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Militancy and dissent in Indian states: A dent in Indian's Federalism

  India as a federal state  India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 Union territories. The Constitution of India establishes a federal structure, distributing powers between the central government and the states. This distribution of powers is enshrined in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, which divides the powers into three lists: the Union List, the State List, and the Concurrent List. 1. Union List: It includes subjects of national importance such as defense, foreign affairs, banking, communications, and currency. The Union government has exclusive authority over these subjects. 2. State List: It includes subjects of local importance such as police, trade, commerce within the state, and agriculture. The state governments have exclusive authority over these subjects. 3. Concurrent List: It includes subjects of common interest to both the Union and the states, such as education, forest, trade unions, and marriage. Both the Union and the state governments c...
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Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)

Objectives of CAC : Objectives   of  Codex Alimentarius Commission [CAC] are to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade as well as to facilitate international trade in food.  The National Codex Contact Point (NCCP) in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare acts as the liaison office to coordinate with the other concerned government departments (at central and state level), food industry, consumers, traders, research and development institutions to ensure fulfill this objective.  Article 7 of the Agreement requires the members to provide information on Sanitary or Phytosanitary requirements in the country. Foundation of Codex Alimentarius Commission [CAC] : Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standar...
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ISO 14000: The Beginner Guide

Most businesses that connect with us, have zero or incomplete knowledge about setting correct standards against which operational efficiency is measured. Mainly  found that organizations that have ISO accreditation or are planning to have it in the near future have better understanding of implementing.  So from this article on ISO series you will also understood of ISO- 14000.  It will help companies realize the importance of ISO 14000, its benefits, how to apply for its accreditation. ISO- 14000 ISO 14000 is a set of global standards that help organizations across the world limit and reduce the adverse effects of their operational activities on the environment. It is a set of environmental management standards (EMS) that ascertains how companies, irrespective of size, location and nature, can adopt environmental consciousness into their operations, services, and products. It is to be noted that the standard itself does not propose or set any environmental goals for the o...
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Biological Weapons: Impact the New Technologies

In June 2018, German police arrested a Tunisian man in Cologne for trying to build a biological weapon using the deadly toxin, ricin. In October 2018, researchers flagged a US agricultural program funded by DARPA ( Defense  Advanced Research Projects Agency) as a potential mask for a bioweapons project. At the same time, Russia also claimed that the US had tested biological weapons in Georgia killing over 70 people. Further in addition to being mail bombs also carried a white powder reprising concerns of the anthrax attacks from 2001 which led to the death of 5 people. There has been no incident of biological agents being used as a weapon of mass destruction in the recent past. Yet as the above examples show, there have been attempts to explore and create technologies that could be  weaponized  by both state and non-state actors. In 2016, there has been a wider recognition that the advances in technologies and improved access to science have lowered the barriers to c...
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WOMEN SAFETY IN INDIA

Hello everyone, I would like to thanks Amity University Jaipur, Rajasthan for giving me a golden opportunities to put my view about "Women safety in India" INDIA – The land of Goddesses. Indians worship the goddesses with utmost devotion and go back home to their daughter, mother, wife and friends forgetting that the one they worshiped resides within these women. The amount of violence against women in India has increased by many folds due to the greater exposure of women in every field of life. Women were previously restricted to the four walls of the houses and after globalization, they have stepped out, taken chances, and opportunities to stand equally in all sectors at par with men. Women now are a day or night cab drivers and they are also the CEO of top companies. It’s good to see how the mind-set of the society has changed and how it has welcomed women into all walks of life as leaders, as co-workers, as partners. But the mindset has not changed to an extent that it...
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