Kigali Climate Summit

Kigali Climate Summit

Kigali Climate Summit A historic global climate deal was reached in Kigali, Rwanda at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP28). The so called Kigali Amendment which amends the 1987 Montreal Protocol aims to phase out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a family of potent greenhouse gases…

Uniform Civil Code

Uniform Civil Code

What is Uniform Civil Code? Uniform civil code is the proposal to replace the personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each major religious community in India with a common set of laws governing every citizen. These laws are distinguished from public law and cover marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption and maintenance. Background in…

CAUVERY-The Water Mark

CAUVERY-The Water Mark

Cauvery Dispute   What is Cauvery water dispute? The Cauvery river flowing through Southern India and traversing expanses of Karnataka as well as Tamil Nadu is getting parched at an adverse rate due to its dependence on South-West monsoon which is becoming uncertain and risky by the day. The political canopy over the agitations over…

Contract Theory-A Noble Issue

Contract Theory-A Noble Issue

Contract Theory-A Noble Issue By :Sandeepan The Nobel Prize in Economics (or more volubly the Swedish National Bank’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel), was first awarded in 1968 based on a donation from Sweden’s central bank, on its 300th anniversary. It is thus the youngest addition to the Nobel prize family…

WIND ENERGY IN INDIA

WIND ENERGY IN INDIA

Wind Energy in INDIA: Present scenario and the way forward By Vanshika Vijh Introduction India is blessed with such a marvellous wind system that wind energy can be harnessed round the year in India and that too effectively which has made wind energy as the one of the top most renewable energy resource for India…