India’s Rohingya refugee children are not criminals Context: The heart-wrenching demise of a five-month-old infant born to a Rohingya refugee in a Jammu detention center in July has ignited deep concerns. A viral video, now echoing across digital realms, captures the disturbing sight of police […]
Can countries be sued over climate change? #GS03 Context: On March 29, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that asked the International Court of Justice at The Hague to provide an opinion on what kind of obligations countries have towards climate change reduction, […]
A Long and Rocky Road to Economic Recovery #GS03 Context: The International Monetary Fund has approved a $3 billion package for Sri Lanka. When the government implements the conditions stipulated by the Fund, it is Sri Lanka’s poor who will bear the brunt, reports Meera […]
Government vows swifter nod for exporters #GS03 Context: New foreign trade policy aims at tripling goods and services exports by 2030; apart from a one-time amnesty, no major schemes announced Points to ponder: The Government of India revealed a new Foreign Policy that shifts away […]
A Grave mistake in Great Nicobar #GS03 #ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES #BIO DIVERSITY Context: The union Ministry of Environmental, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has cleared the decks for a mega project at the cost of about 70000 crores at the southern tip of the Andaman and […]
Solutions by the people, for the people #GS-02 Social Justice #GS-03 Economy For Mains: The concerns regarding current state: While ‘Keynesian’ and ‘Friedman’ economists differ on the level of government interference in the economy both agree that development to be measured in by the growth […]