The shape of climate justice in a warming India Context: The G-20 summit convened in Delhi from September 9-10, 2023, reached a consensus to triple renewable energy capacity and voluntarily double the rate of energy efficiency improvement by 2030. However, the summit failed to find […]
An opportunity to recast India’s food system Context: India, with its vast population, faces the dual challenge of malnutrition and inadequate farm incomes, intertwined with environmental concerns. To achieve sustainability in the food system, the importance of connecting nutrition security with livelihoods and environmental well-being […]
The Inflation battle Context: The inflation in India has witnessed some reprieve as consumer inflation dropped to 5% in September, following a sharp spike in prices with 7.44% in July. This reduction brings inflation back within the 2% to 6% tolerance range set by the […]
The BRI at 10, some hits, many misses Context: The Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation recently took place in Beijing, China, from October 17-18, reigniting discussions about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Background: This initiative, often likened to […]
Law and Custom Context: The Supreme Court of India recently refused to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, this has given a serious legal blow to the queer community in the country. Relevance: GS-02 (Judiciary, Welfare schemes, Gender) Prelims: LGBTQIA+, Section 377 of the Indian […]
Demolishing the frame from outside the Constitution Context: The recent events in India involving the Delhi Police’s extensive raids on the news portal NewsClick, leading to the arrest of its founder and Editor-in-Chief, Prabir Purkayastha, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, go far beyond the […]
The Indian Himalayan Region needs its own EIA Context: The Teesta dam breach in Sikkim and the recent floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh have created an alarm regarding the detrimental impact of our development model on the environment and ecology, particularly in mountainous regions. […]
The Centre and the Collegium Context: The Centre’s commitment to notifying Justice Siddharth Mridul’s appointment as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court has been a positive step towards addressing the issues surrounding judicial appointments lately. Furthermore, the government’s willingness to consider 70 recommended names […]
Closing the gender pay gap in the workforce Context: In the past, conventional economic wisdom attributed women’s absence from the labour force to their roles as caregivers and pay disparities between women and men were ascribed to differences in education. However, Claudia Goldin, the 2023 […]
The Israel-Hamas conflict and Nusseibeh’s analysis Context: With the recent conflict going on between Israel and Hamas, it is clear that sooner or later, experts and military analysts will attempt to dissect the ongoing ‘war.’ These assessments will inevitably be colored by personal and national […]