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Centre plans to bring out city level GDP data

With urban India responsible for an increasingly large share of the national GDP, the Centre now hopes to bring out city-level GDP data. According...

18 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Combating Air Pollution: Need to Strengthen Air Quality Monitoring in India

The fourth WHO database on ambient (outdoor) air quality - the largest of its kind – has compiled information on air pollution levels for over...

17 Aug 2018 News Editorials

Important Facts for Prelims (17 August 2018)

KeyPass KeyPass is a ransomware that is a variant of a trojan. It takes control of a computer by taking manual control of the internal...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Investment in P-notes Continues to Decline

Investments through participatory notes into Indian capital markets plunged to over nine-year low amid stringent norms put in place by the SEBI to...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

NAFIS Report Released by NITI AAYOG

On August 16, 2018, 'NABARD All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey' (NAFIS) was released by NITI Aayog. NAFIS was launched in 2016-17 as a...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Scientists to test land for LIGO

Recently the Environment Ministry has allowed scientists to test the suitability of land in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district to host  the...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

India's First Baby Penguin

India's first Humboldt Penguin chick hatched on 15th August at the Byculla zoo in Mumbai. According to the Zoo officials, the DNA test for the...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Interpretation Centre to Come Up in Odisha

The Odisha government has planned to set up a world-class interpretation centre at Dangamal near Bhitarkanika National Park to showcase its efforts...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

UPI 2.0 Launched by NPCI

On August 16, 2018, an upgraded version of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), UPI 2.0, was launched by the National Payments Corporation of India...

17 Aug 2018 News Analysis

India-China Relations: An Analysis 

The rise of India and China as two major economic and political actors in both regional and global politics has caught global attention. The two...

16 Aug 2018 News Editorials

India lost One-Third of its Coastline Due to Soil Erosion

A staggering one-third of almost the entire Indian coastline was lost due to soil erosion in the last 26 years as per the report of the National...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Strategy: Answer Writing for CSE MAINS

In this strategy we will tackle one of the most important challenges faced by CSE aspirants i.e. how to write a good answer in the Mains...

16 Aug 2018 Mains Strategy

Ayushman Bharat

During his Independence Day speech from Red Fort, Prime Minister announced that Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, also known as Ayushman Bharat or...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Mission Gaganyaan

The Prime Minister of India in his Independence Day address announced that an Indian astronaut would go into space by 2022, when India...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Widening the Ambit of Consent Mechanism

A panel set up by SEBI under the chairmanship of Supreme Court former Justice A.R. Dave to review the consent mechanism has proposed changes for...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

PRS Capsule June 2018

Key Highlights of PRS Public Credit Registry of India Reward Schemes for Information on Tax Evasion The Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Amendment)...

16 Aug 2018 PRS Capsule

Emergency Measures to Tackle Pink Bollworm

The state Government of Maharashtra has announced emergency measures to check the menace of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation in parts of the...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Protests over Water Aerodrome Project in Chilika

The Union government proposal for setting up of five water aerodromes in the country to promote tourism, including the one at the Chilika lake is...

16 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Making ‘Lateral Entry’ Work

(Editorial in The Hindu, for August 14, 2018, highlights key points on how to make the ‘lateral entry’ initiative a success in...

14 Aug 2018 News Editorials

Government Plans to Extend Subsidy to Women

To encourage employers to hire more women, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has planned to extend the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana...

14 Aug 2018 News Analysis