Reservation not fundamental right: SC refuses to hear pleas by TN parties

What did the Hon’ble Supreme Court rule? Article 16 (4) and 16 (4-A) are in the nature of enabling… Continue reading

Guidelines for Import of Exotic Species

The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) has issued an advisory saying people importing “exotic live species” will… Continue reading

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ‘India Rankings 2020’

The National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking list has been released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Practice… Continue reading

Nature Index, 2020

India has ranked twelfth, globally in science research output as per the recently-released Nature Index table 2020. The top five… Continue reading

Lonar Lake colour changes to pink

The colour of water in Maharashtra’s Lonar Lake, formed after a meteorite hit the Earth some 50,000 years ago, has… Continue reading

Crisis of today should not blind us to the crisis of tomorrow

Covid-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the governments across the world. And the destruction caused by it would impact not only our… Continue reading

Strategic importance of Daulat Beg Oldie, Ladakh

In the reporting on the LAC stand-off, the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) road has often appeared in news. Practice questions… Continue reading

Challenger Deep: the deepest spot in the ocean

On June 7, astronaut and oceanographer Kathy Sullivan, who was the first American woman to walk in space in 1984,… Continue reading

Species in news: Asiatic Lion

Asiatic lions have now significantly risen in number at an estimated population of 674 in the Gir forest region of… Continue reading

Permafrost and the hazards of its Thawing

The principal reason that led to the recent 20,000-tonne oil leak at an Arctic region power plant in Russia that… Continue reading

Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF)

The RBI has created a Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) with an outlay of Rs. 500 Cr. Possible prelims question:… Continue reading

Taking care of finances of local governments

This article makes some suggestions to improve local finance and argues that the extant fiscal illusion is a great deterrent… Continue reading

Shapes of Economic Recovery

Predicting recovery graphs, economists have added cool shapes for our information. The types of graphs mentioned here are the possible… Continue reading

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)

The Ministry of Shipping has informed about the steps taken for prevention and control of pollution arising from ships in… Continue reading

Green colour band for BS-VI 4W vehicles

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued an order mandating a coloured strip to identify four-wheeled BSVI… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Reorienting MGNREGA in times of COVID

Termed in a moment of hubris by present government as ‘“a living monument of UPA’s failures”, the government has… Continue reading

Tax Avoidance: case study on Flipkart deal

Through this story, we will explore how investment fund companies exploit the tax agreements between the two countries. This story… Continue reading

Explained: Gross Value Added (GVA) Method

The National Statistical Office (NSO) recently released its provisional estimates of national income for the financial year 2019-20. The release… Continue reading

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

Senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the US have united to counter Communist China. They have launched the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance… Continue reading

Environment Performance Index 2020

India has secured 168 ranks in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020). CSP 2019… Continue reading

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