Indian Judiciary
That is not something to be taken lightly when India’s Union Law Minister criticises retiring judges in a severe way. The Minister’s claim that retired judges who disagree with “state policies” are “anti-India” components not…
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Synthesis Report
Synthesis Report The authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the Sixth Assessment Cycle’s final “Synthesis” report. The evidence that human actions are pushing the planet closer to irreversible cataclysms has only been…
India and Japan
The “annual summit” between the prime ministers of India and Japan, which has taken place every year since 2006, directs the development of this bilateral relationship. Thoughts of the Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s brief…
Human Development Index
India’s economy is currently one of the world’s fastest expanding. Yet this expansion hasn’t translated into a matching rise in the country’s Human Development Index (HDI). The United Nations Development Programme developed the HDI as…
Universal Health Coverage
We adhere to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of health, which includes mental and social well-being in addition to physical fitness, happiness, and the absence of illness and incapacity. This indicates that without addressing…
Adultry and the Constitutional Provisions
In its landmark decision Joseph Shine v. Union of India, handed down more than four years ago, the Supreme Court of India decriminalised adultery (September 2018). Sections 198 of the Criminal Procedure Code and Section…
India’s Export
In February, India’s exports of products decreased for the third time in five months. The $33.8 billion in shipments represented an 8.8% decrease from the prior year. The only greater decrease in recent periods of…
India and China
When India holds the presidency of both the G-20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023, Indian diplomacy will reach a zenith. The country of China, which recently hosted “two sessions”—the annual meetings of…
Saudi-Iranian ‘normalisation’
Saudi Arabia and Iran signed a pact on March 10, 2023, in Beijing, China, to re-establish diplomatic connections, respect one another’s sovereignty, and uphold non-interference in one another’s internal affairs. The parties were represented by…
Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture
India’s G-20 leadership has given the nation a chance to highlight its technological advances, notably in the areas of data infrastructure and data governance. The G20 has acknowledged the need for international cooperation and collaboration…