Goan politician accorded Lifetime Rank of Cabinet Minister

Recently a politician in Goa was accorded the lifetime status of the rank of Cabinet Minister who was, a six-time… Continue reading

Countries will have to ‘justify’ Veto Votes at UN

The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution requiring the five permanent members of… Continue reading

Direct Tax collections surge in FY22

India’s net direct tax collections amounted to ₹14,09,640.83 crore for FY22, which is the highest collection ever. What are Direct… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Dollar Dominance: Under threat?

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context As per IMF’s first deputy managing… Continue reading

Anchoring inflationary expectations

Context The RBI released the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) for March 2022 on April 8. The survey results… Continue reading

Effective and Efficient: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Context The performance of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been under intense scrutiny. Basis for the criticism of… Continue reading

EU member states agrees on Digital Services Act (DSA)

The European Parliament and European Union (EU) Member States announced that they had reached a political agreement on the Digital… Continue reading

India is now 3rd highest military spender

World military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching a record $2.1 trillion despite the economic fallout of the pandemic,… Continue reading

Places in news: Kuril Islands

Japan has recently described the Kuril Islands (which Japan calls the Northern Territories and Russia as the South Kurils) as… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Demolition of Encroachments

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The recent anti-encroachment drive in northwest… Continue reading

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data

Context Over the last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been busy, in an unprecedented effort, to calculate the… Continue reading

Finding workable solutions to India-Sri Lanka fisheries issue

Context After a gap of 15 months, the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries held its much-awaited deliberations… Continue reading

Why reforming the system of free food is necessary

Context The release of two new working papers, one from the World Bank and the other from the IMF, has… Continue reading

Understanding the Olga Tellis Judgment

A 37-year-old Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court which held that pavement dwellers are different from trespassers. This may… Continue reading

Anti-Defection Law

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said that there was a need to amend the anti-defection legislation in the country to plug… Continue reading

Anatomy of communal violence in India

Context Communal violence, a complex phenomenon, has been over-simplified to suit a convenient political narrative. India’s syncretic traditions and impact… Continue reading

Rape laws are being misused today: Justice BN Srikrishna

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna has said that there is a blatant misuse of rape laws in the… Continue reading

What is the Five Eyes (FYEY) Alliance?

The annual Raisina Dialogue in Delhi held this year by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will host intelligence agency chiefs… Continue reading

All-India Household Consumer Expenditure Survey

The All-India Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, usually conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) every five years, is set to… Continue reading

Strontium: A Cyber-Espionage Group

Recently, Microsoft said that it had disrupted cyberattacks from a Russian nation-state hacking group called ‘Strontium’. What is Strontium? Strontium,… Continue reading

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