EDITORIALS
Insights into Editorial: An idea whose time may not have come Context: Not even a month after the world’s largest elections in history were over, the debate around “one nation, one election” has been resurrected. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had continued to flag the issue for the last five years, has now called […]
Insights into Editorial: Why South Asia must cooperate About South Asian Countries: South Asia covers only about 3.5% of the world’s land surface area but hosts a fourth (25%) of its population, making it a region of significant importance for international development. In spite of the geographic proximity countries in this region enjoy and their […]
Insights into Editorial: What a $5 trillion economy would look like Context: President Ram Nath Kovind in his customary joint address to Parliament outlined the NDA government’s objectives for “new India.” Stating that the government plans to make India a 5-trillion dollar economy by 2024. President Kovind in his address at the Central Hall […]
Insights into Editorial: Qualifying for Leader of the Opposition Brief Background: Leader of Opposition (LoP) In the year 1977: The leaders of opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were given statutory recognition. They provide constructive criticism of the government policies. Gets same salaries and allowances that are equivalent to a Cabinet minister paid by […]
Insights into Editorial: The litchi link?: on Bihar encephalitis deaths Issue: The outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in […]
Insights into Editorial: Case for compassion Context of the issue: The standoff in West Bengal hospitals over an attack on doctors snowballed as doctors in several states began protests in solidarity with their agitating colleagues, and the Indian Medical Association announced a nationwide strike on June 17. In West Bengal, the crisis deepened as hundreds […]
Insights into Editorial: Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 15: ISRO Context: Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first moon lander and rover mission, is a month away. The Indian Space Research Organisation has marked mid-July for the take-off. India’s most ambitious space mission will get under way at 2.51 a.m. on July 15 when its powerful […]
Insights into Editorial: Squandering the gender dividend Context: The 61st round of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) recorded 48.5% rural women above the age of 15 as being employed either as their major activity or as their subsidiary activity but this number dropped to 23.7% in the recently released report of the Periodic Labour […]
Insights into Editorial: Navigations in Bishkek Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. India will hold bilateral meetings with Russia and China on the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) summit at Bishkek. At the 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit […]
Insights into Editorial: Flexible education and training systems Context: India’s draft National Education Policy (NEP) was finally shared by the ministry of human resource development for public comment, and may soon become a policy. At least 115,000 meetings and two committees had done for this draft National Education Policy (NEP). A meeting with all […]
Insights into Editorial: Inhumane, and utterly undemocratic Context: In Assam, Mohammad Sanaullah, who served for three decades in the Indian Army had been detained, after a Foreigners Tribunal had declared him an illegal immigrant. The Gauhati High Court’s bail order came after a week of sustained public pressure, occasioned by the revelation that […]
Insights into Editorial: How will a 5G network power the future? Context: Union Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that the government will be holding auction for spectrum, which includes airwaves that will be used to offer 5G or fifth-generation services, in the current calendar year. While some countries such as South Korea and the […]
Insights into Editorial: No surprises: on RBI’s repo rate cut Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a new prudential framework for resolution of stressed assets, effectively replacing its controversial 12 February 2018 circular with a mixed bag of norms applying to a wider class of lenders. After the Supreme Court struck down the […]
Insights into Editorial: India needs a solar manufacturing strategy Introduction: India has made significant progress in creating capacity for solar energy generation in the last few years. The unit costs of solar power have fallen, and solar energy has become increasingly competitive with alternative sources of energy. India expanded its solar generation capacity […]
Insights into Editorial: A rocky road for strategic partners Context: The Donald Trump administration’s recent actions threaten the foundation of trust and flexibility on which India-U.S. relations are premised. However, they seem to be part of a pattern progressively visible in American foreign policy in which bullying friends has become the name of the […]
Insights into Editorial: Why is China laying down gene editing rules? Context: In a bid to make babies immune to infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a researcher from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, used a clinically untested gene editing tool (CRISPR-Cas9) to modify a particular gene. The tool […]
Insights into Editorial: Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition Context: After about four years in the making, the Draft National Education Policy, 2019 is out in the public domain, with comments sought from all stakeholders till June 30. The Draft of a new education policy released by the Centre has made Hindi the centre of a […]
Insights into Editorial: Outlining the first 100 days of the new Modi government Introduction: According to the World Economic Forum, India is on the cusp of overtaking the United States to becoming the world’s second largest economy, with a consumer spending of $5.7 trillion, 77% of the population under 44 (80% among the middle class), […]
Insights into Editorial: Bills of rights for the vulnerable Introduction: There are multiple socio-economic disadvantages that members of particular groups experience which limits their access to their rights mentioned in even Constitution of India. The task of identifying the vulnerable groups is not an easy one. Besides there are multiple and complex factors of vulnerability […]
Insights into Editorial: Breaking out of the middle-growth orbit Context: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is kicking off his second term in office with unwelcome news on the state of the country’s economy and the jobs market. Government figures released showed India’s economy grew at a much-lower-than-expected 5.8 percent in the first three months of […]