The new proposal given by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to change the deputation rules of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers needs to be implemented with a lot of caution. As per reports, the Ministry’s move includes barring Central deputation of the IPS officers, who do not come under…The new proposal given by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to change the deputation rules of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers needs to be implemented with a lot of caution. As per reports, the Ministry’s move includes barring Central deputation of the IPS officers, who do not come under…
Since being elected to power in 2014, the NDA Government has raised the expectations of reinvigoration of good governance through a plethora of legal and policy reforms, both social and economic. The Government has since then come up with an array of new plans and policies put into execution. There…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently requested not to link the Union Budget with the elections as, according to him, the budget “transcends our (political) differences”. The Union Budget for 2022-2023 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seems to have been inspired by the Prime Minister’s vision. And there is…
Climate change is a matter of grave concern, both nationally and internationally, as it poses a severe threat to the existence of humanity as a whole. The position has become so precarious that the carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration in the air has reached 412.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2020…
Tribals or ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (STs) constitute 8.6 % of the total population of India. According to some historians, they were probably the makers of the Indus Valley Civilisation, one of the earliest in the world and the worshippers of the ‘Linga cult’ and Lord Pashupatinath. According to others, the last…
The need for an independent judiciary is quite essential because we have always looked up to the courts with great faith and hope. In the 75 years since Independence, many powerful and mighty institutions have dwindled, but the judiciary has always remained to be the last hope for the masses….
The horrific gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh by upper caste Thakur men, rooted to an old dispute between the Dalit family and the Thakur family, is condemned across the nation and there is considerable outrage also. But eyebrows are raised when it is…
Farmers’ protests that are witnessed in parts of the country against the three Central ordinances that seek to augment and liberalise the agricultural trade are ill-informed. Farmers’ outfits are of the view that the ordinances, particularly ‘The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 or the FPTC Ordinance’…
A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph have recently came down heavily on Sudarshan TV Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke’s disturbing and divisive show “Bindas Bol”, literally meaning “Speak Carelessly” and strongly hinted towards ‘pre-censorship’ of the show, till the matter is conclusively decided by the court. This show…