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Bhabha Kavach

India’s lightest and cheapest bullet proof jacket ‘Bhabha Kavach’ was displayed at the International Police Expo 2019 held at...

22 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Producing New Antibiotics Through Robotics

Researchers have produced a new class of antibiotics, known as class II Polyketides, by using robotics to engineer Escherichia coli (E. coli), a...

22 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Temple Architecture

Introduction Most of the architectural remains that survive from Ancient and Medieval India are religious in nature. In different parts of the...

22 Jul 2019 Paper 1

Politics of Defection

This article is based on the “Does the anti-defection law serves any purpose?”. It talks about the desirability of Anti-defection law in...

20 Jul 2019 News Editorials

Protection of Human Right (Amendment) Bill, 2019

To make the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) more inclusive and efficient, Lok Sabha passes the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill,...

20 Jul 2019 News Analysis

One Stop Centre Scheme

One stop centre is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), for addressing the problem of violence against...

20 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Declining Hangul Population

The Hangul (or Kashmiri Stag) population monitoring exercise has revealed an alarming decline in the fawn-hind and stag-hind ratio of the hangul...

20 Jul 2019 News Analysis

IUCN Red List

The latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species shows that more and more species...

20 Jul 2019 News Analysis

East Asian Model for India

This article is based on editorial “Inappropriate template for a legitimate target” which appeared in The Hindu on 19th July 2019. It...

19 Jul 2019 News Editorials

Cannabis Debate

Recently a cannabis advocacy group has filed a petition regarding decriminalizing cannabis in Delhi High Court. Cannabis is a generic term used to...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

West Antarctic Ice Sheet

A recent study has revealed that the giant West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is destabilising and is on the verge of a complete collapse. The...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Rhesus Macaque Declared Vermin

The Union Environment Ministry has declared Monkeys (Rhesus Macaque) as ‘vermin’ in Himachal Pradesh. It will allow local authorities...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

SAGAR MAITRI

Oceanographic research vessel of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), INS Sagardhwani, embarked on a two-month-long SAGAR MAITRI...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Child Labour in Film and Television Industry

The government is working to ensure “strict compliance” of norms on working conditions for children by film and television industry, as...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Palau Joins ISA

Palau became the 76th country to sign the International Solar Alliance framework agreement. Palau will host the 2020 edition of the ‘Our...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Two Headed Green Turtle

Turtles right head controls the front right flipper, whereas left head controls the front left flipper and both heads are capable of coordinating...

19 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Right to Information

Why in news? The government is going to introduce a Bill to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 which will change pay and allowances of...

19 Jul 2019 Paper 4

India as Non-Permanent Member of UNSC

This article is based on editorial “At the UNSC, a three-point agenda” that appeared in The Hindu on 17 July 2019. It talks about...

18 Jul 2019 News Editorials

Ebola: Global Health Emergency

World Health Organization has announced the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (a country in Central Africa) as the global health...

18 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Spent Pot Lining

Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) held a hearing regarding scientific disposal of spent pot lining(SPL) from the aluminium...

18 Jul 2019 News Analysis