India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: What east can teach the west

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: International Relations   Source: The Indian Express Context: Based on the editorial in the Indian Express. He discusses how good Indo-Bangladesh relations can guide Indo-Pakistan relations. Direction: C Raja Mohan’s articles are important for IR. Do go through it once, and note 1-2 unique points. Indo-Bangladesh Relations positive takeaways: Security Dimension: …

Rankings that make no sense

GS paper 2 Syllabus: Issues related to the development of the social sector related to education, NEP, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) etc   Source: The Hindu Context: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)’s ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs), released in July, has received considerable flak.  Directions: Just go through it once. Not so …

Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media

GS paper 2 Syllabus: Structure, functioning and organization of Courts, the role of executive, media etc   Source: The Hindu Context: This is in continuation of the article Biased media weaken democracy Recently, the Chief Justice of India objected to the lack of media accountability in the media’s coverage of legal issues. Direction: Those giving …

Judicial Interventions in Indian Economic decisions

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Polity: Indian Judiciary   Source: The Times of India Context: Recently, Supreme Court proposed to create an expert committee of the Election Commission, Finance Commission, NITI Aayog, RBI officials and others to look into the economic impact of freebies doled out by the executive. Directions: Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, and Judicial Overreach are …

India got Swaraj in 1947. It must now strive for good governance

GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Indian society   Source: The Indian Express Context: This is in continuation of yesterday’s article India, democracy and the promised republic Direction: Few points from this Venkaiah Naidu article can be seen once. No need to make notes. What is the ancient cultural ethos that present India needs to follow? Principle …