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Bihar to Sell Kashmiri Apples

Bihar government has taken an initiative to help traders and farmers by selling Kashmiri apples through Biscomaun (Bihar State Cooperative Marketing...

29 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Nelloptodes Gretae

Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London have officially named a tiny species of beetle Nelloptodes gretae. It has been named after the...

29 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Postal Ballot Facilities for Absentee Voters

The Election Commission of India has recently made efforts to ensure that the electors who are unable to come to polling booth/ absentee voters are...

29 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Indo-French Joint Exercise Shakti-2019

'Exercise SHAKTI' is a biennial exercise which is conducted alternately in India and France.The 2019 edition will be conducted from 31 October 2019...

29 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Quantum Supremacy

This article is based on “What is quantum supremacy?” which was published in The Indian Express on 26/10/2019. It talks about quantum...

26 Oct 2019 News Editorials

Australia’s Uluru Rock

Australia’s giant Red Monolith- Uluru (Also known as Ayers Rock) has been permanently closed for trekking by the Australian government. The...

26 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Sakhalin Oil Field

Recently the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has visited Sakhalin oil field in Russia. Exxon Mobil (US), Rosneft (Russia), Japanese SODECO...

26 Oct 2019 News Analysis

18th Non-Aligned Summit

Recently, the Vice President of India attended the 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The theme for the...

26 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Excavation Sites of Sangam Age

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has approved the Tamil Nadu’s request to continue excavations at four locations including...

26 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Medical Devices In India- Issues and Challenges

This article is based on “Medical devices are not drugs” which was published in The Indian Express on 25/10/2019. It talks about the...

25 Oct 2019 News Editorials

The Big Picture: Syria Crisis - US Backs out

Recently, the US announced to withdraw from Syria (in order to fulfil the US president’s electoral promise). However, this will lead to...

25 Oct 2019 Sansad TV Discussions

Ease of Doing Business- 2020

The World Bank recently released its Ease of Doing Business Report, 2020. The indicator measures the performance of countries across 10...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Thotlakonda Buddhist Monastery

Mahastupa of the Buddhist heritage site of Thotlakonda, which was reconstructed in 2016 by the State Archaeology department, collapsed...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Minimum Support Price

The Government has hiked the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Rabi crops for the marketing season 2020-21, after decision was taken at a meeting of...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Odisha’s Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture

The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank on 24th October 2019 signed a $165 million loan agreement for the Odisha’s...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

World Polio Day

World Polio Day was established by Rotary International on 24th October to celebrate the birth of Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine against...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Kartarpur Corridor

India and Pakistan have signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor. The agreement is valid initially for five years. Either...

25 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Right To Be Forgotten

This article is based on “The ‘right to be forgotten’ on the Internet” that was published in The Indian Express on...

24 Oct 2019 News Editorials

Mauryan Architecture- Part 2

Mauryan Popular Art Apart from the court art or royal patronage, cave-architecture, sculpture, and pottery took the expressions of art by individual...

24 Oct 2019 Paper 1

Massive Galaxy Found in Cosmic Dust

A massive galaxy, dating back to the early universe, has been spotted in cosmic dust clouds. The found galaxy has almost equal numbers of stars as...

24 Oct 2019 News Analysis