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  The concern that the President of India expressed on the subject is valid, but there are major reasons  for the rise The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, recently said that the culture of judicial adjournments should go. She highlighted this while speaking at the valedictory session of the two-day National Conference of District Judiciary, organised by the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi in September. She further said that the poor and the rural population suffer injustice silently rather than going to the courts out of a fear of the delay in getting the cases resolved. The concern raised by the President is genuine. And it needs to be addressed at the earliest with a viable solution. Under British rule and after Independence, civil courts dealt with all kinds of civil issues by following the Code of Civil Procedure. Another is criminal courts to deal with criminal cases under the Criminal Procedure Code. Besides them, the Supreme Court and High Courts deal with cons...

  The practices, including working hours, in multinationals functioning in India must  be regulated An Indian woman in her twenties, working in Pune for a major consultancy firm, died one day after returning home from work. Her mother believes that this had resulted from exhaustion due to overwork at the office. While the deeper cause would be difficult to ascertain, her parents have spoken publicly about their daughter informing them about the long hours she faced at work and the stress she endured from unreasonably close deadlines for reports. Moreover, soon after the news of her death broke, at least one former employee has written or spoken in the public domain regarding the work culture that they experienced at the same company, which led him to leave. Ironically, on the website of the firm’s ‘India Office’ the first entry is a banner declaring that the company’s purpose is “building a better working world” An American imprint The firm concerned is a so-called multination...

  Why in news ??? : Union Home Minister recently launched the Civil Registration System (CRS) mobile application to “integrate technology with governance. About Civil Registration System (CRS) Mobile App: designed to  facilitate the registration of births and deaths across India. developed by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. It aims to  : simplify and expedite the registration process for citizens, making it more accessible and efficient. Here citizens can register births or deaths  at any time from any place in their state's official language. Key Facts about Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI): It is an  office under the Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India,  responsible for conducting the decennial Census  of India, compiling demographic and population statistics, and overseeing the Civil Registration System (CRS) in the country. Established in 1961, the RGCCI is a crucial body for policy-makin...

ASEAN and India will need to adopt a more inclusive and pragmatic approach towards Myanmar — one that involves all key stakeholders   The 44th ASEAN Summit   Summit held from October 6 to 11 in Vientiane, Laos, highlighted Myanmar’s worsening crisis.  Since the military coup in 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil, and despite multiple efforts, including ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, there has been little progress towards stability.  The civil war is not only ravaging Myanmar, but also challenging ASEAN’s credibility as a regional bloc committed to peace and stability. The situation in Myanmar Myanmar remains engulfed in a brutal civil war between the military junta and various resistance groups, including Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) and the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs). The junta, which forcibly took control after toppling the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, faces widespread armed resistance. The resistance groups now control significant ...

  There is a need for women-centric perspectives which would pave the way for greater participation of women  in the judiciary The absence of women in the judicial system महिलाओं की भागीदारी कोर्ट में कितनी है The Supreme Court of India’s “State of the Judiciary” report (2023 )  showed 36.3% of women in the district judiciary, which is heartening. In 14 States, more than 50% of candidates successfully recruited into the civil judge (junior) division were women.  However, at the higher levels, the representation of women in the judiciary falls short.  As of January 2024, only 13.4% of judges in the High Court and 9.3% judges in the Supreme Court are women.   Further, the representation of women is uneven   across High Courts, with States which include Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tripura and Uttarakhand having either no women judges or just one woman judge. The situation in the Bar is also bleak . Data published by the Dep...

For solar energy to truly empower communities, policy must be equitable, positioning women not just as beneficiaries but also as change agents   Until Charles Fritts installed the first rooftop photovoltaic solar array using 1%-efficient selenium cells on a roof in New York City in 1884, the sun was a humble driving force behind photosynthesis, evaporation, and countless natural processes. Today, apart from being the major factor in the climate patterns that sustains life on earth, it is also a transformative, democratising force in electricity generation. Distinct from traditional sources such as coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and hydropower, which require extensive infrastructure and intermediary transmission lines, solar energy can now be harnessed directly at its point of use — in homes. It is now a home product. The impact of decentralisation Decentralisation of power generation has significant implications for both environmental sustainability and societal structures. The ability t...

If there is to be scale in the electric bus market in India, private sector participation  is critical  achieving India’s climate targets  (PM E-DRIVE) scheme    1  In a major push toward achieving India’s climate targets, the Union Cabinet recently approved the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) scheme, which allocates funding for electric vehicles (EVs) across many segments. 2  This includes ₹4,391 crore for subsidies/demand incentives that support procurement of 14,028 electric buses in nine cities.  3  This is an important move that strengthens the public transport sector’s shift to EVs.  4  But private bus operators are left out of the subsidy framework, which raises concerns about the potential to scale electric mobility beyond State-run buses. Public sector driven despite fleet size Electric bus deployment in India has thus far been driven by the public sector, which was supported with...

FMCGs should be a priority target sector for ANRF, the new public-private partnership initiative, and the BioE3 policy of the government   Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF ) and bioE3 policy This was established to promote research and development,  Second thing is recently announced BioE3   (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) policy emphasise the need for academia-industry partnership;   BioE3 policy notes the need to convert chemical-based industries to sustainable bio-based industrial models.  It also provides an opportunity to revisit the impact of new technologies on existing industries such as Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs). Reducing palm oil in soap The soap industry globally for example, is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity.  The manufacturing of soap depends heavily on palm oil.  About 90% of palm plantations are grown in Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula, ...

hematopoietic stem cell transplants A hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)  it is  a procedure that involves transplanting healthy stem cells into a patient with a damaged or defective bone marrow or immune system .  The transplanted cells replicate and produce normal blood cells. A new human study involving some of the longest-living survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplants sheds light on how transplanted stem cells from donors change after engraftment and mutate over time.   rate of mutations and clonal expansion   stayed fairly similar and surprisingly low between donors and recipients for as long as 46 years after transplant. here we found -  impact of donor age and preexisting donor CH [clonal hematopoiesis] on the long-term outcomes of [transplant] recipients,” the authors write. Hematopoietic stem cell transplants   are life-saving procedures for people with blood cancers.  After receiving a transplant, it is up to the don...