LEAF Coalition – “Save the Tropics”
Context:-
At the recently concluded Leaders’ Summit on Climate [...]
THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
INTRODUCTION:-
The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949, [...]
Can India avoid a Telecom duopoly?
Context
Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Airtel, said recently that [...]
One Nation One Ration Card
Recently, the Supreme Court did well to set a deadline of July 31 for states to implement the One Nation One Ration Card system. Considering the sheer scale of the migrant crisis that unfolded last year — foodgrains were distributed to a staggering 2.8 crore migrants under the government’s Aatma Nirbhar [...]
WOMEN IN EARLY INDIA-GENDER PERSPECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
Since most of the early scholars, researchers and historians were [...]
e-Governance and Police
An efficient and well-oiled criminal justice system helps a country politically, socially and economically. The economic cost of the failed criminal justice system is reflected in the reluctance of foreign companies to set up manufacturing and commercial ventures in India for want of quick settlement of criminal, labour and civil [...]
Understanding the Bad Banks-arguments for and against
The idea of setting up a bad bank to resolve the growing problem of non-performing assets (NPAs), or loans on which borrowers have defaulted, is back on the table. With commercial banks set to witness a spike in NPAs, or bad loans, in the wake of the contraction in the economy as [...]
World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee (Who Changed the Humanity forever)
“Three decades ago, I created something which, with the subsequent help of a huge number of collaborators across the world, has been a powerful tool for humanity. For me, the best bit about the Web has been the spirit of collaboration. While I do not make predictions about the future, [...]
Does India need a new assessment of Poverty – Yes. It does
The son of a corn merchant-turned sociologist, Charles Booth had little patience for Charles Dickens and others in his time, who used lyrical prose to describe the desperation of the poor in working class London. Booth was also angry, in 1885, over the claims made by F.D. Hyndman, the leader [...]
History of Conservation in India
Conservation in India found its roots when the killing of animals were strictly prohibited in and around the Ashramas (hermitages) allotted to Brahmanas. […]