India, on 15th August 1947, after years of difficult freedom struggle, attained independence from the oppressive British rule. At the time of independence, the Indian economy was predominantly rural and agricultural in character. About 85% [Read More]
Lately there has been a lot of buzz around 5G. Last week Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first indigenous test bed to help support the ecosystem around 5G. Earlier this year, the Government [Read More]
A fortnight after it banned wheat exports, India announced restrictions on the export of sugar to keep a lid on prices in the domestic market. This is the first time in six years that the [Read More]
The case of Rajasthan is intriguing. Media writings in recent years have variously highlighted the marked fall or improvement in learning outcomes, depending on the dataset being referred to — the Annual Status of Education [Read More]
Bureaucrat couple Sanjeev Khirwar and Rinju Dhugga, accused of forcing athletes at a stadium in Delhi to wind up their training early in order to walk their dog, were shunted out of Delhi. The Ministry [Read More]
The jurisprudence of reservation relies on the symbiotic coexistence of constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity in public employment under Article 16 (1) of the Constitution of India and classifications thereunder various clauses of the same [Read More]
Judicial Review is a method of court process that takes place in the Administrative Court and involves a judge reviewing the legality of a decision or action. When there are no other options for challenge, [Read More]
A long-standing demand of sex workers that their work be decriminalised has been partially fulfilled with the Supreme Court passing an order on May 19 that adult sex workers are entitled to dignity and equal [Read More]
In three weeks since the first case of monkeypox infection was confirmed on May 7 in the U.K. in a person who had just arrived from Nigeria (where the outbreak has been continuing since September [Read More]
As an old Chinese saying goes, nothing can separate people with common goals and ideals; not even mountains and seas. Sixteen years after its creation, BRICS has become an important platform for win-win cooperation among [Read More]