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 […]
International Relations
REFORMS IN UN & OTHER IMPAIRED BLOCS
Why India should be given a permanent seat in the council? For the first 40 years we did not want permanent membership. In 1993, we submitted a written proposal but did not mention that we need permanent membership. Only after that we have started asking for a permanent membership in the council. India was among […]
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 […]