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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

European Heatwave

France has recorded the hottest temperature of 45.9°C amid European heatwaves. The heatwave in Europe has caused flash floods and forest...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

One Nation One Ration Card Scheme

Recently the Food Minister announced One Nation One Ration Card Scheme, which all states needs to implement by July 2020. One Nation One Ration...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

National Mission on Libraries

The Union Ministry of Culture has declared financial assistance under National Mission on Libraries (NML) to develop libraries in each...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

STRIDE

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a new initiative, Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

India International Cooperatives Trade Fair

First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) to be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. IICTF is a unique initiative for taking...

02 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI)

When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do.   — Mahatma Gandhi Context Panchayati...

02 Jul 2019 National Institutions

LIBRA: Facebook’s Currency

This article is based on the editorial “Why policymakers worldwide should fear the launch of Libra” which appeared in Live mint...

01 Jul 2019 News Editorials

Delhi Butterfly Corridors

As per Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) report, the creation of butterfly corridors in Delhi with close to 100 hotspots is underway. At...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Puducherry Water Rich Model

It is a model for desilting the urban drains and rural canals with the cooperation of the general public with the Puducherry administration. This...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Quality of Free Legal Aid

The National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) in a report titled ‘Quality of Legal Representation: An Empirical Analysis of Free Legal Aid Services...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Airplane Contrails and Global Warming

According to a recent study, the airplanes contrails contribute more to global warming than the CO2 emitted by an aircraft. Moreover, the...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis

Japanese Encephalitis (JE)

The Central government has sent a team to Assam to review the situation after Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases were reported from the...

01 Jul 2019 News Analysis