Two Can Tango: India and Pakistan at the UNGA 2017
Despite awareness of antagonism amidst India and Pakistan, both parties have perpetually managed to remain diplomatic on the international front. However this year’s UN General Assembly were witness to the battle of words between both nations. Seizing The Opportunity According to reports the verbal sword play began with the ball …
Rohingya Muslims: Illegal Entry Into India, Supreme Court to Take a Call
The Rohingya crisis and their illegal entry into India and the decision taken by Indian Government and Supreme court on the Refugees. What Is The Rohingya Crisis? Due to military breakdown and renewed violence in Myanmar, nearly 400,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh and other countries. Thousands of them have …
What Will Be India’s Reply to Rohingya’s Call for Help?
Introduction Will India be the shelter for Rohingya after the mass exodus in their Homeland? Will India open the gates for the refugees in humanitarian grounds, even after been chiseled with the Bodhgaya incident, and potential threat of terrorism? Or, will it keep its silence till the end? What Is …
GST and the Beedi Industry: Smoking Without Fire
The Indian Government has introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017. Hailed as the biggest tax reform of the independent India, GST was introduced on the midnight of July 1 in a special session convened at the central hall of parliament. GST is an indirect tax …
Not as Easy as ABC: Ryan International School Murder
Not Just Another Friday It was meant to be just another Friday for the Thakur family. However tragedy struck almost as soon as the day began. Within just minutes upon reaching school, 7 year old Pradyuman a Class 2 student at Gurgaon’s Ryan International School, was found brutally murdered inside …
21 Rhinos Die in India’s Monsoon Floods
Introduction Rising floodwaters have engulfed Kaziranga National Park, a famous location in Northeast India housing two thirds of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos. The flooding has spelled the death of over 270 animals, including 15-20 of the horned rhinos, 185 deer, and even 1 Royal Bengal Tiger. The Brahmaputra River …
Need for Safer Cities Before Smarter Cities
Introduction ‘No Man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one, or love the other or else he will hold the one, and despise the other’. It holds for the Government too, as it does for the proles of the country. While focusing to develop the country …
The Doklam Vendetta Reaches New Heights
Introduction The Doklam road is a Chinese building project that re-enters a feud which has remained dormant for 55 years. Focus around disputes between 3 countries, a potential war, and a battle that dates back to 1962 mean that this disputed border disagreement may have to end once and for …
Triple Talaq Verdict: Historic Win For Empowering Women
On the day of 22nd August 2017, Triple Talaq, a practice seeking instant divorce has been declared as invalid by the supreme court in what can be termed as a historic win in terms of empowering women. The supreme court regards triple talaq as a violation of the constitutional rights …
I Stand by my Country: Is Patriotism the Same After Seventy Years?
Introduction The BJP, after achieving Maximum Governance with Minimum Government, hopes to initiate a movement which is named ‘I stand by my country’ on the occasion of 70th anniversary of Independence Day and 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement. It believes this venture could ignite the spark of patriotism and …
