Author: ForumIAS

Net Neutrality and Free Basics Issue · A TRAI consultation paper proposed models that would get Free Basics-like services back in a slightly altered form — by making a distinction between telecom and Internet services. Background · Over the last one year, Indians have engaged in a passionate debate on the concept of Net neutrality,…

Forest fire in Uttarakhand: Impacts and mitigation Issue Forest fire in Uttarakhand affected thousands of acres of forest including National parks like Corbett National Park and Rajaji National park. History of forest fire in Uttarakhand Since 1984, the forests of the Western Himalayas have burned every summer. There were forest fires before then, too, but…

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven targets and four priorities for action. The Sendai Framework is a 15-year, voluntary, nonbinding agreement. It recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be…

Mitochondrial Donation Technology World’s first child with new three-parent technique (spindle transfer) was born this year in Mexico. Mitochondrial Donation or Mitochondrial manipulation technology (MMT) is a form of in vitro fertilization in which the future baby’s mitochondrial DNA comes from a third party apart from mother and father. This is a controversial technique because mitochondria…