A while back, the Supreme Court declared that it would hear a public interest litigation (PIL) on whether women of menstrual age can be denied the right to enter the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, Kerala. The bench, in its observation to the Kerala government and the temple authorities, remarked that [...]

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Spain has, once again, topped the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) list on travel and tourism competitiveness. […]

Persistently high rates of income or wealth inequality are bad for social cohesion, political inclusion and crime. The evidence for this is overwhelming. Often, stubbornly high income inequality partly reflects deep historical injustice. Fortunately, history also provides some clues to how we might tackle it. […]

Note-This editorial can be of great help if used properly. You may use the story of London and link it with current issues of urbanization. Urbanization issue related questions are norm for UPSC and this editorial can be used as a case study to accentuate your answer. [...]

The passage of the Mental Healthcare Bill in the Lok Sabha, putting it on course to become law and repealing the Mental Health Act of 1987, will potentially help India catch up with the advances made in the field by other countries. […]

This can be helpful for prelims and can be quoted in Mains answers. Things to note in the report- […]

Dave Donaldson’s ‘Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure’ shows that the arrival of railways caused real GDP in India’s agriculture to increase by around 17%. […]

India cannot be car country like the US. When you have four times the population living in a third of the land area, you cannot be. […]