The triumph of Vachathi over a hostile state
Why in the News?
The Madras High Court’s judgment recently upheld the human rights of the people of Vachathi in Tamil Nadu by recognising that coordinated and large-scale repression by uniformed forces cannot take place without orders from the top levels of the government.
What was the issue?
The High Court intervention:
Gross lacunae in the criminal justice system:
The trouble with a Nobel for mRNA COVID vaccines
Why in the News?
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2023 was given to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for developing the mRNA vaccine technology.
The mRNA technology developed by the awardees:
Significance of the Work:
What were the down side of mRNA COVID vaccines:
Nobel Prize for Physics 2023
Why in the News?
Recently Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier have been awarded Nobel Prize in physics, 2023 for their contribution to making it possible to watch electrons move.
Significance of their work:
Why in the News?
Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announced the closure of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi.
The Embassy of Afghanistan has cited some reasons for the move that includes:
Other ways of engagement are on the move:
However, these are informal nature of interactions because formal diplomatic ties are unable to take off as India refuses to recognise Taliban citing human rights abuses inflicted by it.
Possibility of establishing formal ties:
Circular Migration
Circular migration:
As a public policy:
Circular migration within India:
With migrants are facing issues such as made to work in unhygienic and unsafe conditions, routinely exploited and face ‘unfreedoms’ in host States, States have to start actively formulating policy to understand the extent of circular migration and ensure migrants rights. States like Kerala have announced health insurance schemes for migrant workers (Awaz Health scheme) which can be a way forward.
Counting Caste
Why in the News?
The Bihar govt. has released the results of its survey of castes in the state, which was a result of unanimous decision of an all-party meeting in the state.
Key findings of the Caste survey:
Significance of the survey findings:
With EBCs, OBCs, and SCs together accounting for more than 82% of the state’s population, a vote bank for which fierce battles among political parties will be fought in the upcoming elections.
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Purchasing Manager’s Index
Pension Scheme
The Old Pension Scheme:
New Pension Scheme (NPS):
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