Author: Ajit Kansal

Cheetah`s comeback to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

70 years after the cheetah’s extinction, the Indian Government is planning cheetah’s comeback to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary.  On Wednesday, a memorandum of agreement was signed by Namibia and India to reestablish the African cheetah in India (MoU). Additionally, cooperation on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity exploitation is a key component of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MoEF) Bhupender Yadav and Namibia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah signed in New Delhi.  The Asiatic cheetah, a highly endangered species that only exists in Iran, was officially declared extinct in India…

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supreme court on abortion rights

Abortion Rights: After the Delhi High Court declined to permit it, citing the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, the Supreme Court on abortion rights in India last week authorized an unmarried woman to abort her pregnancy at 24 weeks. The highest court ruled that a woman may have an abortion if a medical board determines that doing so will not harm her in any way. In this article we understand ruling of Supreme Court on Abortion Rights. What was the stance of the Delhi High Court?  The 25-year-old single woman filed an appeal with the Supreme Court after the…

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India's surveillance framework

It has been a year, yet no significant action has been taken to improve India’s surveillance framework in order to defend against attacks like the Pegasus spyware attack that we experienced last year. Background-  The Pegasus spyware was used to snoop on numerous prominent Indians last year. These people included judges, cabinet ministers, journalists, NGO workers, etc.  WhatsApp revealed a security breach caused by malicious software in India and other countries even in 2019.  The New York Times reported in its issue dated January 31, 2022 that “India brought Pegasus in 2017 as part of a $ 2 billion” defense…

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Centre Appoints MSP Committee to Improve Efficiency & Transparency

 The centre appoints an MSP committee to improve efficiency and transparency, but the legal guarantee that farmers are demanding is not mentioned in the notification. What is on the panel’s schedule? How will it run?  This week, the centre appoints a committee to “promote zero budget-based farming,” “alter” the country’s agricultural patterns, and “increase the effectiveness and transparency” of MSP. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which had spearheaded a persistent farmer movement against three agricultural regulations that have since been abolished, has retained three of the 26 seats on the committee along with the chairman. However, the SKM has said…

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Indians Renounce their Citizenship

More than 1.6 lakh Indians renounce their citizenship in 2021, the government has told Parliament. People migrate away from their places of origin all over the world in search of employment and better opportunities, although the justifications vary by nation and among various socioeconomic levels.  In response to a non-starred question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, July 19, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported that in 2021, more than 1.6 lakh Indians renounced their Indian citizenship. In compared to the 85,256 persons who renounced their Indian citizenship in the Pandemic-hit year of 2020, the figures represented a significant increase.…

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How and Who Approves a CM's International Travel

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, claimed that the center was delaying approval for his next visit to Singapore. In this article we are going to understand how and who approves a CM`s international travel or in other words what types of authorization—and from whom—do CMs, ministers, MPs, and other government employees need for international travel?  Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has questioned why the center took so long to approve his trip to Singapore to attend the World Cities Summit on July 31 to August 3.  He eventually used videoconferencing to address the Centre’s refusal to allow…

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India`s submarine situation and decommissioning of INS Sindhudhwaj 

For 35 years, INS Sindhudhwaj served the Indian Navy. When it was purchased from the Soviet Union in 1987, it was put into service. In this article India`s submarine situation and decommissioning of INS Sindhudhwaj going to understand. The decommissioning of INS Sindhudhwaj the Kilo Class diesel electric submarine on Sunday significantly diminished the Indian Navy’s already tiny submarine force. What is the India`s submarine situation, and how does it stack up against the navy of its neighbors? How does a submarine of the Kilo Class live? INS Sindhudhwaj served the Indian Navy for 35 years. It entered service after being sold…

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Wildfires Changing Europe's Climate

Increasing temperatures cause plants to lose moisture, producing an excess of dry fuel. When a fire starts racing through a region of forest, drought and extreme heat can destroy plants, dry off dead grass, and dry other forest floor materials. And these wildfires changing Europe`s climate. Intense wildfires are raging across Europe, and nations like Spain, Greece, and France are scrambling to put out the fires and control the damage.  A blazing heatwave has pushed hundreds of people from their homes, and thousands of hectares of forest land have burned to the ground.  Why are wildfires becoming more severe?  The proper…

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The Political Aspects of India`s Vice President

After the president, the vice president is the second-highest elected official in India. The Vice President’s post in the nation is mandated by the constitution’s requirements in Article 63.In this article we going to cover various Political Aspects of India`s Vice President post.  The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will run West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for the vice-presidential election on August 6. The name was chosen during the BJP’s parliamentary board meeting, which was held here on July 16 evening, and the announcement was made by JP Nadda, the party’s chief.  The notification for the vice president election was announced…

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 India's standing in the Gender Gap Index 

The population of women in India is touching 662 million in 2022 India’s positioning in the gender gap index is 135 out of 146 countries in the latest report released by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. India is ranked 146th in the “Health and Survival” sub-index. Overall report Key findings-  The gender gap has been reduced by 68.1 percent worldwide. The gender disparity in political empowerment around the world is still 77.6% this year. The gender gap in economic opportunity and participation is 40%. In 2022, there will be a 4.7 percentage point gender disparity in educational attainment. There…

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