India – Russia Energy Ties Context: Due to the sanctions imposed by the west, many companies are ending their partnership with Russian oil and gas firms. Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 major energy consortium consisting of major companies such as Shell and Mitsubishi are terminating from the […]
Front Page: ‘India’s gig workforce to reach 2.35 cr. by 2030’ SC gives breather to Sena rebels PM invites G7 nations to invest in clean energy Editorial: States, freebies and the costs of fiscal profligacy Complicated, volatile, the descriptors of Israel’s politics OPED: Modi’s two […]
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act Context: The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was brought into force in the year 1971 to address the challenge of maternal mortality owing to unsafe abortions. Background: The Union Government in the 1960’s constituted the Shantilal Shah Committee […]
Front Page: ‘China upgraded firepower on LAC’ Russia strikes Kyiv as G7 summit opens States: Amarnath yatra ready to host highest ever pilgrim footfall Editorial: Rewriting ‘old history’ for a New India Making sense of New Delhi’s Taliban rapprochement Regressive, inhumane OPED: Bringing MSMEs into […]
Front Page: BRICS supports dialogue between Russia, Ukraine Editorial: Majoritarian politics, Muslim marginality A turning point for Ukraine and its women’s rights OPED: Will Agnipath energise or demoralise the military? The problems plaguing thermal power generators News: Put border issue in appropriate place: Wang Yi […]
Front Page: $1-tn scope for digital economy: PM Earthquake kills over 1,000 in east Afghanistan Four new corals recorded from Indian waters Editorial: The role of caste in economic transformation Heal the nation before healing the rest of the world OPED: Towards a single low […]
Bharat Gaurav Tourist Trains Context: Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy along with Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station today. For the first […]
The Anti-Defection Law Context: In light of the events unfolding in Maharashtra, with the Uddhav Thackeray government facing internal dissent from a block of 22 MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, the anti-defection law has again come into the spotlight. What is in the 10th Schedule? […]