Economy-Reversing Liquidity Glut.
The United States Congress approved an emergency bailout package of $700 billion during that fateful week in September 2008. This was just days after the spectacular crash of Lehman Brothers. […]
Polity-Haryana Reservation Bill , Supreme Court and Law of Nativism.
After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments and the socio-economic changes that has followed. […]
Science-The Virus Story.
Life on earth has always been about species struggling to secure their odds of survival. A little known story, though, is the complex role that viruses have played in our evolution. Today, these microscopic bugs are among our biggest threats, especially the zoonotic kind like the novel coronavirus. We must [...]
Society-Women’s Higher Education Is Key To India Becoming a $10 Trillion Economy.
[ Must Read ] A silent revolution over the last decade has had significant implications on fertility rates and the economy. As more women are turning towards higher education and correspondingly better employment opportunities, they are delaying childbirth and having fewer children. With Indian women pursuing higher education in larger [...]
Ethics Series-MAN and the STATE -Part III
The State as Viewed by the Forerunners of the Renaissance:- It was at this time that man began to assert his own freedom and to challenge the power of rulers who held key positions in the state. The democratic spirit was afoot in the land, and absolute rule was being [...]
IR – How And Why India Is Resisting RCEP ?
Indian Prime Ministerand Chinese Presidentmight have had a successful Sino-Indian summit at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu during 11-12 October. […]
Ethics Series-MAN and the STATE-Part II
The State According to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle:- SOCRATES first asked the important questions involved in the problem. Xenophon, in his Memorabilia, recounts that Socrates never tired of asking of everyone he met, “What is a state? What is a statesman? What is a ruler over men? What is a [...]
Ethics Series-MAN and the STATE -Part I
Is society made for man or is man made for society? Is the state a divine creation which man must not question, or is it a result of a “social contract” among men and subject to change when it no longer serves men? How do the rulers get their authority? [...]
History-Tawang and Major Khating.
Recently, Chief Minister of Arunanchal laid the foundation stone for a memorial to be built in the remembrance of Major Bob Khathing. He was an Indian Army officer who played a great role in establishing Indian sovereignty in the then North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA), now Arunachal Pradesh. It was [...]
New Mapping Policy Guideline-Giant Leap Forward for India.
Department of Science and Technology (DST) issued a new set of guidelines under the National Map Policy 2005. For the first time, the government has made it clear that ordinary citizens can create, collect, publish, and keep maps (both physical and digital) without asking the government for permission or getting security approvals. [...]