Daily Archives: February 22, 2023

N-TREATY – RUSSIA & USA

Russia suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing that new strategic systems had been put on combat duty, and threatening to resume nuclear tests. Nearly a year after ordering an invasion that has triggered the biggest confrontation with the West in six decades, Russia would achieve its aims and …

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SUMMER AND ENERGY DEMAND

February has recorded an unusual surge in temperature. GoI, like everyone else, will be anticipating a torrid summer. Initial forecasts are that peak power demand in April will be 229GW, higher than the June 2022 record of 211GW, and therefore, by the time it’s June this year, demand will be …

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH EU FOR FTA – EEPC

Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) of India has urged the Centre to expedite negotiations with the European Union (EU) for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), since the engineering industry has been impacted on the exports front by the withdrawal of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by the EU …

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INFIDELITY NOT A GROUND TO SEEK PATERNITY TEST

In an important ruling to protect the rights of children whose paternity is questioned in a matrimonial dispute between parents, the Supreme Court has ruled that when husband and wife cohabited together, and no impotency is proved, then the child born from their wedlock is “conclusively presumed to be legitimate”, …

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MIYAWAKI METHOD

Miyawaki is a technique pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, that helps build dense, native forests in a short time. In this technique, various native species of plants are planted close to each other so that the greens receive sunlight only from the top and grow upwards rather than sideways. As …

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