CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recent developments ranging from lockdown to Thoothukudi to Kanpur have exposed several loopholes in our police administration, which led to extensive discussion on the urgent need to address the matter on priority.

The 3^rd tranche of Atma Nirbhar Bharat package included a host of measures ranging from improving agriculture infrastructure to governance reforms.

In a letter to Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio on June 16, the government interlocutor with Naga entities and Governor R.N. Ravi, asserting his powers under Article 371A of the Constitution

Stressful response given by the existing governance system to the challenges emerged in COVID-19 days. Quality and promptness of service delivery have been compromised due to inherent faults in our governance systems.

The Corona virus outbreak has brought to the fore some of the traits of Indian federalism. COVID-19 has shown us how the current Constitutional framework impedes cooperative federalism on various subjects, especially the health and the distribution of finance.

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, heavy rainfall with the start of the 2020 Monsoon season triggered severe flooding in east and northeast India.

Delhi-NCR has witnessed more than 10 mild earthquakes since May which raised a binary speculation of either a big earthquake in near future or reduction in risk of an intense earthquake due to dissipation of energy through these low intensity tremors.