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AIIB Approves $455-million Loan for Andhra Pradesh

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $455-million loan to improve road transport connectivity by providing all-weather...

29 Sep 2018 News Analysis

UPSC Study Material

Invitation Offer Free 6 months subscription of Drishti Current Affairs Today magazine with every module. Any...

29 Sep 2018 Distance Learning Programme (DLP)

SC Allows Women Entry into Sabarimala Temple

In a 4:1 judgment, 5-membered constitution bench of Supreme Court, in Indian Young Lawyers Association vs. the State of Kerala, has allowed women of...

29 Sep 2018 News Analysis

G-4 Foreign Ministers Meeting on Sidelines of UNGA

Foreign ministers of G-4 countries met on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly 73rd session. The G4 Ministers reaffirmed the need for...

28 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Adultery is Not a Crime: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional, the 158 year old Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes adultery. The...

28 Sep 2018 News Analysis

SC Approves Live-Streaming of Court Proceedings

The Supreme Court has pushed for greater transparency in the judicial system by allowing live-streaming of court proceedings of cases of...

27 Sep 2018 News Analysis

The National Digital Communications Policy, 2018

The Union Cabinet has approved the new telecom policy now named National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 and also re-designation of the...

27 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Ineffective E-waste Recycle Firms

According to a report by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, many of India’s electronic-waste (e-waste) recyclers...

27 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (27th September 2018)

Indian Ocean Naval Symposium The ‘Indian Ocean Naval Symposium’ (IONS) is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime...

27 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (26th September 2018)

Parakram Parv Armed forces will observe ‘Parakram Parv’ from September 28 to 30 to mark the second anniversary of surgical strikes...

26 Sep 2018 News Analysis

SC Ruled Legislators Can Continue Legal Practices

The Supreme Court  has ruled that legislators cannot be barred from working as lawyers. Background Mr. Ashwini Upadhyay in December 2017,...

26 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (25th September 2018)

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra It is fast emerging as a prime tiger...

25 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Science & Technology

2018 1. Consider the following pairs: Commonly used/consumed materials                 Unwanted or...

25 Sep 2018 GS Paper I (Subject Wise)

NTBN Approves Nutrition Norms

India’s top nutrition panel, the National Technical Board on Nutrition (NTBN) has recommended that severely malnourished children must be...

25 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Ayushman Bharat

The editorial is primarily based on the article “The Primary Anchor of a Health-Care Road Map” which appeared in The Hindu on 24th...

25 Sep 2018 News Editorials

Important Facts for Prelims (24th September 2018)

Citizen Science Initiative to Save Hornbills Recently a citizen science initiative of documenting Indian hornbills has been taken to provide...

24 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Treat One-Sided Laudatory News Reports as Paid News: EC to SC

Laudatory news articles by which a political leader appeals for votes in his favour by boasting his record and achievements should be treated as paid...

24 Sep 2018 News Analysis

RBI Norms for Co-origination of Loans

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the guidelines on co-origination (a form of loan participation where two or more lenders lend money to a...

22 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Fall Armyworm: Fighting the Pest in India

Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is an insect that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In its larva stage,...

22 Sep 2018 News Editorials

Greening India by Planting Bamboo

Recently World Bamboo Day (September 18) was celebrated to create awareness about the importance of bamboo as a versatile material for sustainable...

22 Sep 2018 News Analysis