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BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER AND CHINA'S BRIDGE
BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER AND CHINA'S BRIDGE
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China on Saturday formally started the construction of the USD 167.8 billion dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, closer to the India...
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21-Jul 2025
INDIA'S GREEN POWER CAPACITY
INDIA'S GREEN POWER CAPACITY
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India has reached a key climate milestone five years ahead of schedule — as of June 30, non-fossil fuel sources account for 50.1 per cent of the coun...
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21-Jul 2025
LINGUISTIC SECULARISM IN INDIA
LINGUISTIC SECULARISM
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India’s diversity in religion and language is one of the primary factors which protects the secular character of the nation, ensuring its unity and integri...
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16-Jul 2025
SIGNIFICANCE OF OPEN ECOSYSTEMS
OPEN ECOSYSTEMS
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Deserts are often imagined as failures of nature, and barren wastelands in need of redemption. This worldview fuels grand ambitions to “green” the desert, thro...
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14-Jul 2025
ORDANARILY RESIDENT
ORDANARILY RESIDENT
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The Election Commission of India (EC) has initiated a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar. This has kindled the debate around ...
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14-Jul 2025
STATE OF INEQUALITY REPORT
STATE OF INEQUALITY REPORT
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A recent report by the World Bank has generated significant debate with regard to the true picture of inequality in the Indian economy. The report outl...
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14-Jul 2025
ZONAL COUNCILS
ZONAL COUNCILS
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 27th Eastern Zonal Council on Thursday (10th July) in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Eastern Zonal Council consists of four easte...
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12-Jul 2025
RIGHT TO VOTE IN INDIA RIGHT TO VOTE
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On July 10, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards, and ration cards as acceptable documents for the spec...
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11-Jul 2025
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FfD)
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FfD)
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Recently, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) was held from 30 June – 3 July in Seville, Spain. A Sevilla Comm...
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10-Jul 2025
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY 2025
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY 2025
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When the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2025 results were released on July 2, few expected Himachal Pradesh — which ranked at a modest 21st pl...
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10-Jul 2025
CAT BONDS
CAT BONDS
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While life insurance is a ubiquitous term in India, disaster risk insurance is not. A low penetration of disaster risk insurance for individual property and livelihoods...
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10-Jul 2025
GREAT HORNBILL GREAT HORNBILL
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In a rare and remarkable sighting, the Malamuzhakki Vezhambal (Great Hornbill), Kerala’s State bird, was spotted in the coastal belt of Kakkampara, near Ezhimal...
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09-Jul 2025
EXTRADITION
EXTRADITION
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Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key conspirator in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people dead, has been extradited from the United States to India. He arr...
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08-Jul 2025
PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX (PGI)
PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX (PGI)
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The Ministry of Education recently released latest assessment of school education indicators, the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 report fo...
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08-Jul 2025
EMPLOYMENT LINKED INCENTIVE (ELI) SCHEME
EMPLOYMENT LINKED INCENTIVE (ELI)
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The Union Cabinet approved an Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of ₹99,446 crore. The scheme, a promise made in the ...
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07-Jul 2025