On how India must respond to a low HDI rank
India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question: would not the score have been significantly…
Enemy property: what it is, how the new law changes its status
History Behind: When nations go to war, they often seize the properties in their countries of the citizens and corporations of the enemy country. This happened during the First and…
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2017-The Shortfalls
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2017, passed by Parliament last week, has made 26 weeks of paid maternity leave mandatory for all women employed in the organised sector. The more…
National Health Policy; key issues unaddressed
The National Health Policy cleared by the Union Cabinet has fallen short of the promise of its 2015 draft. The policy duplicates portions of the Health section of Finance Minister's…
Other Side of Maternity Benefit Bill
The enhancement of paid maternity leave for women in the organised sector to 26 weeks from 12 is a progressive step, one that should lead to closer scrutiny of the…
Legal framework for protection of interests of Migrants in the country
The ‘Working Group on Migration’ headed by Shri Partha Mukhopadhay ,set by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2015 submitted their Report to the Government. Recommendations: The…
WHO published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”
WHO published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list was drawn…
WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed
WHO published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list was drawn…
A single species, man, is deciding the fate of all others
How is biodiversity — the vast variety of plants and animals on earth — useful? At a recent, unique conference organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican…
India must take GST lessons from other nations: CFO survey
Before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform is rolled out, India should take cautious lessons from other nations which have also introduced similar legislation, industry leaders have warned. A…