Background In May, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which extended reservation to the Maratha community in public education and employment in excess …
NEWS The belief in the utility of torture is embedded in institutional culture and accommodated by law. CONTEXT A latest effort, the ‘Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering’, to combat torture during investigation, reinforces empirical evidence that …
Background The unorganized food processing sector in the country comprises nearly 25 lakh food processing enterprises which are unorganized and unregistered. With only 7% of investment in plant & machinery and 3% of outstanding credit, the unorganized enterprises contribute to …
What’s in the news? The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have released a report titled “COVID-19 and Tourism: An Update”. Highlights of the Report The collapse of international tourism due to …
What is a semi slug? They are kind of snails but their shells are too small to fit them. It represents an intermediate stage of evolution, where it’s managed to develop a shell, but it’s far too small to fit …
NEWS India’s failure to honour adverse international judicial rulings hurts its image as an investment destination. CONTEXT Recently the Commerce Ministry reported that India attracted the highest ever FDI of $81.72 billion in 2020-21. However, several economists have argued that …
About The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015. NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional …
What’s in the news? The Gujarat Maritime University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Financial Services Centres Authority in GIFT City to promote the Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre (GIMAC). This will be the first centre …
About Nipah infection It is a viral infection caused by the Nipah virus (NiV). Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural host of Nipah virus. The disease was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak in Malaysia and …