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World Cotton Day

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is hosting the event at the request of Cotton-4 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) to celebrate their official...

07 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Geotail

Recently, an instrument on Chandrayaan-2 named CLASS (Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer) has detected charged particles present on the...

07 Oct 2019 News Analysis

India-Bangladesh

Recently, India and Bangladesh signed seven agreements and also inaugurated three projects to deepen their partnership. Key Highlights Seven...

07 Oct 2019 News Analysis

World Habitat Day

The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. The theme for World Habitat Day 2019 is...

07 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Nomadic Elephant-14

The 14th edition of India-Mongolia joint military exercise is being held from 5th to 18th October at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh. The Mongolian Army...

07 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Uniform Civil Code

Why in the news Recently, the Supreme Court in a case concerning the question of whether succession and inheritance of a Goan domicile is governed...

07 Oct 2019 Paper 2

Second Informal Summit between India and China

This article is based on “In search of the Wuhan spirit”, which was published in The Hindu, on 05/10/2019. It talks about preserving...

05 Oct 2019 News Editorials

The Big Picture: Eliminating Single Use Plastic

Government of India has laid great emphasis on eradicating single use plastic which has become one of the biggest sources of pollution. During...

05 Oct 2019 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Discussions

PRS Capsule August 2019

Key Highlights of PRS Polity Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir Repealed The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 Supreme Court...

05 Oct 2019 PRS Capsule

Massive Iceberg Breaks off Antarctica

Recently, the Iceberg-D28 broke away from the Amery ice shelf in Antarctica. The breaking of iceberg D28 is part of the normal cycle of ice...

05 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Youth Co:Lab

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India has launched ‘Youth Co:Lab’ which...

05 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Electric Vehicle Charging Guidelines and Specifications

The Government of India has approved amendments in Electric Vehicle (EV) charging guidelines and specifications. The revised guidelines...

05 Oct 2019 News Analysis

WEF India Economic Summit

The World Economic Forum’s 33rd India Economic Summit took place in New Delhi from 3rd - 4th October 2019. Hosted in collaboration with the...

05 Oct 2019 News Analysis

India’s First e-Waste Clinic

India’s first e-waste clinic for segregating, processing and disposal of waste from household and commercial units will soon be set-up in...

05 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Co-operative Banking in India

This article is based on “Co-operative banks: Is dual regulation the problem?” which was published in The Hindu on 04/10/2019. It talks...

04 Oct 2019 News Editorials

Human Migration in India

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04 Oct 2019 Paper 1

Human Migration in India

Why in News? According to the International Migrant Stock 2019 report (released by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of...

04 Oct 2019 Paper 1

15 Point Directive to Clean Ganga

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) recently has issued a 15-point directive to the 11-Ganga basin states to prevent idol immersion into...

04 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Online Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

A new research has placed India at the top of the list of the countries from where the maximum number of reports (38.8 lakh) related to suspected...

04 Oct 2019 News Analysis

Poisonous Fire Coral Fungus

One of the world's deadliest species of fungi, the Poison Fire Coral, has been identified growing in Australia for the first time. Previously, the...

04 Oct 2019 News Analysis