Why the CSIR National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) is advocating for two time zones in India?

The national timekeeper the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research’s National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) which maintains Indian Standard Time has published a research article describing the necessity of two time zones. New Time Zone It proposes for a new time ..

Throw light on the Sino-India water disputes. What are strategic threats to India from China's control over rivers flowing through northeast India? Discuss.

Water disputes are one of the contentious issues between India and China. Many strategic thinkers are arguing that disputes relating to water will be major source of conflict between the two countries in the future. China’s plan of constructing big dams ..

To what extent do you think that ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal is in India's interest? Argue in the light of opportunities and challenges for India in RCEP.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements. Opportunities for India RCEP can be means to ..

Multiple regulatory structures can hinder the growth of entrepreneurship culture. Critically analyze in the context of Companies Rules 2017. What could be the ramifications of such moves on the economy ?

In order to reap the advantage of demographic dividend, India needs to create more formal sector jobs which has been slow, between 1989 to 2010 of all the jobs only 35% were created in formal sector. In order to deliver ..

Explain why Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam.

Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and a popular human rights activist who took part in the civil rights movement. He was most popular because of his action as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Joining ..

Discuss the key principles of Subsidiary Alliance System. To what extent, this system contributed in making the British Company the Supreme Sovereign Authority in India?

The key principles of subsidiary alliance system were as follows: A permanent subsidiary force would be stationed in the capital of friendly princely state For the upkeep of this force a smaller native state was asked to pay in cash ..

Tata Sons : NCLAT Judgement

The NCLAT reinstated Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of Tata Sons, which broncos forward the issue of Tata Sons sudden attempt of conversion from a public limited to a private limited company. The second is Article 75 of the ..

The shocking incident of rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad speaks volumes of the lack of stringent laws dealing with sexual assault. Discuss the measures to combat violence against women. 

The depraved acts of sexual violence against women in our country show no signs of ceasing. There is an urgent need for stricter laws, a time-frame and the strictest punishment to be meted out to rapists and murderers. It is ..

The efforts to modernize the police should be complemented with functional and organizational reforms. Discuss.

Police organisation has been long criticised in India for its inefficiency, corruption, insensitivity, lack of modernisation. Government has launched Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF), an umbrella scheme which will be implemented between 2017 and 2020. a)Scheme will assist the states ..

What are the objectives, features and significance of the recently announced GOBAR-Dhan initiative?

The government introduced new scheme Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) in the budget of 2018-19. The Scheme aims to manage and convert cattle dung and solid waste in farms to compost, bio-gas and bio-CNG. Objectives of the scheme: Keeping the ..