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World Tourism Day

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has chosen India as the host country to observe World Tourism Day 2019. The theme for this...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

2I/Borisov: An Interstellar Object

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially declared a recently spotted comet as an interstellar object. This means that the object,...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

India- CARICOM

India’s historic and warm relations with the countries of the Caribbean witnessed a new momentum with the meeting of Prime Minister of India...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

India-New Zealand

The Prime Minister of India met Prime Minister of New Zealand on the sidelines of UNGA meetings in New York. The issues of International Terrorism...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

India-Estonia

Recently, the Prime Minister of India met President of the Republic of Estonia on sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Right Livelihood Award

The Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was recently awarded the Right Livelihood Award-2019, also known as Sweden's alternative Nobel...

27 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Israel-Palestine

Why in the news? Palestine has rejected the US-Bahrain led Peace to Prosperity economic workshop on the ground that it says nothing about ending...

26 Sep 2019 Paper 2

Biotechnology Sector in India

This article is based on “Different peas in different pods” which appeared in The Hindu on 26/09/2019. It talks about challenges...

26 Sep 2019 News Editorials

Quantum Supremacy

The phrase ‘quantum supremacy’ was coined in the year 2011 by John Preskill, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Darknet

The Kerala Police has set up a ‘state-of-the-art lab’ to intervene and crack down on the rising criminal activities over the Darknet,...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Line of Credit to Pacific Island Nations

On the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the Indian Prime Minister has announced a $150 million worth line of credit to the...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Special Report on Climate Change: IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made public ‘The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Israel-Palestine

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26 Sep 2019 Paper 2

ICGS Varaha

Recently, the Indian Defence Minister commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Varaha at the Chennai port. The ICGS Varaha is the fourth in...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Kristalina Georgieva

The International Monetary Fund formally selected Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria as the second woman ever to lead the 189-member institution for a...

26 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Right to Internet Access and Digital Literacy

This article is based on Inequality of another kind which appeared in The Hindu on 24/09/2019. It talks about making the right to internet access...

25 Sep 2019 News Editorials

Recycle and Reuse Policy

Recently, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has drafted a National Resource Efficiency Policy, in order to double the...

25 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Right To Be Forgotten

Recently, the European Court of Justice has allowed Google not to remove the links related to sensitive personal data worldwide. As per the European...

25 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Siachen Glacier

Since January 2018, nearly 130 tonnes of waste has been brought down from the Siachen Glacier and disposed of. The Army has made bringing down...

25 Sep 2019 News Analysis

Carcinogen Substances in Ranitidine

After the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flagged the low-level presence of the carcinogenic substances in Ranitidine, the Central Drugs...

25 Sep 2019 News Analysis