call for India’s seismic vulnerability & particularly highlights the vulnerability of Delhi which currently houses 33.5mn people & over 5,000 high rise buildings, where over 80% buildings, fail… Continue reading Earthquakes – Mechanism, Distribution & Preparedness – Explained Pointwise
Linguistic Diversity in India – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
India’s diversity in religion & language is one of the primary factors which protect the secular character of the nation, ensuring its unity & integrity. But while religion & language are the two most crucial aspects of any culture, these are also the predominant cross-cultural barriers. This is clearly visible in recent communal tensions &… Continue reading Linguistic Diversity in India – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
India-Europe Relationship – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
In a world increasingly marked by disorder & divergence due to rise in authoritarian regime on one hand & transactional viewpoint of the bilateral relations by the Trump administration, middle powers like India & Europe now seek to develop deeper integration with each other. They find the common cause in championing a multipolar order that… Continue reading India-Europe Relationship – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Green Revolution – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) – headquartered in Mexico – is a non-profit research-for-development organization that develops improved varieties of wheat and maize with the aim of contributing to food security. It was one of the pioneer institutions in the development of HYV crops that ushered in the Green Revolution in the world… Continue reading Green Revolution – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
One Nation, One Election – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Recently, 2 former CJIs, appearing before the Joint Committee of Parliament on One Nation, One Election, have said that the Bill to introduce simultaneous elections does not violate the basic structure constitution. However, they have also expressed the concern over the unbridled power granted to ECI without providing any oversight clause. India’s democratic framework thrives… Continue reading One Nation, One Election – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
ECI, using its discretionary powers under Section 21(3) of Representation of People Act, 1950, is conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for the entire country, starting first from Bihar. This would be first such exercise in more than 2 decades (last took place in 2004). However, the exercise has also triggered several… Continue reading Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Cat Bonds – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
The increased intensity & frequency as well as unpredictability of extreme weather events like cyclones, floods, forest fires, earthquake etc in the Indian subcontinent have increased India’s exposure to disaster-risk. Given the scale of India’s hazard risk profile, it is prudent to introduce certain financial instruments like Cat bonds i.e. the catastrophic bonds for disaster-risk… Continue reading Cat Bonds – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
