Recently, the High Court of Bombay noted that arguable issues have been raised in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the “lifetime status of the rank of Cabinet minister” according to Pratap Singh Rane, a six-time Chief Minister of Goa and a legislator for a full 50 years. The PIL …

Recently, the UK Prime Minister (PM) visited India. In this visit, both the countries agreed on a joint statement titled ‘Towards shared security and prosperity through national resilience’. Highlights of the Visit Respecting India-Russia Relations: In the context of Ukraine Crisis and India’s neutral stance, UK PM asserted that India’s …

Recently, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended for the second year in the row to put India on a list (Countries of Particular Concern or CPCs) for the worst violations of religious freedoms in 2021. Earlier, the US State Department released a strong and critical report …

The Delhi government is about to renovate the 14th century monument Malcha Mahal. It was built in 1325 by the then Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq and was, for a long time, used as a hunting lodge. It later became the residence of the descendants of the Nawab of Awadh. It …

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the 540-megawatt Kwar hydroelectric project on the Chenab in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. This is part of the Indus basin and would be one of at least four projects coming up in the district, including the 1,000 MWs Pakal …

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced that a four-year-old boy was found to have been infected with the H3N8 variant of Bird Flu after developing several symptoms, including fever. H3N8 variant has previously been detected elsewhere in the world in horses, dogs, birds and seals. However, before this no human …

The latest edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook cut its forecast for India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in FY 2022-23 to 8.2%, making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world, almost twice faster than China’s 4.4 %. Indian Scenario: It has also lowered India’s …

Recently, a series on Child and Adolescent Healthcare Systems of the World was published in the Lancet Global Health Journal. A series of four papers set out the current position, with the gains that have been made globally, which points out the stark variations in the global scenario, with some …

Recently, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) shows that India’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has fallen to just 40% from an already low 47% in 2016. This suggests not only that more than half of India’s population in the working-age group (15 years and older) is …

Recently, the Minister of State for Electonics and Information Technology (IT) spoke on the need for legislative overhaul of the 22-year-old Information Technology Act,2000. The government enacted the original IT legislation in 2000 The IT (Amendment) Act came into force in 2009 and was aimed at facilitating e-governance preventing cybercrime …