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World - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
What brought about Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s return to Afghanistan?
Former Prime Minister of Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was removed from the UN blacklist of terrorists on the 3rd of February 2017. The warlord’s 2016 peace deal with the Afghanistan government was…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
India slows down on the digital highway
For the government and most of its supporters, pushing towards a cashless society may help deliver solutions to the problems of corruption, lack of development, increase production and ending poverty…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
French President Emmanuel Macron
On 7th May 2017, Emmanuel Macron won the Presidential election by a clear majority of 66.06% in comparison to counterpart Le Pen at 33.94%. Macron at 39 is the youngest President of France after…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 5, 2017
Broken Brazil
After 21 years, in response to austerity measures, Brazil faced a nation-wide general strike on 29th of April 2017. Facing a recession from the second semester of 2013, Brazil’s government has sought…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 5, 2017
ObamaCare Repealed
On the 4th of May 2017, the Republican healthcare Bill was narrowly passed with 217-213 vote in the lower chamber of Congress. The Bill has now been passed on to the Senate where it would be enacted…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 5, 2017
Banking Ordinance on NPA
An amendment to the Banking Regulation Act (Section 35A) was proposed by the Cabinet to grant the RBI the power to intervene in bad loan cases to solve the Non Performing Assets crisis. This was…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
Practice of Dual Pricing System
On the 3rd of May 2017, raids were conducted at various business premises in Karnataka for selling water bottles at exorbitant prices. Bottles priced at Rs 20 were sold at Rs 50/100. The raid was…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
El Chapo’s Associate Caught
On 2nd May 2017 Mexican authorities announced the capture of Dámaso López who is considered to be the right-hand man of El Chapo. El Chapo the drug lord who controlled the Sinaloa Cartel is now…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
Asylum limbo
A Zimbabwean has been in Britain for 15 years. Her application for seeking asylum was rejected. Subsequently her requests to be deported back to Zimbabwe were refused too. She has been left in a…
War - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
Japan's Lost Army
The long running argument over amending the Japan’s war renouncing provision in its constitution was reignited on 3rd of April, 2017. Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution renounces war and prevents…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
De-globalisation
De-globalisation is considered the process of reducing interdependence and integration between certain parts around the world, particularly nation-state. It is largely used to describe that period in…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
Niti Aayog
As the five-year plan took its last gasp and the planning commission ended, India is taking the path to become market economy from a mixed one, with the tradition of planning left behind. In order to…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
Tata-ThyssenKrupp Merger
Owing to dwindling of demand and years of losses because of cheap imports from China, in March 2016 Tata announced that it was looking to sell all its UK businesses, plunging the sector into crisis.…
Elections - Op-Eds - May 3, 2017
Outcomes of round one of the French elections
The first round of the French elections culminated with Emmanuel Macron and Marie Le Pen emerging as the victors. For the first time in French politics, the primaries did not favour the front runners…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
China creates its own Wikipedia
The government of China has decided to launch third edition of nationalised encyclopaedia to compete with Wikipedia. 20,000 scholars and teachers from state run universities are currently working on…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
First transgender athletic meeting
On the 29th of April, In a bid to promote equality for the transgender community in the state, a one-day athletic meet was organized by the state government of Kerala. Around hundred people…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
Tobacco use in India
The usage of Tobacco in India is very common especially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand Orissa etc. Smoking and Chewing tobacco has been increasing among youngsters in India which leads to…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
Future of American Surveillance
Following Edwards Snowden’s 2013 exposition of the National Security Agency’s PRISM and UPSTREAM surveillance programs, the government passed the Freedom Act of 2015. With origins in Bush’s Patriot…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
India gifts vehicles to Nepal
On the 1st of May 2017, the Indian Government handed 35 double cabin pickups, 7 Scorpio jeeps, 4 Sedan cars, one each of sports utility vehicles, a mini and micro bus as well as 30 Pulsar motorcycles…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - May 3, 2017
Mandatory requirement of Aadhar Card
The Central Government contended before the Supreme Court on 3rd of May, 2017 that it is mandatory for the citizens to have a unique identification number and hence a person cannot refuse to provide…