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Airplane Contrails and Global Warming

According to a recent study, the airplanes contrails contribute more to global warming than the CO2 emitted by an aircraft. Moreover, the...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Japanese Encephalitis (JE)

The Central government has sent a team to Assam to review the situation after Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases were reported from the...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

WHO’s Self Care Guidelines

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health. Self-care intervention guidelines are...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

INS 'Shivalik' and 'Sindhukirti'

Defence Minister visited the Indian Navy's indigenously designed stealth frigate, INS 'Shivalik' and INS 'Sindhukirti'. INS 'Shivalik' INS...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Inter-State River Water Sharing Disputes

Context The Inter-State River Water Disputes are one of the most contentious issues in the Indian federalism today. The recent cases of the...

01 Jul 2019 Paper 2

Need to Reform Financial Policy

This article is based on the editorial “Even central banks need ‘capital’ infusion” that appeared in The Hindu on 29th June...

29 Jun 2019 News Editorials

International Seed Testing Association

The 32nd International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Congress is taking place in Hyderabad from 26th June to 3rd July, 2019. This is the...

29 Jun 2019 News Analysis

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