India’s unusual abstention in CITES vote on reopening ivory trade

Source: The post is based on the article “India’s unusual abstention in CITES vote on reopening ivory trade” published in Indian Express on 23rd November 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 CITES and Ivory Trade3 What has been India’s stand on Ivory Trade?4 What has changed now? What is the News? For the first time,… Continue reading India’s unusual abstention in CITES vote on reopening ivory trade

A solution to the problem of judicial pendency, posed by the law minister – don’t mechanically arrest a suspec

Source: The post is based on the article “A solution to the problem of judicial pendency, posed by the law minister – don’t mechanically arrest a suspect” published in the Indian Express on 23rd November. Syllabus: GS 2- Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. Relevance: About restricting bail pleas to trial courts… Continue reading A solution to the problem of judicial pendency, posed by the law minister – don’t mechanically arrest a suspec

China, India population: Implications of slowing dragon, racing elephant

Source: The post is based on an article “China, India population: Implications of slowing dragon, racing elephant” published in The Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS 1 – Population News:  China will for the first time register an absolute decline in its population in 2022 whereas India’s population is expected to surpass China in 2023. What… Continue reading China, India population: Implications of slowing dragon, racing elephant

Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns

Source: The post is based on an article “Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns” published in The Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Infrastructure News: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given environmental clearance for the development of a project on the Great Nicobar Island. The project is… Continue reading Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns

Poland row: What invoking NATO’s Article 4 means

Source: The post is based on the article “Poland row: What invoking NATO’s Article 4 means” published in Indian Express on 20th November 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is NATO?3 What is Article 4 of NATO?4 What is Article 5 of NATO? What is the News? NATO is in the eye of the… Continue reading Poland row: What invoking NATO’s Article 4 means

Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back

Source: The post is based on the article “Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back” published in the Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-2 – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Relevance: About the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022.… Continue reading Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back

About transferring the judges: The Bar and the Bench

Source: The post is based on the article “The Bar and the Bench” published in the Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-2 – Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. Relevance: About transferring the judges of High Courts. News: The transfers of high court judges, especially from Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh High Courts… Continue reading About transferring the judges: The Bar and the Bench

10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people

Source: The post is based on an article “10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people” published in The Indian Express on 21st November 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance Relevance: measures required to improve quasi-judicial agencies. News: There is a class of quasi-judicial agencies that are generally handled by the revenue authorities and are largely… Continue reading 10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people

Why an election in Jammu and Kashmir is urgently needed, for India and Pakistan

Source– The post is based on the article “Why an election in Jammu and Kashmir is urgently needed, for India and Pakistan” published in The Indian Express on 20th November 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Role of state and no-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. Relevance: Kashmir issue News- The article explains the need for… Continue reading Why an election in Jammu and Kashmir is urgently needed, for India and Pakistan

Incremental win – COP-27 commits to compensation fund, but leaves important questions for later

Source: The post is based on the following articles “COP27: A lost opportunity” published in the Indian Express on 21st November 2022. “Incremental win – COP-27 commits to compensation fund, but leaves important questions for later” published in The Hindu on 21st November 2022. “Weather Shifts In Climate Talks” published in The Times of India… Continue reading Incremental win – COP-27 commits to compensation fund, but leaves important questions for later

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