Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
Recent developments in the Indian aviation sector are cause for concern, as the industry has virtually turned into a duopoly market. IndiGo and Air India have proven to be established players, while newer airlines have all but exited the aviation market owing to predatory pricing of flight tickets. The emerging duopoly market between IndiGo and Air India has meant the highest surge in airfare, which is a concern for air travellers.
The issue is not the rate of tax; it's the taxing of turnover, and not the gaming company's revenue
West Asia's strategic landscape is riddled with geo-political, geo-economic, and geo-religious contests, making it a hub for global hotspots like Palestine, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. The region is affected by internal conflicts, foreign interventions, and competition among powers such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and superpowers like the US. However, the area is witnessing certain positive socio-economic changes and attempts for rapprochement among countries. Amidst the complex regional dynamics, the role of China and Russia is expanding, potentially leading to further competition and destabilization.
In the age of platform capitalism, with skewed and anti-worker algorithms operating as digital bosses, Rajasthan's new law could possibly play a role in taming these bosses and paving the way to imagine open-sourced, worker-owned platforms and digital commons with fairer and humane labour practices.
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) is a significant document that provides a roadmap for children's education in India.
In this age when geopolitics is in an overdrive, several assumptions of the past about the global order’s evolving nature have fallen by the wayside. The world is grappling with multiple challenges and yet there is no framework in place as of now that allows us to assess the rapid change in any meaningful manner. Nations, big and small, are struggling to cope with this flux with extant institutions, both domestic and international, exposing their limitations with each passing day. New ideas and arguments are being tested in real time as new possibilities emerge for countries trying to retain their strategic space to manoeuvre.
The National Anti-Doping Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 17 2021. After being referred to the Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports for recommendation on March 23 2022, the bill was finally passed in the lower house on July 22, 2022, and in the upper house on August 03, 2022.