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Year End Review 2019: Department of Atomic Energy

Important Policies and Programmes Nuclear Power Programme Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KGS-1) has set the world record of 962 days of continuous...

30 Apr 2020 Paper 2

Rights of Minority Institutes not Absolute: SC

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India gave its judgement on the admission criteria of minority institutions. It held that National...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

Mutual Funds and Emerging Indian Economy

This article is based on “Why Franklin-type fiasco will keep repeating” which was published in the Business standard on 27/04/2020. It...

30 Apr 2020 News Editorials

New List of Names of Tropical Cyclones

Why in News The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a list with the names of 169 tropical cyclones that are likely to emerge over the...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

UNESCO

“Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace must be constructed” -...

30 Apr 2020 International Institutions

Aero India

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Defence has announced that the 13th edition of Aero India will be held from February 3 to 7, 2021 at Air Force...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

Final Report on National Infrastructure Pipeline

Why in News Recently, the task force headed by Atanu Chakraborty (economic affairs secretary) on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

International Financial Services Centres Authority

Why in News The central government has established International Financial Services Centres Authority to regulate all financial services in...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

Natural Product Based Alzheimer Inhibitor

Why in News Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have modified the structure of Berberine into Ber-D to...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

U.S. Priority Watch List for IPR

Why in News India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for lack of adequate...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

1.6 Billion Risk Losing Jobs: ILO

Why in News Recently, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that nearly half of the entire global workforce is in immediate danger...

30 Apr 2020 News Analysis

The Big Picture: Localising Globalisation

The dual supply and demand shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to cause a global recession. In the last several weeks, global supply...

29 Apr 2020 Sansad TV Discussions

Balancing Intellectual Property with Public Health

This article is based on Vaccinating policy published in Business Standard on 27/04/2020. It talks about the tradeoff in pharmaceutical innovation...

29 Apr 2020 News Editorials

$1.5 Billion ADB Loan to India

Why in News Recently, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a $1.5 billion loan to India to fund India’s immediate response to the...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

Anti-corruption Law Covers Deemed Universities

Why in News The Supreme Court has held that bribery and corruption in a deemed university can be tried under the Prevention of Corruption Act,...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

XI Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Why in News Recently, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change attended the 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue. The dialogue...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

USCIRF Annual Report-2020

Why In News Recently, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has downgraded India to the lowest ranking of “Countries...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

NITI Aayog Questions GTI

Why in News A report compiled by NITI Aayog has questioned the methodology adopted by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), to rank India as...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

South Asia Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum

Why in News The spatial forecast which shows wide variations in rainfall across India has been provided by the South Asia Seasonal Climate Outlook...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis

No Improvement in Ganga Water Quality

Why in News According to a report published by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the pollution in Ganga has not reduced significantly...

29 Apr 2020 News Analysis