Ocean of Knowledge
South China Sea 16 Sep 2019 13 min read Why in news? Recently, at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Maldives’ Male, US Ambassador to South Korea attacked China for illegally building artificial islands and militarising them in the South China Sea to which China responded by saying that it has indisputable sovereignty over the…
National Action Plan on Climate Change 19 Sep 2019 19 min read Introduction The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was launched in 2008 by the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. It aims at creating awareness among the representatives of the public, different agencies of the government, scientists, industry and the communities on…
Israel-Palestine 26 Sep 2019 12 min read Why in the news? Palestine has rejected the US-Bahrain led Peace to Prosperity economic workshop on the ground that it says nothing about ending Isreali occupation. Israel-Palestine Conflict The seeds of the conflict were laid in 1917 when the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour expressed official…
Uniform Civil Code 07 Oct 2019 10 min read Why in the news Recently, the Supreme Court in a case concerning the question of whether succession and inheritance of a Goan domicile is governed by the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 or the Indian Succession Act of 1925, held that: The Constitution in Article 44 requires…
e-Governance 17 Oct 2019 16 min read e-Governance can be defined as the application of information and communication technology (ICT) for providing government services, exchange of information, transactions, integration of previously existing services and information portals. The “e” in e-Governance stands for ‘electronic’. The Council of Europe referred to e-Governance as: The use of electronic…
Parliamentary Reforms in India 07 Nov 2019 11 min read Representative democracy and parliamentary institutions have endured in India for more than seven decades. It is a great tribute to India’s democratic framework. However, in recent years there is a debate regarding the declining standards of the Indian Parliament. It is also highlighted in the…
RERA Act, 2016 21 Nov 2019 10 min read Introduction Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) is an act passed by the Parliament in 2016 that came into effect fully from 1st May, 2017. It seeks to protect home-buyers as well as help boost investments in the real estate sector by bringing efficiency and…
Phases of Indian Foreign Policy 02 Dec 2019 12 min read Recently, the External Affairs Minister of India delivered the 4th Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture on Indian foreign policy. Key Highlights The very structure of the international order is undergoing a profound transformation. This can be attributed by various geopolitical events. USA’s unilateralism under America…
Medical Devices In India 13 Dec 2019 9 min read Introduction The medical device industry is a unique blend of engineering and medicine. It involves the creation of machines that are used to support life within the human body. Medical devices include Surgical Equipment, Diagnostic equipment like Cardiac imaging, CT scans, X-ray, Molecular Imaging, MRI and…
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 19 Dec 2019 11 min read Introduction Recently, the Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 which received the President’s assent to become an Act. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955. The Citizenship Act,1955 provides various ways in which citizenship may be acquired. It provides…