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AI-Based GPS Tolling in India: Transforming Highway Infrastructure

AI-Based GPS Tolling in India: Transforming Highway Infrastructure

Introduction India is preparing for a major leap in highway infrastructure modernisation with the nationwide rollout of AI-based GPS tolling...

From Grey to Blue: Transforming the Ocean Economy for a Sustainable Future

From Grey to Blue: Transforming the Ocean Economy for a Sustainable Future

Introduction: Why the Ocean Economy Needs a Rethink The global ocean economy, often referred to as the blue economy, is...

Repealing Laws in India: Understanding the 2025 Overhaul of Obsolete Statutes

Repealing Laws in India: Understanding the 2025 Overhaul of Obsolete Statutes

Repealing Laws in India: The 2025 Bill and Legislative Process Explained Context: The Indian Parliament recently took a major step...

गरिमापूर्ण मृत्यु का अधिकार

गरिमापूर्ण मृत्यु का अधिकार

संदर्भ: सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के समक्ष एक बेहद संवेदनशील मामला आया है, जिसमें वह निष्क्रिय इच्छामृत्यु (Passive Euthanasia) से जुड़े ऐतिहासिक...

Manikrao Kokate Arrest Warrant: Assessing Political and Judicial Accountability

Manikrao Kokate Arrest Warrant: Assessing Political and Judicial Accountability

Manikrao Kokate Portfolio Stripped: Legal & Ethical Grounds for Removal Context: On December 18, 2025, the Maharashtra government stripped Manikrao...

Overhauling India’s GDP Estimation Framework: Key Changes with 2022-23 Base Year

Overhauling India’s GDP Estimation Framework: Key Changes with 2022-23 Base Year

Overhauling the GDP Estimation Framework Introduction India is set to revamp its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimation framework as the...

International Organisation for Marine Aids to Navigation

International Organisation for Marine Aids to Navigation

3rd Council Meeting of IALA in Mumbai: Strengthening Global Marine Aids to Navigation Context: India, through the Directorate General of...

Strengthening the BWC at 50: India’s Strategic Opportunity

Strengthening the BWC at 50: India’s Strategic Opportunity

Context: As the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) marks its 50th anniversary in 2025, India hosted a high-level international conference in...

Removal of a Judge: Constitutional Safeguards and the Judges (Inquiry) Act

Removal of a Judge: Constitutional Safeguards and the Judges (Inquiry) Act

Context: Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, has petitioned the Supreme Court to quash a...

Right to a Dignified Death: Passive Euthanasia & Living Wills in India

Right to a Dignified Death: Passive Euthanasia & Living Wills in India

Context: The Supreme Court of India is currently grappling with the practical challenges of implementing its own landmark judgments on...

Climate Feedback Loops: How Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation Are Accelerating Global Warming

Climate Feedback Loops: How Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation Are Accelerating Global Warming

Climate Feedback Loops: How Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation Are Accelerating Global Warming Context The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in...

WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine

WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine

Context: Traditional Medicine Moves to the Global Mainstream New Delhi is hosting the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine...

Southern States Power India’s Export Resurgence

Southern States Power India’s Export Resurgence

Context: India’s Export Growth Enters a New Phase India’s export growth is witnessing a decisive geographical and structural shift. Southern...

India’s Deepening Road Safety Crisis: Beyond the “Silent Pandemic”

India’s Deepening Road Safety Crisis: Beyond the “Silent Pandemic”

Context: Road Safety in India A tragic head-on collision between two government buses in Tamil Nadu in late November—claiming 12...

Industrial Policy Arms Race: Risks to Global Trade Fragmentation

Industrial Policy Arms Race: Risks to Global Trade Fragmentation

Industrial Policy Arms Race: Risks to Global Trade Fragmentation Context : The global trade order is witnessing an intensifying industrial...

INR Trade Settlement: Strategy to Curb Trade Deficit and Rupee Challenge

INR Trade Settlement: Strategy to Curb Trade Deficit and Rupee Challenge

INR Trade Settlement: Strategy to Curb Trade Deficit and Rupee Challenge Context : India’s widening trade deficit, especially due to...

Ukraine’s NATO Aspiration

Ukraine’s NATO Aspiration

Context : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s indication that Ukraine is ready to drop its long-standing ambition to join NATO marks...

The President’s Pardoning Powers: Constitutional Basis and Judicial Scrutiny

The President’s Pardoning Powers: Constitutional Basis and Judicial Scrutiny

Context : The President of India, under Article 72, possesses the power to grant clemency. This power acts as a...

Courts and Freedom of Speech in India: A Constitutional Crossroads

Courts and Freedom of Speech in India: A Constitutional Crossroads

Freedom of speech in India stands at a crucial constitutional crossroads. A recent op-ed by Supreme Court lawyers Kaleeswaram Raj...

The ‘Shanti Bill’ and Private Participation in India’s Nuclear Power Sector

The ‘Shanti Bill’ and Private Participation in India’s Nuclear Power Sector

Context : The Union Cabinet has approved the proposed Atomic Energy Bill (informally known as the ‘Shanti Bill’), which amends...

Jan Vishwas Bill: Decriminalisation & Ease of Doing Business

Jan Vishwas Bill: Decriminalisation & Ease of Doing Business

Context : The column discusses India’s ongoing transition away from the legacy of the “License Raj”—an era characterized by excessive...