Law Commission floats Consultation Paper on Family Law Reform
Context: On the day its term comes to an end, the Law Commission of India has released a Consultation Paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’. The Paper suggests a series…
The crackdown on civil society
Context: With the raids and arrests, activists are being penalised for their unwavering vigilance. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the modern democratic state, armed with technologies of surveillance…
The shale gas challenge
Context: We need a sector-specific environment impact assessment manual on exploration and production. On August 1, 2018, the Central government approved a far-reaching policy that allows private and government players…
Commute-related pollution: Kolkata shines among megacities
Context: An analysis of 14 Indian cities, including six megacities and eight metropolises, on how they fare when it comes to pollution and energy consumption from urban commuting, places Kolkata…
Checking the new abnormal
Context: Dismayed by the increasing number of cases of lynching across the country, the Supreme Court observed last month that “it is the responsibility of the States to prevent untoward…
India fares poor on Global Liveability
Context: The rankings of 140 global cities, based on their living conditions were released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU is part of UK magazine The Economist and…
Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin in States/ UTs
The Standing Committee on Rural Development (Chair: Dr. P Venugopal) submitted its report on the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin in States/ UTs’ on July 19, 2018. The Swachh Bharat Mission-…
Interview: Dr. Kapil Gupta* on Urban Floods
What is an urban flood? How is it different from rural flood or any other flood? The term urban flood consists of two parts - ‘urban’ and ‘flood’. According to…
Population Control Bill
Context: During the Monsoon session, a few Members of Parliament tabled a draft before President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding a population control bill. If the bill would get passed in…
What is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe?
Context: NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe – the space agency’s first mission to the sun – that will explore the sun’s atmosphere and its outermost atmosphere, the corona. The…
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