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Why are Azerbaijan and Armenia fighting again? The centre of the conflict is the Nagorno-Karabakh region Fresh clashes erupted on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border on Sunday, threatening to push the former Soviet republics back to war 26 years after a ceasefire was reached. Dozens have been killed so far as the violence is entering the third […]
UN and the retreat from multilateralism The UN’s capacity to face diverse challenges depends upon nations acting collectively “Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on UN reforms and India’s contribution to UN Peacekeeping, at the 75th session of the UNGA on September 26, 2020, in New York.” AFP The United Nations commemorated its 75th anniversary on […]
Farm Bills: who gains and who loses Will States and their Agricultural Produce Market Committees be impacted? What does it mean for government procurement? The story so far: Farmers have taken to the streets, protesting against three Bills on agriculture market reforms that were passed by Parliament last week and will become laws once they […]
1. Vodafone wins $2 bn tax case International tribunal rules that India’s demand is in breach of ‘fair treatment’ Vodafone Group Plc said on Friday that it had won an international arbitration case against the Indian government, ending one of the most high-profile disputes in the country involving a $2 billion tax claim. An international […]
Will the farm bills benefit farmers? The APMC Bypass Bill leaves too much to the benevolence of private players Three farm bills — the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill (commonly referred to as the APMC Bypass Bill), and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price […]
E-learning in India, a case of bad education In poorly performing educational systems as in the country, online learning may not usher in a revolution Equality of opportunity to all is one of the basic principles of our Constitution. From an educational point of view, John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, strongly argued […]
Parliament passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, which provides that insolvency proceedings against defaulting companies will not be initiated for at least six months starting from March 25. It was earlier passed by the Rajya Sabha. Responding to the issues raised […]
1.Amid fierce protests, Rajya Sabha passes two farm Bills Govt. should send them to Select Committee for scrutiny, say Opposition parti Two of the three agriculture-related legislation piloted by the Narendra Modi government, aimed at liberalising the farm sector, were passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote on Sunday amid a din as the […]
1. Rules of engagement on the LAC What are the agreements that govern India and China’s actions? Why is the troops build-up significant? The story so far: On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that China had mobilised a large number of troops and armaments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with several […]
1.Reject this inequitable climate proposal The UN Secretary General’s recent advice to India amounts to asking for its virtual de-industrialisation and stagnation The UN Secretary General António Guterres’s call for India to give up coal immediately and reduce emissions by 45% by 2030 is a call to de-industrialise the country and abandon the population to […]
1. New powers for aviation regulators Hardeep Puri says the changes were necessary for the growth of the sector The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on March 17, was passed by Parliament on Tuesday after a heated discussion in Rajya Sabha over privatisation of airports. The Upper House passed […]
India’s great silence is the loudest sound Citizens must unceasingly demand that they be enabled to know the facts of the crises, authoritatively Ghosts of the Spanish flu (1918-1920), the four great recessions of 1958, 1966, 1973, 1980, and the Sino-Indian conflict (1962) have come together as one torment to plague India. And no one […]
