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NCAER’s 2018 State Investment Potential Index

Delhi has emerged the most-attractive State for investors in the National Council for Applied and Economic Research (NCAER)’s 2018 State...

04 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Andhra Pradesh Government Announces Unemployment Allowance Scheme

The government of Andhra Pradesh has launched 'Mukhyamantri-Yuva Nestam', a scheme through which an allowance of Rs 1000 per month will be provided...

03 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Prosecution under Benami Act Stuck

The prosecution of accused persons in even confirmed cases has been stuck as the special courts meant for the purpose have not yet been set up...

03 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Scaled Up Solutions for a Future of Water Scarcity

(This article has appeared in The Hindu on 2/8/2018, and pertains to the water woes that India is facing and its related conservation and...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Rajasthan Became the First State to Implement the Biofuel Policy

Rajasthan has become the first state to implement the National Policy on Biofuels unveiled by the centre in May 2018. Key Highlights The desert...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

TRAI Allows the Sale of 5G Spectrum

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended the auction of spectrum for offering 5G services for the first time in the...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Cabinet Approves Policy Framework For Unconventional Hydrocarbons

The centre has approved the policy to permit exploration and exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons such as Shale oil/gas, Coal Bed Methane...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Bill for Quick Resolution of Commercial Disputes Passed in Lok Sabha

Replacing an ordinance, a Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by Lok Sabha to...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Cyber Security Service Providers Invest in Technologies to Prevent Attacks

With cyber threats rising rapidly, there is an increase in demand for cybersecurity service providers and their products. The security service...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

RBI Raises Interest Rates by 25 bps

The Reserve Bank of India in its third bi-monthly policy raised the repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 6.5 per cent because of inflationary...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Human DNA Profiling

The outrage over rapes and violent attacks on women and children has renewed the call for a sex offenders’ registry or a DNA database of those...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Draft National E-commerce Policy

A task force headed by commerce secretary has submitted its recommendations on a draft national e-commerce policy.  India’s e-commerce...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

BEE Introduces State Energy Efficiency Index

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has come up with the country’s first state energy efficiency preparedness index. The index assumes...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

NBRC Researchers Decipher the Cause of Microcephaly

National Brain Research Centre-led team of researchers has successfully identified the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which Zika virus causes...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Centre Imposes 25% Safeguard Duty on Import of Solar Cells

The Centre has put a safeguard duty of 25% on import of solar cells from China and Malaysia from July 30, 2018. The safeguard duty on imports...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Study on District Mineral Foundations

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released its report ‘People First: District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Status Report, 2018’ on...

01 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 3

Women Rice Farmers to be Trained in the Philippines

Eight women farmers have been selected to visit the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines to learn about new rice farming...

31 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 3

Arsenic Accumulation in Paddy Plants

A recent publication by the Jadavpur University, has revealed rise in arsenic contamination of paddy plants from ground water in West Bengal. It...

30 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 3

Govt. Plans ‘ISRO-like’ Ocean Mission

Recently, the Union Earth Sciences Ministry has unveiled a blueprint of the ‘Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)’ to explore the deep recesses of...

30 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 3

EU Ruling on Gene Editing Technology

The European Court of Justice has ruled that altering living things using the relatively new technique of genome editing counts as genetic...

30 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 3