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First Resilient Kerala Program

The Government of India, the Government of Kerala and the World Bank have signed a Loan Agreement of USD 250 million for the First Resilient Kerala...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Dragonfly Mission

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Dragonfly mission, (which will be launched in 2026 and land in 2034) plans to fly a drone...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Ozone Pollution

According to the data presented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Lok Sabha, ozone was reported as a prominent...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Kobe-Ahmedabad Sister Cities

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of sister-city partnership was signed by Japan and India during the Indian Prime Minister’s visit for 2019...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Cancer Detection Tool

The team at Yale University has developed a tool which can potentially detect triggers in patients with renal as well as brain cancers, a finding...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

The Big Picture: Fighting Drug Menace

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed annually on June 26. The decision to mark the day was taken on...

29 Jun 2019 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Significance of G-20 amidst a Geo-Economic Flux

This article is based on the editorial “Two and twenty at Osaka” that appeared in Indian Express on 28th June 2019. It talks about the...

28 Jun 2019 News Editorials

L 98-59b: Tiniest Planet Discovered by TESS

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered the smallest planet called L...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

International MSME Day

The Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has organized an international convention on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises based on...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Financial Stability Report : RBI

The Reserve Bank of India has released the 19th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR). The report assessed that India’s financial...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Agreement with the World Bank to Eliminate TB

The Government of India and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement of $400 million for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Tightened Norms on Mutual Funds Investments

The markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened norms on investments by mutual funds (MFs). MF schemes can now...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Trans-Boundary Water Conflicts

Context With about 4% of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a...

28 Jun 2019 Paper 2

Vespersaurus paranaensis

The researchers have found the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur species named Vespersaurus paranaensis, that lived 90 million years ago in...

28 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Need for Strategic Balancing by India

This article is based on editorial “Negotiating the forks in the road of diplomacy” which appeared in The Hindu on 27th June 2019. It...

27 Jun 2019 News Editorials

Married Women Out of Labour Force

The UN report on “Progress of The World’s Women, 2019-2020”, has stated that more than half the married women (aged 25-54) didn't...

27 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Evidence of Supernova Remnants

A team of Indian astronomers has found significant evidence of a supernova explosion in a star-forming region called G351.7–1.2. The...

27 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Most Innovative Universities in the Asia-Pacific

The Reuters' list of the most innovative universities in Asia Pacific includes the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) from India. The universities...

27 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Beekeeping Development Committee

Bibek Debroy led beekeeping development committee under the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has made recommendations to enhance the...

27 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Buddhist Relic Unearthed in Andhra Pradesh

A Buddhist relic has been unearthed in Andhra Pradesh. It is a limestone pillar, which is carved with half lotus medallions at the centre and top...

27 Jun 2019 News Analysis