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Depleting Groundwater

Water depletion in Haryana over the years has led to 60 dark zones in the State, which include 21 critical ones in 10 districts. Reasons for...

27 May 2019 News Analysis

Fire Safety

Fire incident at a coaching centre in Surat has resulted in the death of 22 students. Facts As per National Crime Records Bureau figures, 17,700...

27 May 2019 News Analysis

Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019

Context The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with an aim to promote clinical...

27 May 2019 Paper 2

Aravallis: A Mountain Lost

This editorial is based on the article 'Aravallis broken beyond repair', which appeared in Down to Earth on April 3rd, 2019. It talks about the...

25 May 2019 News Editorials

HR Khan Working Group on FPI

The Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) released the report of the working group formed under the chairmanship of former RBI deputy governor HR Khan...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

Important Facts For Prelims (25th May 2019)

DRDO Test Fired the Guided Bomb The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired an indigenously developed 500Kg...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

India’s New SOP for Arms Export

India has finalised a new system to speed up sale of military equipment to friendly countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan,...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

Snakebite Envenoming

WHO has presented a strategy aimed at cutting snakebite-related deaths and disabilities in half by 2030, as snake bite can soon become a major Global...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

RBI Proposes Liquidity Norms for NBFCs

RBI in its draft circular on “Liquidity Risk Management Framework for NBFCs and Core Investment Companies (CICs)” (to be adopted by all...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

Restructuring of Indian Statistical System

The government has decided to merge the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

PEGASUS

The technical document "PEGASUS" i.e. Phycomorph European Guidelines for a Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds, highlights the current state of...

25 May 2019 News Analysis

Challenges of River Interlinking

This editorial is based on the article 'Waterman finds gaping holes in Ken-Betwa promise', that appeared in Times of India on May 3rd, 2019. Why...

24 May 2019 News Editorials

Huge Water Reservoir Found on Mars

Scientists have discovered one of the largest water reservoirs on Mars, in the form of ice layers buried over a kilometer beneath the surface. Key...

24 May 2019 News Analysis

Important Facts For Prelims (24th May 2019)

New Space India Limited (NSIL) New Space India Limited (NSIL) is the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which was...

24 May 2019 News Analysis

Ken Betwa Interlink Project

Why in News? Recently, central government has announced 90 : 10 funding pattern for Ken Betwa Interlinking Project where 90% of the total...

24 May 2019 Paper 1

Shadow Banking and the Crisis in the Indian Economy

This editorial is based on the news "Crisis in NBFC Sector Could Hurt Economic Growth" which appeared in "The Hindu" on 22nd May 2019. The article...

23 May 2019 News Editorials

Golden Rice

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners, the Philippines Rice Research Institute and the Bangladesh Rice Research...

23 May 2019 News Analysis

Indo-Bhutan Relations

22 May 2019 Paper 2

Wastewater Management in India

This editorial is based on the news "Gujarat will supply treated wastewater for industrial use" which appeared in "The Hindu" on 21st May...

22 May 2019 News Editorials

Indo-Bhutan Relations

Why in News? The first Indo-Bhutan feature film ‘Singye’ won four awards at 18th Bhutan National Film Awards organized on 21st February...

22 May 2019 Paper 2