Context The World Health Organization (WHO) decides to restrain the antibiotics resistance. WHO has divided the drugs into three categories i.e., access, watch and reserve. The saturation is on the basis of common ailments and complicated diseases. The division of the antibiotic is as follows: Access: For commonly used antibiotics Watch: For slightly more potent… Continue reading NEW ADVICE ON ANTIBIOTICS
Category: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL & SOCIAL
Quota in higher education institutes
What is the Issue? Noting that the Allahabad High Court “overstepped” its jurisdiction, the Supreme Court has set aside the High Court’s decision to remove the 50% institutional quota for admission to postgraduate medical courses in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Judgment The judgment said: “The High Court did not take… Continue reading Quota in higher education institutes
Need to Reform International Investment Agreement (IIA) and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
India’s Take on ISDS Earlier this year some of the countries led by India, Japan, Argentina and South Africa rejected an informal proposal brought forward by the EU and Canada to form a multilateral investments pact at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that will have an in-built an Investor State Dispute Settlement system. The EU… Continue reading Need to Reform International Investment Agreement (IIA) and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
India-Bangladesh Relations
Context With an attempt to improve bilateral trade, Bangladesh had approved land for the establishment of SEZs exclusively for Indian companies. The SEZs are supposed to be located near Mongla Port which is in close proximity to the Sundarbans, the other at Behrammara, very close to Murshidabad and the third one at Mirsarai. However, recently… Continue reading India-Bangladesh Relations
Qatar Issue and India
Current Issue Four Arab countries out of which three are also the members of Gulf Cooperation Council – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain along with Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar as well as suspended land, sea, air travel routes to and from the country. The Persian Gulf and its coastal areas… Continue reading Qatar Issue and India
India – Europe: Trade and Ties
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Europe last week to galvanise India’s ties with key European powers as well as to keep the momentum of his past visit to Europe 23 Background The Republic of India maintains an ongoing dialogue with the supranational Institutions of the European Union which is separate from the… Continue reading India – Europe: Trade and Ties
India Africa relations
BRIDGING THE GAP: India and Africa in association with African Development Bank Context The recent annual meeting of African Development Bank (AfDB) from May 22nd to 26th, 2017, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, witnessed a powerful Indo-African political and business relation. The gathering confirmed Africa’s growing interest in connecting more extensively with India Inc. The President’s, the… Continue reading India Africa relations
India EU – Free Trade Agreement Talks
Why most of the countries are signing FTAs? Countries sign and negotiate ion FTAs for many reasons. By eliminating tariffs and some non-tariff barriers FTA partners get easier market access into one another’s markets. Exporters prefer FTAs to multilateral trade liberalization because they get preferential treatment over non-FTA member country competitors. FTA: India – EU India and the EU first started negotiations in… Continue reading India EU – Free Trade Agreement Talks
India-Sri Lanka relations
Brief History of India Sri Lanka Relations India Sri Lanka relationship is 2500 years old with significant cultural and political contacts In the ancient phase of history, Buddhism was introduced in Sri Lanka by Mahinda, the son of Ashoka In the medieval phase of history, the Chola kings like Rajaraja and Rajendra -1 occupied the… Continue reading India-Sri Lanka relations
India Bhutan relations
A Brief History of India Bhutan Relations India and Bhutan share cordial relations. It is based on a shared cultural heritage from historical past As quoted by our Honble Prime Minister, India Bhutan relationship is like ‘milk and water‘. They cannot be separated Bhutan signed a treaty with British India in 1910. According to this… Continue reading India Bhutan relations
