Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit nominated Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as his successor in a brief meeting held at the Supreme Court judges’ lounge in the presence of all judges of the court on Tuesday. Chief Justice Lalit’s recommendation to the government would start the process for appointment of Justice …
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) ACT
A good 17 years after India got the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the transparency regime in the country remains a mirage with nearly 3.15 lakh complaints and appeals pending with 26 information commissions across India. According to a report by SatarkNagrikSangathan, backlog of appeals or complaints is increasing in …
Read More »IMF CUTS INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST TO 6.8%
The world, including India, will experience an overall slowdown in the next year owing to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, tightening monetary conditions globally, the highest inflation in decades, and lingering effects of the pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund. India is projected to grow at 6.8% in …
Read More »CONFERENCE ON B20 INDONESIA GLOBAL DIALOGUE
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) hosted Conference on B20 Indonesia Global Dialogue in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi today, with the aim of aligning the perspectives of Indian industry with the policy recommendations of B20 Indonesia. This conference would set tone for …
Read More »4TH HELI-INDIA SUMMIT 2022
Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia today said that a civil enclave will be built in Jammu at a cost of Rs 861 crores and the Srinagar’s present terminal will be expanded three times from 20,000 square meters to 60,000 square meters at a cost of Rs 1500 …
Read More »SPACE ECONOMY MAY TOUCH $13 BN BY 2025’
The Indian space economy is set to reach $13 billion by 2025, according to a joint report prepared by EY and the Indian Space Association (ISpA), an apex industry association of space and satellite firms in the country. According to the report, the space-launch segment would grow at a CAGR of …
Read More »THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences along with two other U.S.-based economists for their research into the fallout from bank failures. Bernanke …
Read More »SCO ANTI-TERROR EXERCISE HOSTED BY INDIA OFFICIALS
Pakistan has been invited to the closing ceremony, on October 13, of the ongoing Joint Anti-Terror Exercise (JATE) within the ambit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being hosted by India, official and diplomatic sources confirmed. “Pakistan delegation has been extended an invitation for the closing ceremony on the last …
Read More »DECENTRALISED GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Its been 30 years since the 73rd amendment, which envisages a three tier Panchayat Raj System at the village, intermediate and district levels, was tabled in Parliament. Democratic decentralisation is barely alive in India. Over 25 years after the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments (they mandated the establishment of panchayats …
Read More »RESILIENT MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN INDIA
In his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the country to pursue aatmanirbharta in energy by focusing on clean energy technologies. Concerns over the pricing and availability of oil and gas in the wake of the Ukraine crisis continue to fuel global policy debates on energy security. However, …
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