Category: Featured Editorials

Context: The Pendency problem of the Indian Judiciary Introduction: There are around 59,000 case pending in the Supreme Court(SC), over four million in high courts (HC) and a mind-boggling 25 million in subordinate courts. As of March 2016 Supreme Court contributed almost 60,000 cases to blocklog/pendency India has just 13 judges per million of its… Continue reading The role of the Judiciary in pendency problem

Context The regional Quadrilateral group: India, Japan, Australia and the United States (U.S) are making China restless. What is Quadrilateral? The quadrilateral is a natural expression and convergence of interests between democratic countries in the Indo-Pacific region and it’s a natural stepping stone from the very productive trilateral conversations, exercises, and cooperation between India, Japan,… Continue reading The Quadrilateral formation: guarding Indo – Pacific region

Context The amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, introduced the provision of 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and the mandatory crèche facility,withconcerns over their feasibility as recently the Labour Ministry placed the financial burden of implementing these measures directly on the employers. The purpose of the amendments The amendments seek to improve infant mortality… Continue reading The Maternity Benefit Act, a boon to motherhood

Context: India and the Philippines inked four pacts providing for cooperation in a number of areas, including the defence and security, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with President Rodrigo Duterte, covering the entire gamut of bilateral relationship. Introduction: Modi arrived in Manila on Sunday on a three-day visit to the Philippines, during… Continue reading India-Philippines relations

Context: As the theme for 2017, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is on a mission to make people more aware about ‘Women and Diabetes’, especially those pregnant and how their newborn may be affected by the condition. What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease caused by high levels of blood sugar (glucose) in body. This… Continue reading World Diabetes Day 2017: ‘Women and Diabetes’

Context India and China will hold the 20th round of border talks in the end of December, the first since the 73 day standoff at Doklam. Background India – China relations have undergone dramatic changes over the past five decades, ranging from the 1950‘s with a deep hostility in the 1960‘s and 1970‘s to a… Continue reading India and China: an Overview

Context The three-judge Bench recalled a decision of a two-judge Bench to examine the government’s reasons for “lingering” over its job of finalizing the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court judges. Observation of the bench: The Bench observed in a written order that it is going to be about… Continue reading Appointment of judges stuck on the same road

Context: India has demanded transparency in the UN Security Council reform process so that the people can know what is preventing the members from translating discussions into a negotiating text for the much-needed revamp of the world body’s top organ. Introduction: United Nations members have not been able to agree on even a document that… Continue reading India’s demand for transparency in UN Security Council reform process

Context China advocated India to shed its objections to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and take benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) What is OBOR? The most ambitious project of Xi Jinping announced in year 2013 is referred to as One Belt One Road. There are 2 components of this initiative: the… Continue reading India and OBOR

Background Traditionally, the Indo-Russian strategic partnership has been built on five major components: politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism co-operation and space. A cordial relationship with India that began in the 1950s began with a visit by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to the Soviet Union in June 1955 and Khrushchev’s return trip to India… Continue reading India- Russia