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Statistical Institutions of India

(The editorial is based on the article “A short history of data” which appeared in The Hindu for 21st March 2019. In this editorial,...

22 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Septic Tanks Meet Norms: MoDWS

Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDWS) has said that Septic tanks and single pits are safe sanitation technologies that meet the...

19 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

New Hydro Policy

The government, under New Hydroelectricity Policy, has approved ‘renewable energy status’ for large hydel projects. Earlier, only...

18 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Country-by-Country Reports

India and the US can now exchange country-by-country (CbC) reports filed by the ultimate parent corporations based in either of the...

16 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

STAR Rating Program

Recently, the Ministry of Power, Government of India has expanded its ambitious Standards & Labelling (Star Rating) program for Energy Efficient...

16 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Strategy Against the Threat of Influenza

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030, which aims to prevent seasonal influenza, control the...

12 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

IIT-Mandi’s Proposals Selected under SPARC Initiative

Seven research proposals from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi have been selected under ‘Scheme for Promotion of Academic and...

12 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Saudi Investment in Strategic Oil Storage

India has invited Saudi Arabia to partner in building strategic oil reserves and further invest in India’s refining and Petrochemical...

11 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

India Cooling Action Plan

Recently, India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) is launched by Ozone Cell of Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC) ICAP...

09 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC)

Government of India has commissioned a full-fledged naval base INS Kohassa in the north Andaman Island. According to media reports, the government...

09 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Is Judiciary Supporting Centralising Tendencies of the Government?

(The editorial is based on the article “The imperial cabinet and an acquiescent court” which appeared in The Hindu for 8th March 2019. In...

08 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)

The Union Cabinet has approved the "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)" for Flood Management Works in entire country and River...

08 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016

In order to strengthen the implementation of environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country, the Ministry of Environment, Forest...

08 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage

Union Cabinet has approved setting up of a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage. The objective is to promote clean,...

08 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Contemporary Issues Relating To Indian Women

The editorial is based on the article “A strange paradox for Indian women” which appeared in The Hindu on 7th March 2019. The article...

07 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Nine Science and Technology Missions

Prime Minister’s Science, Technology & Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) has identified nine national science missions aim to address...

07 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Agreement on Maritime Security

Recently the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its French counterpart National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) signed an agreement to set...

07 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

The Big Picture - Tackling Radicalism

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a notification banning Jammu and Kashmir based Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as an "unlawful association"...

07 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

Time to Usher in the EV Revolution

(The editorial is based on the article “Time to usher in the EV revolution” which appeared in Business Line for 28th February 2019. In...

05 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions

National Common Mobility Card

Recently the Prime Minister has launched the indigenously-developed National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) to enable people to pay multiple kinds of...

05 Mar 2019 Government Policies & Interventions