Emerging countries need women-led climate action
Posted in GS 1 Disaster and Disaster Management Editorial Analysis GS 3 Indian Society

Emerging countries need women-led climate action

The climate crisis is not “gender neutral”. Women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their livelihoods, health, and safety.

Measuring Hunger Across States
Posted in Editorial Analysis GS 2 Social Justice

Measuring Hunger Across States

The Global Hunger Index is an annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels.

Indus Waters Treaty
Posted in GS 2 Editorial Analysis International relations

Cross the boulders in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT)

India’s protest against Pakistan’s “unilateral” decision to approach a court of arbitration at The Hague in the Netherlands on the issue related to the Indus waters treaty.

Posted in Editorial Analysis Disaster and Disaster Management GS 3

Are natural disasters man-made?

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts.

Posted in Editorial Analysis

India’s G­20 opportunity for an African Renaissance

Africa is now making its concerns heard on global stages like BRICS, the G-20, and the United Nations General Assembly. The continent as a whole is facing significant challenges. In this situation, India has an important role to play in helping Africa overcome these challenges. This is especially important since India is currently leading the G-20 presidency.

Posted in Editorial Analysis

Needed, a well crafted social security net for all

Social security is the protection that a society provides to individuals and households to ensure access to health care and to guarantee income security, particularly in cases of old age, unemployment, sickness,work injury, maternity or loss of a breadwinner.

Posted in GS 2 Constitution | Polity Editorial Analysis

A strong case to restore Section 8(4) of the RP Act

Rahul Gandhi, a member of the Congress party, was convicted in a 2019 defamation case, resulting in his immediate disqualification. This incident has triggered public debates concerning Section 8(4) of the Representation of People Act 1951 and the Supreme Court’s Lily Thomas v/s Union of India judgment (2013).

Posted in Editorial Analysis GS 2 Social Justice

State of Elementary Education in Rural India report

Syllabus: GS2 – Education, govt policies and interventions Source: The Hindu – Data point 22/08/2023 Context: The Recent ‘ State of…

Posted in GS 2 Editorial Analysis GS 3 International relations

A‘ fab’ way to conduct India-Japan tech diplomacy

India and Japan, in July 2023, agreed to collaborate on semiconductors in a bid to create a more resilient supply chain for this critical technology and work together for the joint development of the semiconductor ecosystem.

Posted in Editorial Analysis Governance GS 2

Is there a need to replace the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act?

Union Home Minister introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha. The proposal raises questions on whether there is a need to replace the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act.

Constitutional Morality
Posted in Spotlight Constitution | Polity GS 2 GS 4 Values and Ethics in Public administration

Constitutional Morality

Constitutional morality refers to the adherence to the values, principles, and ideals enshrined in the constitution of a country.

Consumption-based poverty estimates
Posted in GS 2 Editorial Analysis Social Justice

Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance

Multi-dimensional poverty estimates are not substitutes for National Sample Survey consumption-based poverty ratios