• Quote: Even victors are undone by victories. —John Dryden
  • juvenile Justice- POSCO: CJI says need to make the exception for not booking juvenile for rape case, if it was consensual. A draft Bill specified that rape case will not be registered for minors between 16–18 years if there was no use of force. But later on this provision was dropped because accused person’s powerful parents could pressurise the victim to change the testimony that it was consensual.
  • Interview: Bangladesh protest against Hasina government by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). What are the reasons and what should be the state of government of India?
  • Interview: (MBBS) POPSTAR CELINE Dion diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological condition that triggers uncontrollable muscle spasms and a progressive stiffening of the body. Can you tell me about some other famous celebrities who also have some rare neurological disease? e.g. swimmer Michael Phelps- Marfan syndrome. Salman – Trigeminal Neuralgia.
  • Ethics: wrong use of government resources: NIRBHAYA FUNDS meant for using government money for women safety projects but in Maharashtra the SUV cars bought with Nirbhaya fund were Diverted to protect MLAs of CM Eknath Shinde from horse trading during the political crisis. This has resulted in controversy.
  • Environment/Biodiversity🐸: out of 23 vulture species of the world found in India Out of of which seven are found in Gujarat. A) 4 Local: white-rumped vulture (WRV), Indian vulture (IV), Egyptian vulture (EV) and red-headed vulture (RHV). B) 3 migratory species Egyptian griffon, Himalayan griffon and cinereous vulture. majority of vulture population is concentrated in Saurashtra, especially Bhavnagar, Amreli and Junagadh districts. State government to conduct the survey of vulture population.
  • EcoPill1D-Insurance/ pension/ financial inclusion: Gov tells Parliament there is no proposal to restore the old pension scheme (OPS),
  • EcoPill1A2-monetary policy: RBI fails to control the inflation within 2 to 6% continuously for nine months then it has to send the report to government explaining the reason. Critics are demanding the release of this report to public domain but both RBI and government says they will not release it because it is not provided under RBI Act. it will be interesting to see how RTI Act/ CIC / SC rule upon this avoidance of transparency.
  • EcoPill1A2-monetary policy: Inflation under 6%; yet RBI may still stick to hawkish stand because non-food non-fuel inflation still very high.
  • Column: The administrative, social and political costs of GST – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/the-cost-of-gst-trishali-chauhan-christophe-jaffrelot-8321139/