Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 20 July 2021
Content: Surveillance reform is the need of the hour Surveillance reform is the need of the hour Context: It is worth asking why the government would need to hack phones and install spyware when existing laws already offer impunity for surveillance. This unsettling query arises on the basis of reports emerging from a collaborative investigation […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 19 July 2021
Content: Leaving the past behind Leaving the past behind: India-Afghanistan Context: Two events in Central Asia last week, which India attended, saw Afghanistan’s neighbours seeking solutions to the conflict there. The first was a meeting in Dushanbe, of the Contact group on Afghanistan of SCO Foreign Ministers, and The second, a Central and South Asia […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 17 July 2021
Contents India needs a renewed health-care system India needs a renewed health-care system Context: India has a new Union Health Minister after the recent cabinet reshuffle. So, what does the new Health Minister need to learn from previous experience, and what unfinished tasks need to be taken forward? Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Health and associated […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 16 July 2021
Content: Failure to act against hate speech at Centre and in states is the real ‘double engine effect’ Failure to act against hate speech at Centre and in states is the real ‘double engine effect’ Context: Following a Supreme Court directive in the case of Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India, the Law Commission, […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 15 July 2021
Contents Showing the way out: On K.P. Oli’s ouster in Nepal Showing the way out: On K.P. Oli’s ouster in Nepal Context: Nepal has a new Prime Minister after the Supreme Court overrules Mr. Oli again. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations (India’s Neighbors, Foreign Policies and Developments affecting India’s Interests) Mains Question: Nepal-India relations are deep, wide-ranging, […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 14 July 2021
Contents An unproductive idea: On UP Population law An unproductive idea: On UP Population law Context: Incentives and penalties form an integral component of the measures to control population growth, announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in July 2021. These steps are aimed at reducing U.P.’s total fertility rate (TFR), recorded as 2.7 […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 13 July 2021
Contents Space tourism race and suborbital flight explained Space tourism race and suborbital flight explained Context: British businessman Richard Branson beat rival Jeff Bezos to reach the edge of space, giving space tourism an official kickstart. But experts and space enthusiasts are in doubt whether the height to which he travelled can be termed ‘space’. […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 12 July 2021
Contents Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific A Kerala model for an anti-discrimination law Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific Context: Recently, Italy has begun to signal its intention to enter the Indo-Pacific geography by seeking to join India and Japan in a trilateral partnership. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 10 July 2021
Contents In defence of India’s noisy democracy In defence of India’s noisy democracy Context: China’s developmental pathway over the last century has been spectacular and this has lead to a rise in the comparison with India and questioning the need to bring a change in India’s democratic system. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Constitutional Provisions) […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 9 July 2021
Contents Should only elected legislators be eligible for CM post? Tracking fugitives everywhere Should only elected legislators be eligible for CM post? Context: The sudden exit of Tirath Singh Rawat as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand because he was not elected as a legislator within six months, has led to thickening speculation about the fate of […]