News: The Puttaswamy judgment and the Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee report led to the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019. The bill was sent to a joint parliamentary committee for further scrutiny, which has now submitted its report. Although there are some concerns regarding the same. What are the concerns regarding… Continue reading Control rather than Privacy
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Suggestions to Improve the performance of BIS: BIS celebrates its 75th Anniversary
News: The Union Consumer Affairs Minister has addressed the 75th-anniversary event of the Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS). Click Here to Read about Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) What are the key suggestions given by the Union Consumer Affairs Minister to Improve the performance of BIS? Firstly, BIS should move from the concept of 3S- Speed, Skill and… Continue reading Suggestions to Improve the performance of BIS: BIS celebrates its 75th Anniversary
Instability in Kazakhstan will resonate in regional geopolitics
News: Violent unrest has been taken in Kazakhstan after the increase in fuel prices. What are the reasons for the crisis in Kazakhstan? 1) Rise in LPG prices 2) Inflation 3) Unrest against the authoritarian government. Read more: India – Central Asia Relations – Explained, pointwise What are the consequences of the protest? – Killings of… Continue reading Instability in Kazakhstan will resonate in regional geopolitics
As parties get an EC raise, the high ambition and low reach of poll expense limits
News: Election Commission has raised the expenditure limit of candidates to Rs 95 lakh (up from Rs 70 lakh) each for Lok Sabha elections, and up to Rs 40 lakh (up from Rs 28 lakh) for Assembly polls. Similarly, for smaller states the new limit is Rs 28 lakh, up from Rs 20 lakh. What… Continue reading As parties get an EC raise, the high ambition and low reach of poll expense limits
China’s new land boundary law fits in its expansionism
News: China has been over the years aggressively pushing for consolidating its claims on border territories disputed with India through various steps like building Border Infrastructure, modernising its armed forces etc. The latest in line of these measures is the introduction of a new land border law. What is this new land border law? Read… Continue reading China’s new land boundary law fits in its expansionism
Extinguishing the tobacco industry’s main narrative
News: Tobacco’s detrimental impact on public health is well documented. It kills more than 13 lakh Indians every year, while casting an annual economic burden of more than 1% of GDP. Yet there’s been no significant tax increases on any of the tobacco products for the past four years since the introduction of GST in… Continue reading Extinguishing the tobacco industry’s main narrative
Japan-Australia defence agreement signals that middle powers are willing to play a more active role in the Indo-Pacific
News: Australia and Japan recently signed a defence treaty called the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) which has a great strategic significance for Asia and the Indo-Pacific. What is the significance of the recently signed RAA? It marks the move away from a US-centric outlook towards a greater focus on bilateral ties and regional groupings. It… Continue reading Japan-Australia defence agreement signals that middle powers are willing to play a more active role in the Indo-Pacific
What the pandemic has revealed about the arts in India
News: Pandemic has effected probably every sector of the world, but Art is one area where its impact and its effect doesn’t get the required attention. How has the pandemic affected art and the artists? Pandemic has brought the digital medium at the core of every sector and has made the content creation a more… Continue reading What the pandemic has revealed about the arts in India
Write laws for Bharat
News: In the year 2021 Indian Parliament passed laws that had themes ranging from surrogacy to transportation of cargo via rivers. Supreme court also passed around 866 judgements. These affect almost every aspect of a citizen’s existence, but despite affecting our life so deeply, they are hardly publicly discussed. Why are laws not a part… Continue reading Write laws for Bharat
Infrastructure power play at the India China border
News: Recently, Satellite images have revealed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is constructing a bridge in eastern Ladakh connecting the north and south banks of Pangong Tso. This area has been one of the five stand-off points in the tussle between India and China, and would reduce the distance for Chinese forces by 140… Continue reading Infrastructure power play at the India China border
