WTO E-Commerce Rules: India’s Stand
India looks to fight the battle on global rules for e-commerce trade at WTO as about 70 countries have expressed support to USA to have a multilateral mechanism. On this issue, only South Africa is with India. The government, under pressure, had to drop the mention of...
India Elected Among New Non-permanent members of UNSC
India was overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in June 2020, for a period of two years in an unprecedented election, where envoys from the 192 member states voted wearing masks and in adherence to the strict social distancing...
Right to Access Internet Part of Right to Education and Privacy: HC
Introduction On September 19, 2019, the Kerala High Court gave a landmark ruling, holding that the right to access Internet is a fundamental right forming a part of right to privacy and the right to education under Article 21 of the Constitution. The ruling came on a...
Government-funded NGOs under RTI Act: SC
On September 17, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that NGOs ‘substantially’ funded by the government, directly or indirectly, would come under the ambit of Right to Information Act, 2005, in order to inject transparency and accountability in the functioning of NGOs and...
WHO Report shows Younger Age Group to be Main Driver of COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) in August 2020 said it was concerned that the novel virus outbreak was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 Ranked Indore as India’s Cleanest City
The results of the annual survey of cleanliness were announced by Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs during the ‘Swachh Mahotsav’ ceremony
Functioning of Collegium: Issue of Transfer
The collegium states that the recommendations were made for cogent reasons and in compliance of the required procedure, which would not be in the interest of the institution to disclose. However, if the need arises, the same will be disclosed unhesitatingly.
A Green Rating System for Schools
The Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Council, on May 6, 2019, launched a rating tool, ‘GRIHA for Existing Day Schools’, to evaluate the environmental performance of schools across India.
Politics of Onion Price Rise
The Issue People in India eat 15 million tonnes of onions a year and the onion price is seen as an indicator of the health of the Indian economy; such is the love for onions. Onion is a staple vegetable for the poor, indispensable to many Indian cuisines and recipes,...
Population Rise: The Indian Challenge
According to the UN’s World population prospects 2019, India is projected to become the most populous country by 2027 surpassing China and host 1.64 billion people by 2050.
CAFE Regulations
CAFE Regulations, or Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy regulations, which came into force in India from April 1, 2017 onwards, aim at lowering fuel consumption (or improving fuel efficiency) of vehicles by lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
Flexi-staffing
Flexi-staffing or Flexible staffing is an arrangement in an organisation where the employees can be from temporary agencies, or they could be leased, employees, or contract workers.
Circular Economy to Generate Jobs
Circular economy means reintroducing waste back into the production cycle to produce new products and uses instead of wasting such materials
Put and Call Options in Bonds
Put and call options are derivative investments, and their price movements are based on the price movements of another financial product
Buyback Tax
A buyback is a scheme by which a company purchases back some amount of its outstanding shares and then extinguishes them. This reduction in the shares helps in better earnings per share for continuing shareholders and increase the return on equity. Buyback of shares...
Liquid Funds
Belonging to the debt category of mutual funds, liquid funds are invested in very short-term market instruments like treasury bills, government securities, and call money.
Tech Unicorn
A tech unicorn is a company that has been valued by investors at more than one billion dollars. Venture capitalist Aileen Lee first made use of the term in 2013
Rhinos Enter the Bond Market-Impact bonds
Conservationists have announced the sale of bonds to protect an endangered species in July 2019, conservationists from the company, the Zoological Society of London and Conservation Capital, said that they have planned a $ 50 million rhino impact bond in 2020. the...
Quant Funds-Importance and Drawbacks
Automation of money management has given a boost to the phenomenon of quant funds. In a quant fund, the investment decision or the stock selection is done as per predetermined rules based on a statistical or mathematical model.
Navarros on the Ascendant
The term ‘Navarros recession’, coined by the US media, refers to the slowdown in the economy caused by the misguided trade and currency policies