News: Outpatient healthcare is not getting the required attention. Contents1 What is outpatient (OP) healthcare and how do OP expenses affect people?2 Why OP care insurance has not been in India yet?3 Why there is a need for extending OP care coverage?4 Why it is important to make note of a few challenges?5 What lessons could… Continue reading Outpatient care: Prevention is better than cure
Author: Ramandeep Kaur
Iran nuclear talks reverberate in the Gulf
News: Ongoing Vienna summit is exploring the possibility of the USA’s re-entry into a Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). Two parties that are not present, but will be most impacted, are Israel and the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Read more: Talks on Iran Nuclear Deal Resumes Contents1 What is the… Continue reading Iran nuclear talks reverberate in the Gulf
The data protection bills’ reduced emphasis on privacy
News: Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has submitted its report in the Parliament. Also Read: The draft personal data protection bill, 2018 What are the key recommendations of the bill? Children data: It recommended children’s personal data be processed in the manner best fitted for the interest of… Continue reading The data protection bills’ reduced emphasis on privacy
Compassionate job not a vested right, says SC
Contents1 What is the news?2 What is a compassionate job?3 What is the procedure for compassionate employment?4 What was the Supreme Court observation? What is the news? Supreme Court on hearing the appeal filed by the Union government said that compassionate employment is not a vested right. Earlier, the Madras High Court held to provide… Continue reading Compassionate job not a vested right, says SC
A delicate but necessary mission to Mynamar
News: Indian foreign secretary is on a diplomatic mission to Myanmar. What are the goals of the current visit? Insurgent activity: Discussions on the reactivation of insurgent activity along the India-Myanmar border. The recent fatal attack on Colonel Viplav Tripathi and his family, together with four other men of the Assam Rifles is one of the incidents.… Continue reading A delicate but necessary mission to Mynamar
Ladakh: A deeply insecure Union Territory
News: After the passing of the Reorganization Act, Ladakh has little autonomy or participatory democracy. How did the administration work before the Reorganisation Act of 2019? Before the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019 was passed, Ladakh enjoyed a classical three-tier administrative system. Autonomous Hill Development Councils of Leh and Kargil : It had the powers… Continue reading Ladakh: A deeply insecure Union Territory
India is keeping an eye on Central Asia
News: India has invited five Central Asian countries – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan – as guests for the Republic Day parade on January 26. Read here: About India and Central Asia relations Why has Central Asia become important for the region now? Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has made Central Asia a prominent player… Continue reading India is keeping an eye on Central Asia
Fiscal Federalism: The sustained attack on federalism
News: A Muslim league member from Kerala in the constituent assembly, highlighted that concentrating all powers in the centre will lead to totalitarianism. What recent measures suggest a concentration of power by the Centre? 1. Increasing monitory share of states in centrally sponsored schemes, 2. The terms of reference of 15th finance commission, 3. Imposition… Continue reading Fiscal Federalism: The sustained attack on federalism
Summit for Democracy: What constitutes democracy is for actual democracy to define
News: USA President hosted the “Summit for Democracy“. There are 100-plus countries that participated in the summit to build a wide-ranging alliance against autocracies. Read more: About the Summit for democracy Why China and Russia are against the Summit for Democracy? Both countries criticized the summit as they believe it exhibits a “Cold War Mentality” that… Continue reading Summit for Democracy: What constitutes democracy is for actual democracy to define
Exam-conducting bodies must support candidates with disabilities
News: Recently, a student who suffered from dysgraphia (a disorder that causes impaired handwriting), has not been allocated a 1-hour compensatory time who appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses. What are the arguments presented by the National Testing Agency? National Testing Agency, said that the candidate failed to… Continue reading Exam-conducting bodies must support candidates with disabilities
