For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction In October 2022, ISRO successfully deployed 36 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites for Bharti Group’s OneWeb. With this deployment, OneWeb has come closer to the commercial launch of its Satellite Internet services. The company has deployed 70% of planned satellite fleet (462 out of planned 648). In September 2022, Reliance… Continue reading Satellite Internet: Working, Advantages and Challenges – Explained, pointwise
Author: Raveesh Sharma
Need for a National Security Doctrine for India – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The US (Biden Administration) has recently released the National Security Strategy. It is a document prepared periodically by the US Government (Executive) that lists the national security concerns and how the Administration plans to deal with them. The Government is legally bound to present the document to the US Congress… Continue reading Need for a National Security Doctrine for India – Explained, pointwise
Waste to Energy Plants: Benefits and Concerns – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The Union Home Minister recently inaugurated a Waste to Energy Plant at Tughlakabad in New Delhi. The plant is expected to treat 2000 metric tonnes of waste in the national capital per day. The plant will generate 5 MegaWatts (MW) of energy. The Union Home Minister said the the plant… Continue reading Waste to Energy Plants: Benefits and Concerns – Explained, pointwise
CCI (Competition Commission of India): Provisions, Working and Challenges – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The Competition Commission of India (CCI) recently passed two separate orders against the tech giant Google. The two orders imposed penalty of INR 1337 crore and INR 937 crore (total INR 2237 crore) on Google for abuse of dominant market position. CCI also issued list of corrective measures for Google… Continue reading CCI (Competition Commission of India): Provisions, Working and Challenges – Explained, pointwise
[Kurukshetra October Summary] Promoting Women Agripreneurship – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Women entrepreneurs, especially women agripreneurs, represent the fastest growing category of entrepreneurship worldwide and India is no exception. By starting the business enterprises, women agripreneurs have demonstrated strong willpower, skills, risk-taking attitude and appetite for hard work, with grit and determination to succeed. Since 2016, the Start-up India, Stand-up India… Continue reading [Kurukshetra October Summary] Promoting Women Agripreneurship – Explained, pointwise
Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century. Lancet Countdown is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration, dedicated to monitoring the evolving health profile of climate change. It provides an independent assessment of the delivery of commitments made by governments worldwide under the Paris Agreement.… Continue reading Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change – Explained, pointwise
Ban on Conversion Therapy – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The National Medical Commission (NMC) recently sent a letter to all of the State Medical Councils in India. In the letter, it has declared that Conversion Therapy is illegal and has classified it as a ‘profession misconduct’. It has also granted the State organisations the authority to take disciplinary action against… Continue reading Ban on Conversion Therapy – Explained, pointwise
[Kurukshetra October Summary] Skills for Agri-Entrepreneurship – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Agriculture offers several opportunities for entrepreneurship. There are many new prospects in the agribusiness sector like packaging, provision of raw materials, exports of agricultural products and other related industries. High-skilled workers’ perspectives are changing as a result of increased micro-financing, relaxed government regulations, access to cutting-edge technology and guidance in… Continue reading [Kurukshetra October Summary] Skills for Agri-Entrepreneurship – Explained, pointwise
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Advantages and Way Forward – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme, calling it a ‘logistical marvel‘ that has reached hundreds of millions of people. An IMF Deputy Director said that DBT programme has helped people with low income levels especially women and the elderly praising the technological innovation… Continue reading Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Advantages and Way Forward – Explained, pointwise
Nobel Prize in Economics 2022 – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The Nobel Prize in Economics 2022 has been awarded to American Economists Ben Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig. They have been awarded the Nobel for their research on banks and financial crises. Their works laid the groundwork for most of the research undertaken in the field of… Continue reading Nobel Prize in Economics 2022 – Explained, pointwise
