Category: General Interest
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UAPA 2019: Striking a Balance
India’s 2019 Amendment to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (UAPA) 1967 underscores the conflict between restrictions on basic human rights and security compulsions of the state.
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Damocles’ Sword Over Cash Starved Pakistan
Having failed twice to meet the milestones set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the prospects of blacklisting loom large over an economically stressed Pakistan.
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CDS- Integrating Indian Defence Forces
Will the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) kickstart the long due integration of Indian Defence Forces – creating a Joint Multidimensional Force that will be at par with the modern militaries of other countries?
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An Overdose of Opioid: Johnson & Johnson
Does the landmark judgement of a US Court against Johnson & Johnson for promoting excessive opioids lay bare the complicity of large pharmaceutical corporations in placing profits before social responsibilities?
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White nationalism : A growing force?
In the age of instant communication, with world-wide reach, nationalist groups target communities of colour and also religious minorities through the available social platforms.
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The Protests in Russia
Over 60,000 Russians staged the country’s biggest political protest, defying a clampdown to demand free elections to Moscow’s city legislature. What does the biggest political protest in Moscow in over eight years mean for Putin’s government and what is in store for the future?
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Animal-Human hybrid in the making
After the development of human – monkey in China, the Japanese government has approved stem cell experiments to create animal-human hybrid disregarding the species barrier and other ethical issues.
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RTI Amendment: Threat to autonomy?
The Lok Sabha has passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to make changes to the statutorily fixed tenure and service conditions of Information Commissioners.
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Chinese cameras ban at U.S. facilities
U.S. federal agencies are yet to comply with a mandate on Chinese made surveillance cameras which was imposed by the Congress in 2018. The agencies are required to remove the cameras before the August 13th deadline.
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Tolerating intolerance in the US
A Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” towards four Democratic congresswomen of colour. Does the American President’s actions signal not just growing intolerance but also its sanction by the holder of the highest office in the US?