Contents1 What is the News?2 What are MANPADS?3 Key Features of MANPADS4 Concerns with MANPADS What is the News? The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) are shipping weapons into Ukraine, including highly sensitive items such as shoulder-fired missiles called Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS) that can take down aircraft. What are MANPADS? MANPADS are… Continue reading What are MANPADS that the West is sending Ukraine?
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Explained: The rank-pension case
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is One Rank One Pension(OROP)?3 Background of OROP4 Demand of OROP5 Challenge in Supreme Court against this OROP Scheme6 What has the Supreme Court said? What is the News? The Supreme Court upheld the manner in which the government had introduced the “One Rank One Pension” scheme in defence… Continue reading Explained: The rank-pension case
Why special situation funds are necessary
News: Recently, Indian financial markets witnessed two crucial reforms. One was release of a dedicated regulatory framework for special situation funds (SSFs) by SEBI and, the other was approval of a new dual-structure for bad-bank (called NARCL-IDRCL) by RBI. Contents1 Why have such new reforms been undertaken?2 Concept of Special Situation Fund (SSF)3 What more steps… Continue reading Why special situation funds are necessary
Explained: India’s draft medical devices policy, and why it is needed
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Medical Devices Sector?3 What is the need for National Policy for the Medical Devices?4 What are the salient features of the policy? What is the News? The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has released “Draft National Policy for the Medical Devices, 2022. What is… Continue reading Explained: India’s draft medical devices policy, and why it is needed
Explained: What revoking Russia’s ‘most favoured nation’ status means
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Permanent Normal Trade Relations(PNTR)?3 What is the Most Favoured Nation(MFN) Status?4 What is the process for the removal of MFN Status?5 What does losing MFN status mean? What is the News? The US and other members of the Group of Seven (G7) will revoke Russia’s “Permanent Normal Trade… Continue reading Explained: What revoking Russia’s ‘most favoured nation’ status means
Ukraine invasion and the great geopolitical reset
Context: Article explains the global dynamics after Russia-Ukraine war. Major wars have significant consequences for the internal and international politics of the combatant nations. For instance, Indo-Pak war of 1971: Liberated Bangladesh Altered balance of power between Delhi and Islamabad New Pakistani Constitution in 1973 to democratize a nation that was dominated by the Army.… Continue reading Ukraine invasion and the great geopolitical reset
Explained: The legal considerations of blockchain gaming in India
Contents1 What is the News?2 Elements of Blockchain Gaming3 What are the regulatory aspects related to Blockchain Gaming?4 Where does Blockchain Gaming lie within this framework? What is the News? The vast scope and potential of blockchain technology have attracted the gaming industry over the past few years. In India too, gaming industries are exploring… Continue reading Explained: The legal considerations of blockchain gaming in India
As RIMC turns 100, a celebration of its legacy of courage
What is the News? Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun, previously known as the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, has completed 100 years. What is Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC)? Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) is a military school situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The college is administered through the Army… Continue reading As RIMC turns 100, a celebration of its legacy of courage
Monetising surplus land held by state is a good idea, it needs to be done with transparency, sensitivity to public interest
News: Last week, the Union cabinet approved the creation of a National Land Monetisation Corporation Mandate Read more – About National Land Monetisation Corporation It will work to monetise the surplus land holdings of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other government agencies. It will have a detailed and comprehensive inventory of the state’s land… Continue reading Monetising surplus land held by state is a good idea, it needs to be done with transparency, sensitivity to public interest
Ukraine invasion, global wheat supply and India’s opportunity
News: the Russia-Ukraine war continues to be at the centre of the world debate and recently, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied insisting on NATO membership which was one of the reasons for Russian invasion of Ukraine. What are the negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict? The energy, gas prices are surging and wheat prices are skyrocketing.… Continue reading Ukraine invasion, global wheat supply and India’s opportunity
