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Longest Electrified Railway Tunnel

The South Central Railway (SCR) had commissioned the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations in the state of...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Disability and RTE: UNESCO Report

The The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences have released a report...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Working Group on Core Investment Companies

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a working group to review the regulatory guidelines and supervisory framework applicable for Core...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Total Solar Eclipse 2019

A Total Solar Eclipse was witnessed in the region of the South Pacific and parts of South America (Mainly Chile and Argentina) This was the only...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Ascent Abort Test-2

NASA has carried out a successful test of a Launch-Abort System (LAS) for the Orion capsule designed to take U.S. astronauts to the Moon. The test...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme

The Department of Commerce, under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has approved financial assistance for three trade promotion centres...

04 Jul 2019 News Analysis

In Depth – India’s Health Index

In 2017, NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, developed the first comprehensive State...

04 Jul 2019 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Russia: An all-weather defence partner

This article is based on the editorial “Russia: An all-weather defence partner” that appeared in the Hindu Business Line on 3 July 2019....

03 Jul 2019 News Editorials

Anti Locust Fight

The officials from India and Pakistan are closely working together to prevent the movement of locusts and save crops in bordering districts. Both...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Suicides in India

According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ report for 2015, there were 1,336,623...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Heat Stress and Labour Productivity: ILO Report

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its report ‘Working on a Warmer Planet: The Impact of Heat Stress on Labour Productivity and...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)

The six himalayan glaciers, monitored by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), have been retreating in the range of 13 to 33...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

El-Nino Threatens Monsoon

According to the India Meteorological Department, the deficiency in rainfall in June was 33%. With the El-Nino phenomenon being observed since the...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Non-Communicable Diseases in India

According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) report titled “India: Health of the Nation’s States”, contribution of...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Credit Cards for Fishermen

Recently the Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the extension of the facility of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Tamil Yeoman

Tamil Nadu has declared the Tamil Yeoman butterfly species (endemic to western ghats) as the state butterfly. Tamil Yeoman (Cirrochroa thais) is...

03 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Food Processing in India

Why In News? With farm distress making headlines, the state government of Tamil Nadu unveiled its own food processing policy keeping an eye on...

03 Jul 2019 Paper 3

Importance of Africa in Indo-Pacific Strategy

This article is based on “Reimagining India and Africa” that appeared in Indian Express on 2 July 2019. It talks about the need for...

02 Jul 2019 News Editorials

INS Viraat to be Scrapped

The Union Ministry of Defence has decided to scrap INS Virat after consultation with Indian Navy. The Navy has been incurring expenditure on its...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

NASA’s Punch Mission

Dipankar Banerjee, a solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics is a co-investigator of NASA's PUNCH mission. PUNCH, which stands for...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis