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Coastal Regulation Zone

Why in News? The four high-rise luxury apartment complexes in Maradu municipality in Kochi, which violated Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ)...

10 Feb 2020 Paper 3

Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Why in News Guru Ravidas Jayanti was celebrated on 9th February, 2020. Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated on Magh Purnima, the full moon day in the...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Poor Compensation Rate for Trafficking Survivors

Why in News Based on the data of the NCRB, a non-profit organisation released a report on compensation awarded to survivors of trafficking the...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Mt. Aconcagua

Why in News Kaamya Karthikeyan, a twelve year old Indian student, has become the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt. Aconcagua, the highest...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Reservations in Promotion is Not a Fundamental Right: SC

Why in News The Supreme Court has recently ruled that the states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments and promotions and that there...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Agartala - Akhaura Rail Link

Why in News Recently, the central government has announced that rail line to connect the northeastern region with Bangladesh will be ready by the...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Kakinada Port

Kakinada Deep Water Port is located on the East Coast of India. It is in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, and is strategically located...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Increasing Imports of Li-ion Batteries

Why in News Union Minister for Science & Technology has given information about imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in the country during...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Why in News Ethiopia is building one of the largest dams in the world, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the river Nile near the Sudan...

10 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Payment Revolution in India

This article is based on “The billion standard”, which was published in The Indian Express on 07/02/2020. It talks about the status of...

07 Feb 2020 News Editorials

The Big Picture: Pornography - Impact on Children & Society

The Ad-hoc Committee of the Rajya Sabha was instituted recently by the Chairman of the House to examine and report on the issue of child...

07 Feb 2020 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

Cancer-Causing Mutated Genes Mapped

Why in News The Pan-Cancer Project involving 1,300 scientists has completed a decade-long project to map the many gene mutations that drive...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Genome India Project Approved

Why in News The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology has cleared the Genome India Project. It is a...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Centre Persists with ‘toothless’ Pharma Codes

Why in News The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has requested the pharmaceutical companies to...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme

Why in News The Union Minister for Human Resource Development updated the progress of National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) in the...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Lucknow Declaration

Why in News India and 50 African countries adopted the ‘Lucknow Declaration’ at first India – Africa Defence Minister’s...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Repo Rate Unchanged

Why in News The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in its sixth...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Why in News Recently, rejuvenation camp for captive elephants was inaugurated inside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR). Mudumalai Tiger Reserve...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Longest Spaceflight by a Woman: Christina Koch

Why in News The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Christina Koch landed on the Earth on 6th february, 2020 after a...

07 Feb 2020 News Analysis

Disqualification Powers of Speakers

This article is based on “Course correction for the Speaker’s office” which was published in The Hindu on 06/02/2020. It...

06 Feb 2020 News Editorials