EDITORIALS
Insights into Editorial: On the learning curve: transforming education outcomes in India Introduction: With more than 1.5 million schools, 260 million enrolments and 12 million teachers, India has the largest, most diverse and complicated learning systems in the world. While access to education has been an enormous success story and is now nearly universal, children […]
Insights into Editorial: India’s First Lokpal Is Former Supreme Court Judge PC Ghose: Context: Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is the country’s first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman. His appointment has been cleared by President Ram Nath Kovind. Justice Ghose’s name was finalised and recommended by the Selection Committee led by Prime […]
Insights into Editorial: Down, but definitely not out: on future of the Islamic State Context: About ISIS presence: The Islamic State, which at its peak controlled territories straddling the Iraq-Syria border of the size of Great Britain, is now fighting for half a square kilometre in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led rebel […]
Insights into Editorial: A fresh warning: what GEO-6 means for India Context: The sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook from the UN Environment Programme has come as another stark warning: The world is unsustainably extracting resources and producing unmanageable quantities of waste. The linear model of economic growth depends on the extraction of […]
Insights into Editorial: The WWW turns 30 Context: Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN began a project to create an information retrieval service on the internet. The result, World Wide Web, was a phenomenon. Today, about half the world is online. A key reason for the web’s growth is the […]
Insights into Editorial: China’s block: on not listing Azhar as global terrorist Context: China’s decision to block the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN Security Council is both a setback to India’s post-Pulwama diplomatic strategy and a reality check on ties with China […]
Insights into Editorial: Caution: Vaccine misinformation could be injurious to public health Context: Recent Incident, Facebook said it would step-in to curb misinformation on vaccines. The move followed anti-vaxx campaigners using social media to spread the fear of vaccines and the risk of links to autism. Earlier in Feb-march, an international study had said […]
Insights into Editorial: A model policy for women in the police Present Context: Women constitute about 7% of the police strength in India. This number is expected to rise, with many States and Union Territories providing for 30% (and more) reservation for women in the police in specific ranks. However, this is not […]
Insights into Editorial: Seeds of change Introduction: With the increase in global health consciousness, organic food is set to knock every door and make its way in healthy kitchens worldwide. People the world over use organic food as a hygiene factor rather than a product by itself. Organic food is a holistic approach in […]
Insights into Editorial: Probing the press Context: Attorney General KK Venugopal kicked up a storm by telling the Supreme Court that the government was considering criminal action against journalists and the petitioners against the judgement of 18 December 2018 for revealing top secret information about the controversial Rafale deal. According to the attorney general, […]
Insights into Editorial: Life without GSP Context: The U.S. has ultimately acted on its threat to withdraw concessions granted to Indian imports under the Generalised System of Preferences. The Indian government confirmed that the United States has given a 60-day withdrawal notice to India on the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) benefits, which amount to […]
Insights into Editorial: Back to life: on the belated acquittal of death row convicts Introduction: A nation’s legal system is integral to how its citizens look upon issues that concern the country in general and their individual lives in particular. Despite having the world’s longest Constitution not to mention, one that has gone through numerous […]
Insights into Editorial: Study puts annual losses from stubble burning at $30 bn Context: The study by researchers at the University of Washington and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was published online in the International Journal of Epidemiology. India loses $30 billion or Rs 2 lakh crore every year from crop fires, especially […]
Insights into Editorial: Solar powerhouse Context: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved phase 2 of the grid-connected rooftop solar programme, with a focus on the residential sector. India has set an ambitious target of achieving 40 GW of rooftop solar capacity by 2022. However, while there has been progress on rooftop solar installations among […]
Insights into Editorial: Alarming spread: on H1N1 cases Context: Swine influenza is a respiratory infection common to pigs worldwide caused by type A influenza viruses, principally subtypes H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3. In a short span of 55 days till Feb 24, this year, the number of influenza A (H1N1) cases and deaths […]
Insights into Editorial: Blue revolution that will be Context: Creating a separate department for fisheries in the Union government is a significant step. Fisheries are the primary source of livelihood for several communities. A concentrated effort by an independent department could help the government achieve its objective of doubling farmer’s income, provided its policies address […]
Insights into Editorial: India invited as ‘guest of honour’ to OIC meet Context: In a major diplomatic victory for India and a setback for Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates has invited foreign minister Sushma Swaraj to attend the foreign ministers’ meet of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) States, set to take place in Abu […]
Insights into Editorial: Coming home: on the release of Indian pilot Wg. Cdr. Abhinandan Context: Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, in Pakistani custody after his plane was shot down, will be governed under the Geneva Convention of 1929. With Pakistan’s decision to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, tensions between India and Pakistan […]
Insights into Editorial: De-odourising sewage Introduction: Present status of Water Pollution: we all know water is crucial for life, we trash it anyway. Some 80 percent of the world’s wastewater is dumped largely untreated back into the environment, polluting rivers, lakes, and oceans. This widespread problem of water pollution is jeopardizing our health. Unsafe water […]
Insights into Editorial: The correct prescription Introduction: The increasing popularity of e-commerce, including e-pharmacies, is undeniable. E-Pharmacies, operate through websites or smartphone apps on the Internet. E-pharmacies offer the comfort of shopping from home, privacy, and price discounts. It also allows access to drugs, not available locally. They offer medicines for sale at a […]