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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

Upgrade At CERN

Six years after the Higgs boson was discovered at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), particle physicists have recently observed how the elusive...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The editorial analyses SCO's significance for India. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) The SCO was formed in 2001, with the intent of...

03 Sep 2018 News Editorials

Green Tribunal Steps in to Conserve Ghats

The  National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the six Western Ghats States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat),...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

UN Begins Talks to Regulate the High Seas

The United Nations started talks on a 2020 treaty that would regulate the high seas, which cover half the planet yet lack adequate environmental...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Important Facts for Prelims (3rd September 2018)

MOVE Cyclathon The Move Cyclathon, a cycle rally was organized by NITI Aayog to promote cleaner, accessible modes of transport. It was held in...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Social Audit to Track Construction Workers' Benefits

The Labour Ministry has issued the draft framework for the social audit on the implementation of the Building and Other Construction Workers...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Prime Minister Launched India Post Payments Bank

The Prime Minister launched India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) on September 1, 2018. The government has a target to link all 1.55 lakh post office...

03 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Law Commission's Report on Wrongful Prosecution

The Law Commission has submitted to the government a report titled “Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice): Legal...

01 Sep 2018 News Analysis

4th BIMSTEC SUMMIT 2018

The 4th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 30-31....

01 Sep 2018 News Analysis

Shale Gas Extraction- Challenges in India

The article ‘The Shale Gas Challenge’ appeared in The Hindu on 31st August, 2018. It brings out the various issues and challenges related...

31 Aug 2018 News Editorials

Important Facts for Prelims (31st August 2018)

Water Spotted at Jupiter's Great Red Spot NASA scientists have found water above Jupiter’s deepest clouds using ground based...

31 Aug 2018 News Analysis

High Water Discharge From China Threatens Arunachal, Assam

State of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have been put on high alert after Government received a report from China of high water discharge in Siang river...

31 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Cabinet Approves O-SMART Scheme

Recently the cabinet approved Umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)”...

30 Aug 2018 News Analysis