Prologue Royalties: Drain of wealth #1: Quantitative restriction on royalties #2: Tax on Royalties paid Royalties: TDS (Tax deduction at source) What Happened in Nokia Royalty case? Timeline: Nokia Royalty Case Nokia’s excuses Nokia’s current legal-strategy UNCITRAL / Nokia [...]
As such an old topic but came in news against because Mamata's election rallies in India & Protests in Bangladesh. Geography of Teesta River Teesta originates from Kangse Glacier, Charamu Lake in Sikkim, most of its catchment area lies [...]
Events leading to Bengal Pact Bengal Pact: Features Why Bengal Pact failed? Events leading to Bengal Pact Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, then CM of Bengal supported the "Two nation" theory and Pakistan. But He feared India will get Bengal's industrialized [...]
Biodiversity Management Committees Ministry of Earth Science: 100 days IndARC Biodiversity Management Committees Topic in news because EPW ran a story about it on 19th April 2014. Q. Discuss the structure and functions of Biodiversity Management Committees under Biodiversity [...]
House sparrow Population decline Long billed Vultures Lake Kolleru & its bird sanctuary 15 Indian birds globally endangered Amur Falcon Nicobar scrubfowl/Megapod Narcondam Hornbill Mock Questions House sparrow Population decline House sparrows found around the world, except in the [...]
Sequences of events: Government formed M.B.Shah Commission. To investigate illegal mining of iron & manganese in 6 states. 2012: Shah gives report Environment ministry temporarily suspended mining in Goa. Supreme Court ordered ban on mining SC formed panel under [...]
P1: RPA Section 126-A and 130: Modi’s Selfi P2: Indelible ink: Principle P3: Booth Officer P4: Benefits of registered political party P5: Election Deposit Lost P1: RPA Section 126-A and 130: Modi’s Selfi Topic important because after voting in [...]
D1: Rwanda Genocide & French involvement D2: Rohingya illegal migrants in India D3: Chagos people: Rehabilitation D1: Rwanda Genocide & French involvement (Interview Q.) What do you know about Rwanda Genocide? Why has France decided not to participate in [...]
Gist of the matter is just three points Tamilnadu operates the dam in Kerala. wants to increase water level in it. Kerala worries that dam will get destroyed anytime soon due to old age or earthquake. Hence enacted a [...]
P1: [SC order] Mother tongue education in Karnataka P2: Pramati Judgement: RTE doesn’t apply to Minority schools P1: [SC order] Mother tongue education in Karnataka Newspapers have made a simple matter too complex. Moral of the story is just [...]
Syrian Crisis: Background Main rebels against Prez. Assad Why UK stopped giving Aid? Why UK resumed giving aid? India's stakes in Syria Geneva II conference Syrian Crisis: Background Syrian Civil war has its roots in Arab Spring movement against [...]
What is NEW Cold War? Afghani get Russian weapons on Indian money What is NEW Cold War? Some Essay / Interview fodder points from Frontline May 2, 2014 column "A new Cold War?" Cold war-meaning: A state of political [...]
P1: Judicial appointment commission P2: Fixed Tenure for CJI? P1: Judicial appointment commission At present, the judges in SC/HC are selected via a collegium method. But this method is opaque, and lacks accountability. Therefore, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law [...]