Category: Featured Editorials

Context: The Prime minister recently assured that his government is fully committed to upholding freedom of press and expression. This article talks about the various challenges to Freedom of Press. What is Freedom of Speech and Expression? Freedom of speech and expression is broadly understood as the notion that every person has the natural right… Continue reading An updated analysis on Freedom of Speech and Expression

Why in the news? Recently, an FIR was filed against a retired judge of the Orissa High Court over allegations of bribery to settle a medical college recognition case in the Supreme Court. The FIR was filed in the Prasad Education Trust Case headed by Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra. The petitioner demanded that… Continue reading CORRUPTION IN INDIAN JUDICIARY

Context: India has recently become a party to a group called “Quad or Quadrilateral”, composing Australia, India, Japan and U.S.A. Introduction: The recent meeting between Quad countries held in Philippine on the Sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. The purpose of the meeting was to achieve prosperity, peace keeping and promotion of stability in South Asia.… Continue reading Quadrilateral grouping and its strategic importance

Context: The accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material and rising regional instabilities has brought us to a new nuclear age. Prevention of proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is the need of the hour. What does nuclear proliferation mean? In simplest terms, proliferation means rapidly increasing the number or amount of… Continue reading Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Its Prevention

Context: The Union government has filed an interlocutory application in the Supreme Court to amend a 2006 order of the court that is being used by the States to appoint “favorites” as Directors-General of Police. Introduction: The Home Ministry moved the court earlier this month to seek clarity on the order that ensures a two-year… Continue reading Police reforms in India

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was established with the signing of an ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the ministers of the founding countries. Its founding countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Eventually, Brunei Darussalam then joined… Continue reading India and ASEAN

Context: India’s courts are well known for huge pendency of cases. Introduction: For 1.7 billion people in India, there are 31 judges in the SC and 1,079 in high courts. There are never more than 600 judges appointed at any point. As of April 2017, there were 430 posts of judges and additional judges lying… Continue reading Role of Judiciary in backlog problem

Context: The government introduced the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill of 2017, during the 2017 winter session of Parliament. It proposes to eliminate the Section 20A of the Representation of the People Act, which requires overseas electors to be physically present in their electoral constituencies to cast their votes. The Representation of the People Act,… Continue reading Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill of 2017: proposes facilitation of proxy voters

Introduction: The Government of India has launched “Swachh Bharat Mission” on 2nd October, 2014. The target is to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Aim: It aims to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation. What are… Continue reading Swachh Bharat Mission: an updated holistic analysis

Context: The Uttar Pradesh government recently gave its nod to a new law against organised crime in Uttar Pradeshalong the lines of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). What is organized crime? Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals. Performed by: It can be… Continue reading Organized crimes in India: an overview