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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

The Big Picture: Lateral Door to the Indian Bureaucracy

The government has opened up senior-level bureaucratic posts in several departments to the private sector individuals who are “talented and...

14 Aug 2018 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

The Big Picture – Tackling NPAs: The New Strategy

Independent asset management companies and steering committees will be set up for faster resolution of bad loans in the banking system, Finance...

14 Aug 2018 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

The Big Picture: World Environment Day: Identify the Dangers of the Plastic Era

Context And Background The United Nations observes 5th of June every year as the World Environment Day, to make people aware about the environment...

14 Aug 2018 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Report on Fair Market Conduct

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) constituted a Committee on Fair Market Conduct in 2017 under the Chairmanship of Shri T.K. Viswanathan....

14 Aug 2018 News Analysis

A Roadmap Towards Cleaning India’s Air

To help improve India’s air quality, researchers from the University of Chicago and Harvard Kennedy School have laid out five key...

14 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Coral Reefs could Survive Global Warming, says Study

According to a study published in the journal Current Biology, the coral-algal partnerships have endured numerous climate change events since the age...

14 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Jodhpur tops Railway Cleanliness Survey Conducted by the Quality Council of India

Jodhpur and Marwar in Rajasthan were declared the cleanest railway stations in the recently released survey conducted by the Quality Council of India...

14 Aug 2018 News Analysis

Undoing A Legacy of Injustice

(This editorial appears today in The Hindu, August 13, 2018, and provides a good backgrounder and way-forward on the issue of decriminalization of...

13 Aug 2018 News Editorials