Editorials

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor  India’s remarkable success at the summit this year, in early September, was  captured by the global press, except in China, for various outcomes such as   The inclusion of the African Union in the G-20  A tangible offer of clean energy through a biofuel alliance • …

Various means/ processes of settling dispute without a trial or outside a court room • Dispute between parties can be of all types including civil, commercial, industrial,  family, etc.  It uses a third party to help aggrieved parties communicate and resolve dispute. • Constitutional provisions  Article 14 – equality before …

How did the ideology travel from India to Canada?  The already declining ties between India and Canada have  been impacted further by Canadian Prime Minister  allegations that “Indian government agents” were involved in  the killing of a Khalistani terrorist.  This ongoing tussle between the two countries is mainly over  the …

The passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha almost three  decades after it was first tabled in Parliament is a welcome move that can finally  shatter a political glass ceiling.  Bill  The Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB) was passed by the Lok Sabha with a two-thirds majority. The …

New Parliament  The new parliament, developed as a part of Central Vista Redevelopment project • Takes care of infrastructural hurdles in parliamentary functioning.  Inside Parliament  Prime minister inaugurated the parliament and placed ‘Sengol’, the symbol of power  transfer to India from the British.  The entire building accommodates around 5,000 works …

Context: The ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ by FAO: 2021 India approx. 74% or 1 billion of the population cannot afford a healthy diet. Food security is when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet …

The Union government has constituted a committee headed by former President to explore the possibility of conducting simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, the Legislative Assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats. The proposal has been under consideration by the Government of India since 2014. Pros and Cons of One Nation, One Election …

Causes of climate change Burning fossil fuels  Cutting down forests   Farming livestock  These are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature.  This adds enormous amounts of greenhouse gases to those naturally occurring in the  atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.  Global warming  2011-2020 was the warmest decade …

Over the last few months, since onset of monsoon in India, we have been confronted with the news of frequent floods, torrential rains and landslides costing us hundreds of lives and hundreds of thousands of rupees as economic damage to public and private properties. We have witnessed several floods, cloudburst …

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