Contents1 What is the News?2 What is XE Variant?3 How was XE Variant formed?4 What is a Recombinant Variant?5 Is there a threat from XE? What is the News? Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has announced that a woman with a travel history to South Africa may have been infected with the newly-discovered ‘XE’ variant of the… Continue reading Explained: What is XE variant of coronavirus, and why you need not worry about it
Explained: What are WMDs, the existing law on which India now wants to amend?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD)?3 India’s WMD Act 20054 Control over WMDs What is the News? The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 has been unanimously passed in Lok Sabha. Click Here to read about the Bill What are Weapons… Continue reading Explained: What are WMDs, the existing law on which India now wants to amend?
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 7th, 2022
Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 7th, 2022
Explained: State of denotified tribes, and why House panel is critical about a programme for their development
Contents1 What is the News?2 Who are de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes?3 The population of DNTs and Renke Commission4 Other Commissions and Committees that referred to the problems of DNTs communities5 What are the issues highlighted by the Standing Committee on Parliament on issues faced by DNTs?6 What are the steps being taken for the… Continue reading Explained: State of denotified tribes, and why House panel is critical about a programme for their development
Realism versus liberalism in international relations
Context: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the realism versus liberalism debate in international relations. The liberals call the war an attack by “authoritarian Russia” on “democratic Ukraine”. The realists argue that the war was the culmination of the post-Cold War power games in Europe. What are the theories of liberalism? Liberalism has 3 core… Continue reading Realism versus liberalism in international relations
A candid conversation about the caged parrot
News: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently gave a candid appraisal of the state of India’s investigating agencies. The CJI called upon investigators to stand up to the unethical pressures in order to uphold the confidence entrusted in them by the public. He stated if middle-and senior-level investigators deviated from the path of objectivity… Continue reading A candid conversation about the caged parrot
Has IAS Failed The Nation? Not Really
Context: Recently, the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) has come under severe criticism from different quarters, including from several senior retired IAS officers. Therefore, it demands both constructive criticism and introspection for the improvement in the premier institution of the Indian bureaucracy. Contents1 What are the problems the IAS is facing? 2 Why the IAS has not… Continue reading Has IAS Failed The Nation? Not Really
Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship
News: Recently, the Nepal Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba completed his visit to India which was also his first bilateral visit abroad. What is the convergence of interests between India and Nepal? Recently, Nepal ratified the agreement with the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). China claimed that it was part of the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific strategy… Continue reading Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship
Sending a strategic message
News: Recently, India and Australia, struck a trade deal known as the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). The deal was brokered after two decades of efforts. It is said to be a “watershed moment” for bilateral relations for both India and Australia. What has been proposed under the trade deal? It will enable… Continue reading Sending a strategic message
How the UAPA is wrecking lives
News: Recently, an accused in “the Delhi riots cases” who was charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 was denied bail by a Sessions Court in Delhi. He was involved in a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019. What is the concept of bail in criminal law? The bail is based… Continue reading How the UAPA is wrecking lives
