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SCO Summit- 2019

The 19th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit was held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The heads of the Member...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Sheath Blight Disease

Sheath blight is a fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Rice sheath blight is an increasing concern for rice production, especially in...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient

The distribution of Income in an economy is represented by the Lorenz Curve and the degree of income inequality is measured through the Gini...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma Telescope

A joint team of German-Russian scientists will be launching a Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) space telescope. It will create a three-dimensional (3D)...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi announced Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar 2019. Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar relates to books first published...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Compoundable Offences under Direct Tax Laws

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the guidelines for compoundable offences under Direct Tax Laws, 2019. Compoundable offences...

15 Jun 2019 News Analysis

World Day against Child Labour

On 12th June 2002, the International Labour Organisation launched the World Day Against Child Labour. Since then, every year, the day is marked to...

15 Jun 2019 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Question of Seed Sovereignty

This article is based on PepsiCo case, and needs of seed research, that appeared in The Hindu Business Line on 13th June 2019. It talks about the...

14 Jun 2019 News Editorials

Internet Trends Report: 2019

Mary Meeker’s (US, based global technology investment firms owner) annual report, on “Internet Trends 2019” has placed India just...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

The Financial Action Task Force

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will hold its Plenary meeting in Orlando, Florida from 16th-21st June wherein it could take up a proposal to...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Color Morphs of Wild Cat

Indian scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), an international conservation charity, and University College London (UCL) have...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Hongkong Protest

Massive protests in Hongkong has erupted against a government plan to allow extradition to mainland China. The mass demonstration was one of the...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Rare Easterly Winds over the Indian Ocean

Climate Prediction Centre of the US National Weather Service has said that unusually warm waters in the Arabian Sea have set up a rare band of...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Unapproved Sowing of Genetically Modified Crops

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sought a detailed report on the sowing of unapproved Genetically Modified (GM)...

14 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Indigenisation of Defence

What is Indigenisation of Defence? Indigenisation is the capability of developing and producing any defence equipment within the country for the...

14 Jun 2019 Paper 3

India’s Balancing with SCO

This article is based on the editorial “Navigations in Bishkek” which appeared in The Hindu on 13th June 2019. It talks about,...

13 Jun 2019 News Editorials

People's Ingestion Of Plastic

The World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) study has revealed that people worldwide could be ingesting five grams of microscopic plastic particles...

13 Jun 2019 News Analysis

UNCTAD World Investment Report 2019

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019, India received foreign direct investments...

13 Jun 2019 News Analysis

Moon's Aitken Crater

Scientists have detected an anomaly in the moon's gravitational field because of heavy metal lodged in the mantle deep below the moon's South...

13 Jun 2019 News Analysis

World Day Against Child Labour

A 'Baal Panchayat' (Children's Parliament) was organised in the Delhi by Kailash Satyarthi’s Children's Foundation on the occasion of World Day...

13 Jun 2019 News Analysis