25 May 21 Expanding the scope of POCSO(The Hindu, Polity, GS-2)
Context:- POSCO act which was enacted to save children from sexual abuse still find itself insufficient to deal with the historic cases. Though before the POSCO act there were some...
Author: Swarn Singh
25 May 21 A single global tender for vaccine procurement (The hindu, governance, GS-2)
Context:- Pandemic which is devastating now can be restricted through the vaccine but a myopic vision about the vaccination programme hit the economies of scale as well as availability. Issue:- Central...
25 May 21 A September exit, Afghanistan at the crossroads(The Hindu, GS-2, International relations)
Context:- Peace process in afghanistan, as USA wants withdrawal of it’s forces in sept 11, now will take place in Istanbul. Parties will be Afghanistan, Turkey, China, Taliban, pakistan and...
24 May 21 Guarantor beware(Polity, GS-2, Law, The Hindu)
Context:- The Supreme Court judgment of:- upholding creditors’ right to proceed against personal guarantors to loans provided by them to a corporate borrower. This will help in lifting the uncertainty...
24 May 21 Deflating India’s COVID black market boom(Governance, GS-2,The Hindu)
Context:- Covid-19 which has devastated medical supply has also made black economy thrive. This black market acts like a blood succor. So we will talk about how we can undo...
24 May 21 Recalibrate growth, reprioritise expenditures(GS-3, The Hindu, Economy)
Context:- COVID-19 second wave has devastated indian society and particularly the economy by successive lockdown and economic activity restrictions. This led to erosion of central government capacity and it’s income...
22 May 21 Fitful approach(The Hindu, GS-3,2, data privacy and science and tech)
Context:- The Centre’s recent notice to messaging service provider WhatsApp to withdraw its updated privacy policy. This policy specifically states that users would no longer be able to stop the...
22 May 21 SC: personal guarantors liable for corporate debt (The Hindu, GS-2,3 Economy, Governance)
Context:- In 2017 Total bad loan in the banks reached a record high more than 11 lakh crore in the public sector bank. This much bad loan hurt the economy....
22 May 21 The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway(The Hindu, GS-2, Governance, Health)
Context:- The whole world is fighting against COVID-19. Researchers and some companies made drugs which are available in the public domain but the prices and availability remains the issue. If...
21 May 21 Government must be transparent about its plans for the National Archives of India(Indian Express, Gs-2, Governance, GS-1, History))
Context:-The National Archives of India (NAI) complex is slated for major changes under the Central Vista Project. This building has several public records, private papers, departmental records etc. What is the...