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Egypt-Ethiopia Conflict on GERD

Why in News Recently, Egypt has announced that it is willing to resume negotiations with Ethiopia and Sudan, concerning the Grand Ethiopian...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

CoAST India

Why in News Recently, India Observatory has come up with a Geographic Information System (GIS)-enabled dashboard called Collaboration/Covid...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Purandara Dasa

Why in News The Department of Archaeology, Heritage and Museums, Karnataka will soon commence field research work at Araga in Malnad (Malenadu)...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Year End Review 2019: Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Introduction The Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers comprises a combination of three departments: Department of Fertilisers: The main...

26 May 2020 Paper 2

Heat Waves

Why in News Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted the “heatwave to severe heatwave conditions” over...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Punitus Sanctus: New Freshwater Fish

Why in News Recently, Puntius Sanctus, a new freshwater fish, has been found in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu. It has been found in a small...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Tea, Immunity & Coronavirus

Why in News During a webinar organised on the occasion of International Tea Day, the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Himachal...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Gist of Economic Survey 2019-20

WEALTH CREATION: THE INVISIBLE HAND SUPPORTED BY THE HAND OF TRUST For more than three-fourths of known economic history, India has been the...

26 May 2020 Gist of Economic Survey 2019-20

Katkari Tribe

Why in News Katkari tribal youth from Shahpur in Maharashtra are making a name by selling Giloy and other products online during lockdown. They...

26 May 2020 News Analysis

Increased Chinese Transgression

Why in News Recently, there has been a marked increase in the number of Chinese transgressions across the disputed India-China border in...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

India-Nepal Border Dispute

Why in News Recently, Nepal has released a new political map that claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of Nepal’s...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

Open Skies Treaty

Why in News Recently, the United States of America (USA) has announced that it will exit the Open Skies Treaty (OST) due to continuous violation of...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

MGNREGA and Migrant Crisis

This article is based on “Additional allocation for MGNREGA must be supplemented with steps to make it more effective” published in The...

23 May 2020 News Editorials

Covid-19 Halts Global Vaccination Programme

Why in News As per the report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners, nearly 80 million children under the age of 1 are at...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

Plan for Calamity Cess on GST

Why in News The Central Government is considering imposing a calamity cess on Goods and Services Tax (GST), similar to the one introduced by Kerala...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

ReStart Programme for MSMEs

Why in News Recently the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has launched a new programme ‘ReStart’ to support the Micro, Small and Medium...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

RBI Cuts Repo Rate

Why in News The Reserve Bank of India has extended the moratorium on loan repayments by three more months in view of Covid-19. Further, a 40 basis...

23 May 2020 News Analysis

G-7 Summit

Why in News Recently, the President of the USA made an announcement to host the 46th G7 summit in-person instead of remotely by...

22 May 2020 News Analysis

Year End Review 2019: Ministry of Commerce & Industry

World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 India has made a remarkable jump in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report...

22 May 2020 Paper 2

International Tea Day

Why in News Recently, the first International Tea Day was observed on 21st May after it was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in...

22 May 2020 News Analysis