India-Thailand relationship is not of recent origin. In 1915, we were honoured to receive a Royal visit from Thailand by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). We celebrated the centenary of that visit last year and, in particular, the enduring links then fostered between the Indian port city of Surat and Surat Thani in southern Thailand. Establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community …
Greenland ice sheet releasing large amount of phosphorus
Glacial meltwater has been known to contain phosphorus, but as Greenland ice sheet melts, it could be releasing more of phosphorus — a key nutrient that can enrich waters of the oceans, potentially stimulating the growth of marine food chain, finds a new study. The total phosphorus concentrations found in the meltwater of the Leverett glacier in Antarctica was 10 …
50 % reservation for women in panchayats
Govt will push amendments for increasing reservation for women in Panchayats from 33% to 50%. Some States had provided 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayats, but through a Constitutional Amendment, it will be implemented in the whole country.
Don’t disclose examiners’ names: SC
The Supreme Court has held that candidates in recruitment examinations can seek scanned copies of answer sheets and tabulation of interview marks under the Right to Information Act, but the right to information does not extend to disclosure of names of examiners. Disclosure of those who evaluated their mark sheets would not be in public interest.
Sedition and the government
Although sedition was originally a part of the IPC, as drafted by Thomas Macaulay, it was bizarrely dropped from the law when it was enacted in 1860. A decade later, the offence was introduced into the IPC as Section 124-A. The provision defines sedition as any action — whether by words, signs or visible representation — which “brings or attempts …
Protecting India’s trade interests
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) has been signed in Auckland on February 4 by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam. Even as it is touted as the world’s biggest trade deal to date, with signatory countries accounting for more than 50 per cent of global GDP, the TPP still has a …