Jharkhand bill: 75% quota for locals in private jobs Context: The Jharkhand Assembly recently passed a Bill, which provides 75% reservation for local people in the private sector up to ₹40,000 salary a month. Once notified, Jharkhand will become the third State in the country, after Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, to pass such law for […]
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Feb 06 Editorial Analysis
Beating down critical journalism, creative freedom: Context: A young freelance journalist was arrested and charged with lacking appropriate media credentials on the days of the Republic that trauma, points of entry into Delhi. The curious deference of the judiciary is part of the precariousness of the rights to freedom and creative freedom in India today. […]
JAN 31
JUSTICE REPORT: About the Report: The report analysed expenditure, vacancies, representation of women, human resources, infrastructure, workload, diversity across 18 large and medium-sized states with a population of over 1 crore and 7 small states. Findings: Overall Ranking: The overall ranking is a result of a state’s ranking across the four pillars of justice delivery system – Judiciary, Police, […]
Jan 29
China Incursion in Taiwan: The USA has reaffirmed its support for Taiwan following China’s warplanes entering Taiwan’s air defence identification zone. These overflights were part of a long-standing pattern of incursions by China aimed at pressuring the present democratically elected government of Taiwan to accept China’s demand to recognise Taiwan as a part of Chinese territory Conflict between China and Taiwan […]