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Improvement in Sex Ratio at Birth

According to the fourth National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) 2015-16, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India has improved from 914 to 919. SRB is...

09 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Task Force on Offshore Rupee Markets

The Task Force on Offshore Rupee Markets, set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in February 2019 and chaired by Smt. Usha Thorat, former Deputy...

09 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Changes in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

Recently, the Union government has issued a notification on certain changes in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which will further...

09 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Women Transforming India Awards

The Women Transforming India awards (4th edition) are being launched by NITI Aayog. The Women Transforming India awards are organized in...

09 Aug 2019 News Analysis

India’s Industrial Policy

Meaning Government action to influence the ownership & structure of the industry and its performance. It takes the form of pay­ing...

09 Aug 2019 Paper 3

Man-Animal Conflict (MAC)

This article based on “The big picture on tigers” which appeared in The Hindu on 8 August 2019. It talks about increasing incidents of...

08 Aug 2019 News Editorials

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has unveiled the draft Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Tardigrades

Microscopic Earthlings known as Tardigrades, likely survived a crash landing on the Moon surface by Israel's Beresheet probe in April,...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Heracles Inexpectatus: Giant Extinct Parrot

The fossils of the largest ever parrot named Heracles Inexpectatus have been discovered in New Zealand. The 19 million years old fossils were...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

India: Second-largest Scrap Importer

India has emerged the world’s second-largest scrap importer of steel toppling South Korea. Scrap imports In India increased by 35% in the...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

The Big picture - War against Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking has emerged as a significant problem all across the world. The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on...

08 Aug 2019 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Greenhouse Gas Emission

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07 Aug 2019 GS Paper III

Mission Chandrayaan

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07 Aug 2019 Paper 3

Issues in IBC

This article is based on “Bankruptcy cases must account for the time value of money” that appeared in The Livemint on 7th August 2019....

07 Aug 2019 News Editorials

Changed Regulations for Insurance Marketing Firms

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has recently notified the changes to regulations governing Insurance Marketing...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Water Stress in India

According to the data released by the World Resources Institute (global research non-profit organization), India is ranked 13th among the 17 most...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Mission Chandrayaan

Why in News? On 22 July 2019, India launched Chandrayaan-2, its second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1 from Satish Dhawan Space...

07 Aug 2019 Paper 3

Aquaponics

Aquaponics is an ecologically sustainable model that combines Hydroponics with Aquaculture. Hydroponics is the soilless growing of plants, where...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

CITES

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement to which States and...

06 Aug 2019 International Institutions

India and RCEP

This article is based on “India should act tough and exit RCEP” which appeared in The Hindu BusinessLine on 6th August 2019. It talks...

06 Aug 2019 News Editorials