Editorial Analysis

In Context  Recently, the Prime Minister of India visited Nepal’s Lumbini on ‘Buddha Purnima’ to deepen ‘time-honoured’ ties. Importance of Lumbini Lumbini, in Buddhist tradition, is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha  Lumbini is the holy place where according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama at around 623 B.C.  Lord Buddha, was […]

In Context Road safety is an important issue that needs to be tackled as the number of lives lost to road accidents per year is worrisome and the issue has not yet occupied the public’s imagination. About India’s socio-economic cost of road traffic accidents for the year 2019 was in the range of $15.71 billion […]

In Context Recently, certain state governments have decided to frame Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for their respective states which have led to increased public deliberation on the issue. About Under Article 44 (Directive Principles of State Policy) of the Constitution, the State shall strive to secure for its citizens a Uniform Civil Code(UCC) throughout India. […]

In Context The Delhi High Court ruling gave a split verdict on several petitions in a case challenging the validity of the marital rape exemption under section 375 of IPC which has led to the public debate over the course of law. Background Societal divide: The present law manifests the stark public divide on the […]

In Context Demands for states to initiate police reforms have started coming from various quarters. About The Indian police system in 2022, still works under the framework of the archaic Police Act, 1861. The Supreme Court’s directives given in Prakash Singh vs. The Union of India case have not been implemented fully by the states. […]

In Context Sri Lanka is in the middle of one of the worst economic crises in its history since independence. With the economy defaulting on foreign debt, the situation in the nation is grim. Inflation is at an all-time high and the public is facing great unease in getting the essentials.  The Sri Lankan PM […]

In Context The government has asked the SC to defer the hearing on Sedition law. About The Home Minister has asked the Supreme Court to defer the hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Sedition law. The minister has conveyed that let an appropriate forum, presumably the Parliament will eventually decide the fate […]

In context A recent World Bank Report has shown that extreme poverty in India more than halved in the last decade. About The report shows that the poverty level has decreased from 22.5 per cent to 10.2 per cent between 2011 and 2019. The reduction level was greater for rural areas (26.3 per cent to […]

In Context  Severe heat wave conditions are being consistently reported over large parts of India. What is Heat Wave? It is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season. It typically occurs between March and June, and in some rare cases even extends till July.  […]

In Context  It has been observed that the existing Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate structure needs to be rationalised.  Rationale behind adopting Goods and Services Tax (GST) The reasons for adopting a single rate structure in most countries are to have a simple tax system, prevent misclassifications and litigations arising therefrom, and to avoid […]