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Cairn Energy Tax dispute case Explained

Indian government’s approach to the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s decision in Vodafone and Cairn Energy cases needs reconsideration. Background of Cairn Energy and Vodafone case Vodafone and Cairn Energy initiated proceedings against India pursuant to the ill-reputed retrospective taxation adopted in 2012.  In September, 2020, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague (PCA) ruled… Continue reading Cairn Energy Tax dispute case Explained

Freedom in the World Report, 2021

US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House has accused the present government of driving India toward authoritarianism with a lockdown scapegoating of minorities and a crackdown on critics, and downgraded India’s status from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’, in its annual report. Freedom in the World Report It is Freedom House’s flagship annual report, assessing the condition… Continue reading Freedom in the World Report, 2021

[pib] Devasthal Optical Telescope

Indian Scientists have indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph called Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT). Devasthal Optical Telescope The ‘Made in India’ optical spectrograph is named as Aries-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph & Camera (ADFOSC). It is indigenously designed and developed by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital. DOT locates sources of faint… Continue reading [pib] Devasthal Optical Telescope

Replicating success in space and pharmaceuticals in knowledge economy

The article underlines India’s success in pharma and space, and also analyses the reasons for India’s inability to replicate the success in other areas. India’s success in space and pharmaceuticals The launch of Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) comes weeks after India allowed the export of COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil.… Continue reading Replicating success in space and pharmaceuticals in knowledge economy

China’s cyber eye and India

Amid souring relations between India and China last year, evidence has emerged that a Chinese government-linked company’s attempt led to a power outage in Mumbai yesterday and now in Telangana today. Q.The use of cyber offensive tools and espionage is a fairly active element of the People’s Republic of China. Discuss in light of recent… Continue reading China’s cyber eye and India

LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021

The Opportunity Index 2021 highlights the difference in perception of available opportunities in the market for men and women in India. LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021 The report seeks to understand how people perceive opportunities and the barriers that stand in the way of achieving them. This year’s report dives deep to understand how women perceive… Continue reading LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021

[pib] Better Than Cash Alliance

The Government of India, FICCI, and the Better Than Cash Alliance has come under the partnership to achieve the industry level commitment of responsible digitization of merchants. Make a note here that it is a BTCA is a global partnership with diverse funding, a UN office as its secretariat and Indian being its member. Better… Continue reading [pib] Better Than Cash Alliance

What is Khujli Ghar?

Some villages in Nagaland are trying to revive a traditional form of punishment that seeks to check crime with an itch in time. What is Khujli Ghar? Social offenders or violators of Naga customary laws have over the ages dreaded a cramped, triangular cage made from the logs of an indigenous tree that irritates the… Continue reading What is Khujli Ghar?

Places in news: Mount Sinabung

Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung volcano sent a cloud of hot ash as high as 3 km today, in its first big eruption since August last year. Mount Sinabung It is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is created by the subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate under the Eurasian… Continue reading Places in news: Mount Sinabung

[pib] Sugamya Bharat App

Union Minister for Social justice and Empowerment has launched the “Sugamya Bharat App”. Sugamya Bharat App The Sugamya Bharat App is a simple to use Mobile App with an easy registration process, requiring only 3 mandatory fields, namely, Name, Mobile number and Email-id. Registered users can raise issues related to accessibility being faced. The App… Continue reading [pib] Sugamya Bharat App

Operation Green

The article compares the performance of  Operation Flood with Operation Green and offers several lessons for the success of Operation Green. Operation Green and its expansion There were three basic objectives when OG was launched. First, that it should contain the wide price volatility in the three largest vegetables of India (TOP). Second, it should… Continue reading Operation Green

‘Lateral Entry’ into Bureaucracy: Reason, Process, and Controversy

This newscard is an excerpt from the original article published in the Indian Express. Background Earlier this month, the UPSC issued an advertisement seeking applications for the posts of Joint Secretary and Director in central government Departments. These individuals, who would make a “lateral entry” into the government secretariat, would be contracted for three to… Continue reading ‘Lateral Entry’ into Bureaucracy: Reason, Process, and Controversy

IAEA

The move by the US administration under Biden to revive the Iran nuclear deal has once again turned the spotlight on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which played a key role in enforcing the original nuclear deal from which Trump withdrew the US in 2018. Try this question from CSP 2020: Q.In India, why… Continue reading IAEA

What is Stockholm+50?

Stockholm+50 is a high-level meeting that the Government of Sweden plans to hold in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the first UN conference on the human environment – the 1972 Stockholm Conference. The 1972 Stockholm Conference The UN Conference on the Human Environment, also known as the Stockholm Conference, was the first UN conference… Continue reading What is Stockholm+50?

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