1-IMF implements long due quota reforms to provide more voting rights to India and China The IMF has announced implementation of its long due quota reforms which was approved by the US Congress last year. The reform will give more voting rights to emerging economies like India and China in the functioning of the organization.…

We daily hear the news about Zika virus. Health officials in many countries are trying hard and not leaving any stone unturned to stop the spread of Zika virus.  So, the pertinent question is what the Zika is and why its outbreak is so dangerous. Let’s find out. What exactly is Zika?  Zika is a…

We often hear the news about comfort women and the demand from global communities for their justice. Many countries are even demanding apology from Japan. So the very pertinent question is what is ‘comfort women’ and why this issue is so important that it is almost causing outrage in Asia pacific region. Don’t get confused and…

From January 1, 2016 China will allow couples to have two children. Finally, China has ended ‘one child policy’ after three and a half decade. The policy was introduced in 1978 to curb over surging population and also curb the demands for resources. According to government data, the ‘old child policy’ has prevented over 400…

The United Nations General Assembly on 22 December 2015 adopted a resolution to observe 5 November of every year as World Tsunami Awareness Day. In 2004, fourteen countries were affected by the Tsunami and killed 230, 000 people. Countries like Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia were completely devastated. Many disasters would not happen and many…

The Rajya Sabha finally passed the Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 2015 to replace the existing law that has been in force since 2000. According to WCD minister Maneka Gandhi, crimes, particularly sexual and violent crimes, committed by juveniles have shot up, which is reason enough to lower the age for criminals getting harsher punishments in…

The Supreme Court order to ban new diesel cars for  temporary period has raised a wider debate across various spectra. Alarming level of pollution has triggered government and the top court to take extreme steps so it could put the situation under control. At the same time this order is not going well with the…

Nirbhaya case shook the very core of this nation. Countless people protested across the road to book the perpetrators and demanded for the stringent punishment. On the fateful night of December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya was brutally assaulted by six persons, including a juvenile in a moving bus in south Delhi and later died in a…

Recently, Delhi assembly has passed Jan Lokapal bill which aims to prevent corruption and redress citizens’grievances. In recent times elections have been fought on the issue of Jan Lokapal. In the past, civil activist Anna Hazare started a campaign demanding the passage of the Jan Lokpal bill. Current chief minister of Delhi, Mr. Arvind Kejrirwal had also resigned over this issue. So…