//php print_r(get_the_ID()); ?>
Context:
Recently, India hosted a two day global Buddhist summit in New Delhi which was organised by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation.
Probable Question:
Q. Explain how India can employ Buddhism as a soft power tool to strengthen its role in the present world order. |
Image Source: The Hindu
What is Soft Power?
India’s efforts in projecting Buddhism as a soft power tool:
Link between Buddhism and India’s role in the world:
Lacunae in India’s efforts:
Way Forward
Context:
Recently, a multinational pharmaceutical company, published a public notice in newspapers alerting people about a mislabelled batch of medicine that it had inadvertently shipped to the market.
Drug Recall Law:
Reasons behind absence of such law:
Need of the hour
To create an effective recall mechanism, the responsibility of recalling drugs has to be centralised, with one authority wielding the legal power to hold companies liable for failures to recall drugs from across the country.
Context:
The Advertisement Monitoring Committee at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagged 32 fresh cases of food business operators (FBOs) making misleading claims and advertisements.
What are the regulations?
Categorization of food products
Context:
Recently, Saudi Arabia hosted a special meeting of the National Security Advisers (NSAs) of India, the U.S. and the UAE.
Brief about the meeting:
About West Asian Quad or I2U2:
News Source: The Hindu
Context:
Recently, Chief Justice of India orally said that a High Court does not have the power to direct changes in the Scheduled Tribes List. It is a Presidential power to designate a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.
More on News:
Background:
How does the Constitution define Scheduled Tribes?
Constitutional provisions for modifying ST lists:
Benefits accruing from being recognised as STs:
<div class="new-fform">
</div>