Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-24 A RECKLESS EXPERIMENT: ON GENE-EDITED BABIES Relevant for: Science & Technology | Topic: Biotechnology, Genetics & Health related developments The saga of the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies last November has forced researchers everywhere to take a hard look at the ethics of gene-editing. Chinese…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-24 ORAL MENTIONS IN SC WILL SOON BE HISTORY Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Judiciary in India: its Structure, Organization & Functioning, Judges of SC & High Courts, Judgments and related Issues The CJI takes a call on the spot, whether the case deserves to be heard out-of-turn. This…
Source : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2019-01-24 THE STATE MUST ADDRESS MIGRANTS’ VULNERABILITIES Relevant for: Indian Society | Topic: Urbanization, their problems and their remedies incl. Migration & Smart Cities Two simultaneous processes are likely to significantly increase north-south migration in India in the not-so-distant future. Southern states are aging at a much faster rate than…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-15 SETTING A PROPER DIET PLAN Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources | Topic: Poverty & Hunger and related issues Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India has been ranked at 103 out of 119 countries, with hunger levels categorised as “serious”, in the…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-15 THE GOLD STANDARD FOR A PRIME MINISTER Relevant for: Ethics Topic: Human Values – Lessons from the lives and teachings of great Leaders, Reformers and Administrators India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, is now moving through an eclipse that B.R. Ambedkar experienced and yet emerged from more luminous. During…
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