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Heracles Inexpectatus: Giant Extinct Parrot

The fossils of the largest ever parrot named Heracles Inexpectatus have been discovered in New Zealand. The 19 million years old fossils were...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

India: Second-largest Scrap Importer

India has emerged the world’s second-largest scrap importer of steel toppling South Korea. Scrap imports In India increased by 35% in the...

08 Aug 2019 News Analysis

The Big picture - War against Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking has emerged as a significant problem all across the world. The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on...

08 Aug 2019 Sansad TV Discussions

Greenhouse Gas Emission

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07 Aug 2019 GS Paper III

Mission Chandrayaan

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07 Aug 2019 Paper 3

Issues in IBC

This article is based on “Bankruptcy cases must account for the time value of money” that appeared in The Livemint on 7th August 2019....

07 Aug 2019 News Editorials

Changed Regulations for Insurance Marketing Firms

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has recently notified the changes to regulations governing Insurance Marketing...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Water Stress in India

According to the data released by the World Resources Institute (global research non-profit organization), India is ranked 13th among the 17 most...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Mission Chandrayaan

Why in News? On 22 July 2019, India launched Chandrayaan-2, its second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1 from Satish Dhawan Space...

07 Aug 2019 Paper 3

Aquaponics

Aquaponics is an ecologically sustainable model that combines Hydroponics with Aquaculture. Hydroponics is the soilless growing of plants, where...

07 Aug 2019 News Analysis

CITES

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement to which States and...

06 Aug 2019 International Institutions

India and RCEP

This article is based on “India should act tough and exit RCEP” which appeared in The Hindu BusinessLine on 6th August 2019. It talks...

06 Aug 2019 News Editorials

Draft E-Commerce Norms- 2019

Ministry of Consumer Affairs has released the draft guidelines on e-commerce for consumer protection. The e-Commerce guidelines for Consumer...

06 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Strait of Magellan

The Strait of Magellan is located near southern Chile along the southern edges of the South American continent and links the Atlantic and Pacific...

06 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Integration of Land and Water Schemes to Tackle Land Degradation

As about 30% of India’s land is degraded, the Government of India wants to converge various land and water schemes to mainstream land...

06 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Pathamadai Silk Mat

Inclusion of technology in the making of traditional Pathamadai silk mat through the use of electronic powerloom is ensuring higher production and...

06 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Annadata to Urjadata

This article is based on “From Plate to Plough: In the shade of solar trees” which appeared in The Indian Express on 5th August 2019....

05 Aug 2019 News Editorials

Article 370 and 35(A) Revoked

On 5th of August 2019, the President of India promulgated the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019.  The order...

05 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Genome India Initiative

India is planning to launch its first Human Genome Mapping project. Project involves scanning of 20,000 Indian genomes (in the next five years) in...

05 Aug 2019 News Analysis

Skilling under MGNREGA

The central government is working on an initiative to move 10-12.5 million families within the ambit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...

05 Aug 2019 News Analysis