Exclusion from SWIFT: What it Entails The U.S., Europe and several other western nations are moving to exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). What is SWIFT? SWIFT is an international network for banks worldwide to facilitate smooth money transactions globally. It is basically a messaging network used by banks andRead more
1. VIP Security: Who, How? Dera Sacha Sauda chief has been provided Z plus category security by the Haryana government. This decision has generated considerable interest as the person was serving a 20-year sentence and was released on furlough. The protection given to someone who holds a position of consequence either in the government orRead more
Insufficiently Green: While the budget focuses on ideas like “business environment” and “growth ecosystem”, certain things stand out in the 2022-23 Union budget for anyone interested in the relationship between economy and ecology. Positive: There is a slight increase in the budget of the Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) from 2021-22’s revisedRead more
1. Emerging Axes, New Equations: Pak-Russia Dynamics in a Changing World Following Putin’s recognition of two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent republics, Imran Khan will become the first foreign leader to visit Russia since Nawaz Sharif’s historic visit to the country in 1999. During cold war era, Pakistan was a ready ally and treatyRead more
1. Russia Recognises Rebel Regions of Ukraine as Independent Recently, Russia recognized the Ukraine rebel regions in eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk – as independent areas despite calls from the west to put an end to the tensions. The 2 areas: The Donbass region, comprising the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, has beenRead more
1. What is Endemic Stage of a Pandemic, & How Far is India from Getting There? What does endemic stage mean? An infection becomes endemic when the rates become static in a given geographical location, meaning that the pathogen causing the disease — SARS-CoV-2 in this case — is likely to remain in circulation withoutRead more
The Despotic Nature of PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act: It forms the core of the legal framework put in place by India to combat Money Laundering. The provisions of this act are applicable to all financial institutions, banks (Including RBI), mutual funds, insurance companies, and their financial intermediaries. PMLA (Amendment) Act, 2012: Adds theRead more
1. India Needs a Refugee & Asylum Law A Private Member’s Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha proposing the enactment of a Refugee and Asylum law. Why does India need a Refugee and Asylum law? The principle of non-refoulement: no country should send a person to a place where he or she may faceRead more
1. Etching a Trade Line to Bond Beyond Oil India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) has been signed recently. Economic Significance of the UAE: The UAE has emerged as an important economic hub not just within the context of the Middle East/West Asia, but also globally. Strategic location: The UAE, due to its strategic location,Read more
1. A Case for a More Federal Judiciary There is a need to examine the Indian judiciary and to strengthen the federal nature of our judiciary. The status of judiciary in a federal India: Integrated judiciary- The federal judicial system comprises the Supreme Court and the High Court in the sense that it is onlyRead more
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