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Population Crisis: Challenges and Way forward
This article is based on the editorial “A stable planet: on World Population Prospects 2019 report”, that appeared in The Hindu on 22nd...
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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A report “Epilepsy, a public health imperative” has been released by the World Health Organization and leading non-governmental...
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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New Injection for Type 2 Diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Victoza (liraglutide) injection for treatment of pediatric patients 10 years or older with type 2...
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Technology and Doubling Farmers’ Income
The Government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee to examine issues relating to doubling of farmers’ income and recommend adoption...
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)–IV (2015-16), the prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15 to 49 years is 53% and among...
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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National Health Mission and Janani Suraksha Yojana
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). The Yojana was launched on 12th April 2005....
22 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Climate Change and Crop Production
According to a recent study, India’s grain production is vulnerable to climate change, primarily because of the decline in yield of rice crop...
19 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Piped Water Connection by 2024
The Prime Minister has recently said that the government will provide piped water to every household in the next five years i.e. by 2024. This is...
18 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Unapproved Sowing of Genetically Modified Crops
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sought a detailed report on the sowing of unapproved Genetically Modified (GM)...
14 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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A special court in Ahmedabad has sentenced a man to life and fined him Rs 5 crore for creating a hijack scare aboard a Jet Airways Mumbai-Delhi...
13 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Draft National Education Policy, 2019
The Draft National Education Policy, 2019 prepared by a committee chaired by Dr K. Kasturirangan has been shared by the Ministry of Human Resource...
11 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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The first-ever World Food Safety Day is being celebrated on June 7. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018 in...
08 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the results of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test(undergraduate medical entrance...
08 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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First National Party from North-East
The National People’s Party (NPP) has been recognised as the eighth national party by the Election Commission of India, making it the first...
08 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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The Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs has launched the Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020) league, a quarterly cleanliness assessment of...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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In its second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20, the Reserve Bank India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has declared an area of 1km around the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in Gurugram and Faridabad as...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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Rule 49MA of the Conduct of Election Rules
The Election Commission (EC) of India may revisit a rule that provides for prosecution of an elector if a complaint regarding malfunctioning of the...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) has ruled out any extension of the last date for filing the e- form ACTIVE, which was primarily introduced to...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
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The draft National Education Policy, 2019, prepared by a committee headed by scientist Dr Kasturirangan has recommended the three-language...
07 Jun 2019 Government Policies & Interventions
