The obvious solution to India’s shortage of fissile material is to procure it from the international market. As yet, there exists no commerce in plutonium though there is no law that expressly forbids it. In fact, most nuclear treaties such as the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material address only U-235 and U-233, […]
UPSC Current Affairs: Comprehensive News Analysis November 2016 Archive
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Fast Forwarding To Thorium
What is the single greatest factor that prevents the large-scale deployment of thorium-fuelled reactors in India? Most people would assume that it is a limitation of technology, still just out of grasp. After all, the construction of the advanced heavy-water reactor (AHWR) — a 300 MWe, indigenously designed, thorium-fuelled, commercial technology demonstrator — has been […]
Case Against Coercion
After 35 years, China is set to change its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have at most two children. Since its introduction in 1980 with the aim of slowing population growth in the world’s most populous country, an estimated 400 million births have been prevented in China. From 5.5 births per woman in 1970, […]
Reaching Out To Africa
That 41 heads of state and government from 54 countries in Africa were present at the India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, itself demonstrates the importance both sides attach to mutual ties. The summit, which concluded on Thursday, was the largest gathering of foreign dignitaries in New Delhi since the 1983 Non-Aligned Summit. The message […]
Consultation Vs Concurrence
That apart, Justice Khehar also fails to show us how the removal of judicial primacy in matter of judicial appointments impairs the Constitution’s basic structure. The learned judge relies on the decision in the Second Judges Case to tell us that the word “consultation” in Articles 124 and 217 means “concurrence.” However, the necessitation of […]
No Collegium Mandated By Constitution
Whichever way one wants to look at this collegium — whether with contempt or with reverence — what’s indubitable is that the Constitution speaks of no such body. Articles 124 and 217, unlike some of our fundamental rights, are not couched in abstract terms that require an interpretive exercise. This anointed collegium, therefore, was nothing […]
An Anti-Constitutional Judgment
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s verdict that invalidated the 99th Constitution Amendment, rendering nugatory the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), a popular narrative has entered our conscience: that the commission is not a credible alternative to the Supreme Court’s ‘collegium.’ This theory is possibly based on an inherent distrust of the government exacerbated, […]
No Easy Fixes
The Supreme Court implored the government to do away with affirmative action in higher education institutions, arguing this would be in the “national interest”. The court was hearing two cases related to reservations in super-specialty courses in medical institutions, where the tightly controlled supply of training by the Medical Council of India has created a […]
Easing Business Blues
The finding made in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2016’ report that improvements in the regulatory environment helped lift India’s ranking four places higher will serve as a shot in the arm for the government, given Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s avowed focus on economic development. The overall ‘ease of doing business’ ranking has climbed to […]
Indian-Origin Women In Finals Of Top ...
Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs in New Zealand are among 18 finalists for the prestigious 2015 ‘Women of Influence Awards,’ a media report said. Ranjna Patel and Pushpa Wood, founder of East Tamaki Healthcare Group, and director of Westpac and Massey University’s Financial Education and Research Centre respectively have made it to the finals in the community […]