News: Within a year after the government liberalised the drone policy, the farm sector has become the biggest user of these multi-utility flying robots. The country’s agricultural drone market is projected to grow at a robust annual rate of over 25% in the next five to six years. What is the reason for increasing drone… Continue reading Aerial boon for farming
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How Hanoi and New Delhi are fortifying defence ties
News: India and Vietnam recently deepened their bilateral cooperation with the signing of the Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030. Apart from that, the early finalisation of the $500 million Defence Line of Credit extended by India to Vietnam and the implementation of existing projects which would complement India’s ‘Make in India,… Continue reading How Hanoi and New Delhi are fortifying defence ties
Ruchi Gupta writes: The crisis in Maharashtra shows the anti-defection law to be ineffective, even counterproductive
News: The political crisis in Maharashtra has brought focus back on the anti-defection law. The law has failed to provide the stability of elected governments. What is anti-defection law? Read more: “Nominated members” and “Anti-defection Law” in India What are the challenges associated with the anti-defection law? Repeated ceding of political power to the judiciary:… Continue reading Ruchi Gupta writes: The crisis in Maharashtra shows the anti-defection law to be ineffective, even counterproductive
What’ll help us come to terms with India’s past
News: Many state boards and NCERT are making changes to the social science textbooks, specifically history books. For example; NCERT) has proposed sweeping changes to social science textbooks for Classes VI to IX. Read More – Objections to rewriting of the history textbooks What are the issues with making changes to the social sciences? History… Continue reading What’ll help us come to terms with India’s past
Why India Should Become A Rare Earths Powerhouse
Context: India has huge reserves of Rare Earth Elements, but is still dependent on imports. Rare Earth Elements are a group of 17 elements: scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium. Demand for Rare Earth Elements is on the rise for many critical applications… Continue reading Why India Should Become A Rare Earths Powerhouse
Making sense of New Delhi’s Taliban rapprochement
News: Recently, India sent a senior diplomatic delegation to the Taliban-occupied Kabul. The visit was the culmination of Delhi’s months of quiet diplomacy and signaling. Contents1 India’s Foreign Policy2 What are India’s key strategic interests in Afghanistan?3 What are the challenges with ‘India First policy’?4 The Way Forward India’s Foreign Policy Just hours after the… Continue reading Making sense of New Delhi’s Taliban rapprochement
On women’s rights, West takes a backward step, and India shows the way
News: At present, there is a distressing furore on social media and the streets against the near-total bans on abortion in the West. Contents1 What are the reasons for India’s forward-looking policy?2 The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 20213 The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021,4 Other Importance Women-Centric Measures What are the reasons for India’s… Continue reading On women’s rights, West takes a backward step, and India shows the way
Indian laws on abortions
News: Recently, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade judgement of 1973. The 1973 judgement gave women in America the right to have an abortion before the foetus is viable outside the womb or before the 24-28 week mark. According to a 2018 study in the Lancet, 15.6 million abortions were accessed every… Continue reading Indian laws on abortions
Rewriting ‘old history’ for a New India
News: Recently, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports, tabled its Report on the Reforms in Content and Design of School Textbooks. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is in the process of formulating the new National Curriculum Framework. At the heart of this process is the rewriting… Continue reading Rewriting ‘old history’ for a New India
Explained: What are ‘carbon bombs’, why environmentalists want them defused?
What is the News? A group of environmentalists, lawyers and activists have come together to identify and ‘defuse carbon bombs’ that have the potential to contribute significantly to global warming. What are Carbon Bombs? It is “an oil or gas project that will result in at least a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions over its… Continue reading Explained: What are ‘carbon bombs’, why environmentalists want them defused?
