What is the News? The Ministry of Earth Science has unveiled India’s Arctic Policy, titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’. India and the Arctic Region India’s engagement with the Arctic began when it signed the Svalbard Treaty in 1920. India initiated its Arctic research program in 2007 with a focus… Continue reading India’s Arctic Policy: India hopes to put down roots in Arctic
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Boma Capturing Technique: Boma technique adopted for translocating deer from Keoladeo
What is the News? Boma technique has been used for the first time at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan for capturing and translocating spotted deer to Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. What is Boma Capturing Technique? The Boma capturing technique is popular in Africa. It involves the luring of animals into an enclosure by chasing them… Continue reading Boma Capturing Technique: Boma technique adopted for translocating deer from Keoladeo
Clean energy should use the battery of a circular economy
News: The Union Finance Minister, in the Budget speech 2022-23, emphasised the role of circular economy, and cleaner technologies such as solar energy and batteries in India’s future economic growth. A robust renewables waste management and recycling ecosystem could help people and India reduce environmental harm, provide energy security, and also create new jobs. In… Continue reading Clean energy should use the battery of a circular economy
Treating values of individual freedom as trifles
News: Recently, The Karnataka high Court has given its judgment in the hijab controversy case (or the Resham v/s State of Karnataka Case (2022), wherein a ban imposed on the use of hijabs by students in classrooms across the State (Karnataka) was upheld. What has the High Court said in its judgement? The High Court’s… Continue reading Treating values of individual freedom as trifles
United Nations votes are not black and white
News: Article highlights the finer details of the voting system followed at the UN and various other organs like UN Security Council. Nature of Voting in UN System The UN General Assembly: The member country has various options for voting like ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Abstention’, ‘present and not participating’ or ‘absent at the time of the… Continue reading United Nations votes are not black and white
Towards inclusive education
News: Recently, the draft accessibility guidelines and standards for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Universities were released by the Universities Grants Commission (UGC). How can the guidelines be further improved Correction of Procedural flaw: The public notice preceding the guidelines was inaccessible to persons with visual disabilities. The document was poorly scanned, instead a digital… Continue reading Towards inclusive education
Sanskritisation
Context: A long-drawn phenomenon that is not restricted to caste hierarchy, but also encompasses a wider social and cultural process. Concept of Sanskritization It was coined and popularised by M.N. Srinivas, an eminent social anthropologist in his book Religion and Society Among the Coorgs of South India (Oxford, 1952), Initially, ‘Sanskritization’ referred to the lower castes’ adoption… Continue reading Sanskritisation
A MISFIRING AND ITS TRAIL OF POOR STRATEGIC STABILITY
News: Accidental misfiring of Indian missile and the analysis of mechanisms available to avert such type of crisis. The accidental misfiring of an Indian missile to Pakistan highlights the sorry state of bilateral mechanisms for crisis management between two nuclear adversaries. Such accidents are known as “broken arrows” (accidents that involve nuclear weapons or nuclear… Continue reading A MISFIRING AND ITS TRAIL OF POOR STRATEGIC STABILITY
‘BHARATNATYAM’ IN INDIAN DIPLOMACY
This term was coined by Jyotindra Nath Dixit, who was a former Foreign Secretary. ‘Bharatnatyam’ in Indian diplomacy means that – “you may appear in different forms to others but after you have first secured your interests.” The following events can be regarded as an example: 1.) Republics and Moscow – After the dissolution of… Continue reading ‘BHARATNATYAM’ IN INDIAN DIPLOMACY
Supreme Court tears into practice of ‘sealed cover jurisprudence’
What is the News? Recently, the two separate Benches of the Supreme Court have criticized the “Sealed Cover Jurisprudence” practised by the Government in Courts. What is Sealed Cover Jurisprudence? It is a practice used by the Supreme Court and sometimes lower courts of asking for or accepting information from government agencies in sealed envelopes… Continue reading Supreme Court tears into practice of ‘sealed cover jurisprudence’
