Contents1 What is the news? 2 What is the need for these codes? 3 What are the various provisions of the codes? 4 What is causing delay in the implementation? What is the news? Ministry of Labour and Employment introduced four Bills on labour codes to consolidate 29 central laws in 2019 which were then replaced with new… Continue reading All you need to know about the new labour codes
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Let’s re-emphasize the ‘social’ aspect of our ESG investments
News: Need to start a new ‘bio bond’ asset class to support Biomedical research. In Environment, social and governance investing, while many of the investments goes to environment and governance aspect, Social-welfare investments are often neglected. But there is an urgent need to change this, especially in biomedical research, to make it more sustainable, and… Continue reading Let’s re-emphasize the ‘social’ aspect of our ESG investments
How a universal constitution can save democracy across the world
News: US President Biden recently conducted a Summit for democracy which focused on the question that how any threat to democracy can pose an existential crisis for the human civilization. Why it is important to protect democratic norms and institutions? Civilizations depend on twin pillars of norms and conventions. If one of the pillars becomes… Continue reading How a universal constitution can save democracy across the world
Tokenization: Why the RBI has given more time for tokenization
Contents1 What is the News?2 How are the transactions processed today?3 What do the new guidelines aim to bring?4 What business models can get impacted by Tokenization? What is the News? Reserve Bank of India(RBI) had issued guidelines banning the storage of customer card numbers by online merchants and payment aggregators and introducing the concept… Continue reading Tokenization: Why the RBI has given more time for tokenization
So, no one killed news television ratings: Ring a bell?
News: Suspension of news TV ratings is illogical. It would lead to a severe loss of credibility and revenue for the news genre. The ratings need to be restored at the earliest. Why the news rating suspension is not justified? Firstly, if the suspension was because of some case of television rating point (TRP) adulteration… Continue reading So, no one killed news television ratings: Ring a bell?
India urgently requires resilient and empowered cities
News: Equitable and sustainable cities are the only solutions to balance the need for economic growth with the needs of people and the environment. Cities across the world contribute about 80% of global gross domestic product. They are drivers of growth and dense labor marketplaces. However, recent developments have highlighted the severe economic, humanitarian, and… Continue reading India urgently requires resilient and empowered cities
Turmoil on the high seas-Indian shippers need stability assurers
News: Global shipping Industry is facing several challenges in the post pandemic world like surging freight rates, logistical bottlenecks and various supply-chain disruptions. What are the challenges being faced by the shipping industry? Less capacity, more demand: Due to an unexpected increase in consumer demand for goods after the March 2020 lockdowns , shipping… Continue reading Turmoil on the high seas-Indian shippers need stability assurers
Our semiconductor shortage is likely to persist for a long while
News: The semiconductor chip shortage, currently impacting the automobile industry, is likely to last longer. How the semiconductor industry evolved in the mid-80s? The semiconductor industry underwent a major change in the mid-80s as chips started getting commoditized. – To protect against price risks and secure heavy investments that go into fabs, chipmakers started asked… Continue reading Our semiconductor shortage is likely to persist for a long while
A fair playing field for ARCs to rival our new bad bank
News: ARCs should be treated equally with National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL). In many countries, the national bad banks, set up to help clean the balance sheets of banks, make losses. This is because they buy non-performing assets (NPAs) from banks at inflated value, and sell them at market value after efforts to revive… Continue reading A fair playing field for ARCs to rival our new bad bank
The data protection bills’ reduced emphasis on privacy
News: Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has submitted its report in the Parliament. Also Read: The draft personal data protection bill, 2018 What are the key recommendations of the bill? Children data: It recommended children’s personal data be processed in the manner best fitted for the interest of… Continue reading The data protection bills’ reduced emphasis on privacy

