Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
Context A new global study has quantified the damage that the modern food industry does to human health, development and the environment costs. The “hidden cost” to the world is…
Child Well-Being Index
Context Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry topped the charts in the child well-being index, a tool designed to measure and tracks children’s well-being comprehensively. Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh featured…
Why women are still being treated as unequal to men
Context According to a study published in American Psychologist, for the first time in history, 86% of US adults have admitted that men and women are equally intelligent. Status of…
Prohibition of E-cigarettes Ordinance 2019
Context The Prohibition of E-cigarettes Ordinance 2019 is being sent to a Group of Ministers as directed by the Prime Minister’s Office. What are e-cigarettes? An e-cigarette, short for electronic…
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019
Context The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019, which proposes to ban commercial surrogacy, was passed by Lok Sabha on August 5. The Bill was introduced by the Minister of Health and…
National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL)
Context India has got its first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) finalised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). With this, India has become the first country to compile…
Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Bill
Context: The Lok Sabha recently passed the Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Bill. Highlights of the Bill: According to the Bill, a transgender is a person whose gender does not…
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015
Context: In 2016, a 17-year-old was booked for the murder of his three-year-old neighbour in Mumbai. The Mumbai city Juvenile Justice Board as well as a children’s court directed that…
Making national legislatures more gender-balanced
Context: The Global Gender Gap report for 2018 said that the widest gender disparity is in the field of political empowerment. To cite the Inter-Parliamentary Union 2018 report, women legislators…
A model policy for women in the police
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…
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