Editorials

India – Israel Relations (2)

Indian & Israeli flags

Historical context India recognized Israel in 1950. However full diplomatic relations were established with the setting up of embassies in 1992. Initially, Indian leaders were opposed to the idea of religious nationalism as the foundation for a nation due to their experience with partition. Thus, they were fundamentally opposed to …

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The Indian Ocean Rim Association

The Indian Ocean Rim Association includes 23 countries from Africa, West Asia, South Asia, South East Asia, Australia and littoral states situated in and around the I The grouping, whose apex body is the Council of Foreign Ministers that meets once a year, moves by rotation through members every two …

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India-Israel Bilateral Relations

India announced its recognition of Israel on September 17, 1950. Soon thereafter, the Jewish Agency established an immigration office in Bombay. This was later converted into a Trade Office and subsequently a Consulate. Embassies were opened in 1992 when full diplomatic relations were established. Since the upgradation of relations in …

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Line of Actual Control (LAC)

Why in NEWS 20th round of corps commander-level talks failed to make any headway to end the LAC stand-off. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The concept was introduced by Chinese premier Zhou …

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Electoral Bond

Why in NEWS The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed October 31 for hearing a slew of petitions challenging the electoral bonds scheme. Electoral Bond Electoral Bond is a mode of funding to political parties in India. The scheme of Electoral Bond was introduced in The Finance Bill, 2017 during Union …

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is an important law made by the Parliament of India in recent years in order to harmonize India’s scattered and divergent bankruptcy laws. The enactment of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was important to reduce the pilled-up non-performing assets of the banks and protracted resolution of the …

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Aditya L1

Aditya L1 India’s first solar mission to study the Sun from L1 point between the Sun and the Earth. Launched on PSLV-C57 rocket from Srihari Kota spaceport Second astronomy observatory class mission OBJECTIVES Observe photosphere, chromosphere and corona of sun in different wavebands Understand the physics and heating mechanism of …

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Open market operations

Purchase and sales of government securities in open market by  Central bank directly   Need for OMOs:  Regulate money supply in bank reserves  Regulate money in circulation  Adjust intra bank lending rates and there by short term, long  term and foreign exchange rates.  Affect economical factors such as unemployment, output and  …

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GREYING POPULATION

India had 149 million older adults (10.5 %) in 2022. This figure will grow to 347  million (20.8 %) by 2050 according to projections.   UNFPA Report  decadal growth rate of the elderly population of India – 41% • by 2046 it is likely that elderly population will have surpassed the  …

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Freeze on LS seats till 2026

Article 81 of the Indian Constitution stipulates that Lok Sabha constituencies in the country should be equal by the size of population. *The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 froze the delimitation of constituencies for elections to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies until after the 2001 Census of India.  …

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