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Central Water Commission on Kerala Floods

The Central Water Commission (CWC) has found that the congestion in the carrying capacity of the Vembanad Lake made the Kerala floods more...

08 Sep 2018 News Analysis

India-US '2+2' Talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis held talks with their Indian counterparts External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj...

08 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Is Punjab’s Proposed Blasphemy Law Retrograde?

The ‘Yes, No, It’s complicated’ column of The Hindu for 7th September, 2018, traces the history and analyses the possible...

07 Sep 2018 News Editorials

Supreme Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality

Supreme Court of India has scrapped a 158 years old British era law that banned same-sex relations between consenting adults in private. Section...

07 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (7th September 2018)

Centenary of the Battle of Haifa The Embassy of India held a ceremony in Haifa to mark the Centenary of the Battle of Haifa. On  Sep 23,...

07 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established in 1967 with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok...

06 Sep 2018 Drishti Articles

PM Modi on Three-Nation Tour

The Indian Prime Minister is on a 5-day visit to Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa. The visit to the three-nations is meant to further strengthen...

06 Sep 2018 Drishti Articles

Important Facts for Prelims (6th September 2018)

Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has...

06 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Odisha plans Legislative Council

The Odisha government is expected to introduce a Bill in the Odisha Assembly for the creation of a Vidhan Parishad or Legislative Council (LC), a...

06 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Standardising Skill Training, Imparting Digital Literacy

To ensure standardisation of training and learning across all programmes, the Directorate General of Training (DGT) has aligned its courses with...

06 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Solid Waste Management in India

A look at the problem of hills of garbage in megacities of India. One of the most serious issues arising out of the wave of rapid urbanization and...

06 Sep 2018 News Editorials

Poll Panel to Brainstorm on Key Issues

The Election Commission is conducting a multi-party meeting with seven national political parties and 51 State political parties to discuss issues...

05 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (5th September 2018)

Japan to Test Mini-Space Elevator A Japanese team has developed and will conduct the first trials of a space elevator. Under the proposed...

05 Sep 2018 News Analysis

PRS Capsule July 2018

Key Highlights of PRS The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 Expert Committee submits report on Data Privacy Arbitration and Conciliation...

04 Sep 2018 PRS Capsule

Ethanol Blending Might Not Work for India

India should increase the use of biofuels to reduce dependence on oil imports but that could strain the country’s water resources and...

04 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (4th September 2018)

INDIAN ROOFED TURTLE In order to save the Indian Roofed Turtles (Pangshura tecta) in the Lota Devi temple pond in West Bengal Jalpaiguri district,...

04 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Public Credit Registry

04 Sep 2018 Paper 3

Coral Bleaching

04 Sep 2018 Paper 3

President's Visit to Cyprus

President Ram Nath Kovind visited Cyprus in the first leg of his visit to three-nation in Europe. Memorandum of Understanding signed MoU...

04 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Drug-resistant Super-bug Spreading in Hospitals

The scientists from Australia have warned of a superbug, resistant to all known antibiotics, that can cause “severe” infections or even...

04 Sep 2018 News Analysis