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Revival Of SAARC

This article is based on “Drawing together”, “From virtual conferencing to real leadership”, “India has done well to...

19 Mar 2020 News Editorials

APEDA signs MoU with SFAC

Why in News Recently, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has signed an Memorandum of Understanding...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Procurement of Indigenous Tejas Fighter Aircraft

Why in News Recently, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved procurement of 83 of the more advanced Mk1A version of the Tejas...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

National Commission for Homeopathy Bill, 2019

Why in News Recently, the Rajya Sabha passed National Commission for Homeopathy Bill, 2019 to develop and streamline the usage of homeopathy in the...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Open Market Operations

Why in News Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to infuse Rs.10,000 crore liquidity in the banking system by buying government...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Supreme Court Invoked Special Powers to Remove a Minister

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court invoked its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to remove a Manipur minister. Key...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Real-time Train Information System

Why in News The Real-time Train Information system is being installed in locomotives to enable better tracking of train movement. The RTIS...

19 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Cooling-off Period For Judiciary

This article is based on “The Hidayatullah example”, “Gogoi’s nomination sets a wrong precedent”, “Mr R Gogoi,...

18 Mar 2020 News Editorials

The Big Picture: Road Safety - Global Goals 2030

The given debate is about road safety and the global goals to curb road accidents by 2030. Recently, top government officials of more than 100...

18 Mar 2020 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Nanocomposite Coatings

Why in News A group of scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous...

18 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Starch-based Materials to Stop Blood Loss

Why in News Recently, scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) have developed a starch-based ‘hemostat’...

18 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Permanent Commission for Women in Indian Navy

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the right of serving Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers of the Navy to be granted...

18 Mar 2020 News Analysis

NBCFDC and NISD

Why in News The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is exploring the possibilities of a scheme for persons engaged in the act of...

18 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Regulating Payment Aggregators and Gateways

Why in News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released guidelines for regulating activities of Payment Aggregators (PAs) and Payment Gateways...

18 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Subdued Gender Participation In STEM

This article is based on “Closing the gender gap in science” which was published in The Hindu on 17/03/2020. It talks about the gender...

17 Mar 2020 News Editorials

Classical Languages

Why in News Recently, a Bill to grant the status of Central universities to three deemed Sanskrit universities was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The...

17 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Use of Waterways for Reducing Transportation Cost

Why in News Recently, the Minister of State for Shipping has informed in the Rajya Sabha that significant savings in the cost of transportation are...

17 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Superhydrophobic Coating on Metallic Surfaces

Why in News A team from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, and Ohio State University has created a...

17 Mar 2020 News Analysis

Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

Why in News The 100th Birth Anniversary celebrations of ‘Jatir Pita’ Bangabandhu, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being celebrated on 17th...

17 Mar 2020 News Analysis

ICMR to test for Community Transmission of COVID-19

Why in News The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced that it would start testing influenza patients without any travel history or...

17 Mar 2020 News Analysis