Shielding Witnesses: On Protection Scheme

Indian Polity & Constitution

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-07 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Polity & Constitution Topic: Judiciary: Structure, Organisation& Functioning The witness protection programme is at last in place. Pending legislation by Parliament, the Supreme Court has asked States to implement a scheme framed by the Centre to protect witnesses in criminal trials from threat, intimidation and…

Is social media polarising society?

Security Related Issues

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-07 OPINION Relevant for: Security Related Issues Topic: Role of Media and Social Networking Sites in internal security challenges Think about it: 1.49 billion people on average log onto Facebook daily; every second, on average, around 6,000 tweets are tweeted on Twitter; and since its inception, over 40 billion photographs have been…

Still On The Last Chance Saloon

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-07 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA The world is in deep trouble. Average global temperatures have crossed a degree Celsius above preindustrial levels and such concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (410 ppm) has never been seen by humans before. The…

Air Pollution Cause Of 1 In 8 Deaths

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-07 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste India, with 18% of the world’s population, has a disproportionately high 26% of the global premature deaths and disease burden due to air pollution. Moreover, one in eight deaths in India was attributable to…

Stunted, Wasted: On Global Nutrition Report 2018

Government Policies & Welfare Schemes

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-05 OPINION Relevant for: Government Policies & Welfare Schemes Topic: Welfare of Children – Schemes & their performance; Mechanisms, Laws, Institutions & Bodies The health, longevity and well-being of Indians has improved since Independence, and the high levels of economic growth over the past two-and-half-decades have made more funds available to…