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12 Aug, 2020
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The main bricks to use in India’s steel frame By, R.K. Raghavan is a former CBI Director and a former High Commissioner of India to Cyprus Context This article talks about the recruitment process adopted by UPSC for higher bureaucracy and the necessary reforms. Still a major d
Isolating China, as a proposition and the reality By, M.K. Narayanan is a former National Security Adviser and a former Governor of West Bengal Introduction The latest round of talks, on August 2, between the Military Commanders of India and China, did not produce any breakthrough, and t
Making up for shortfalls in GST collection By, M.R. Madhavan is President of PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi Context Two weeks ago, the Central government announced that it has released the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation dues to States for 2019-20. The total compensatio
Alexander Lukashenko wins Belarus election Long-serving Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has won a sixth term, the central electoral commission said, after elections marred by violence as police cracked down on opposition protesters. The country's central election commission announ
Post info app Minister of Communications & Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched India Post’s mobile app for mail tracking. The new Post info app, developed by the Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology, provides facilities for: mail item tracking; post of
Instrument Landing System (ILS) An instrument Landing System (ILS) is defined as a precision runway approach aid based on two radio beams which together provide pilots with both vertical and horizontal guidance during an approach to land.
All 9 tribal freedom fighters' museums to be ready by end of 2022 As per the statement released by the ministry, two of the nine museums sanctioned for the tribal freedom fighters are already nearing completion and the rest of them are at the different stages of progress. The largest of thes
Bringing nuclear risks back into popular imagination Context: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the article calls for greater awareness and public discourse on the issue of nuclear weapons. Damage potential:
Balancing priorities Context: Landslide in Idukki district of Kerala has claimed 22 lives thus far and rendered several families homeless. Landslides in Kerala: Landslips or landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon in the Western Ghats state of Kerala. Data from the Geologic
COVID-19 deaths may be higher than reported By, Hemant Deepak Shewade and Giridara Gopal Parameswaran are community physicians by training. Hemant works for an international NGO and is based in Bengaluru. Giridara works at the All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi. This piece along with g
India & Pak. spar over Indus water talks Context: India has refused a request by Pakistan to hold a meeting on issues around the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) at the Attari check post near the India-Pakistan border. The last such meeting between the two countries was in October 2019 in Isl
Farm infra scheme A new financing scheme has been launched under the? 1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund is meant for setting up storage and processing facilities, which will help farmers get higher prices for their crops. The scheme will support farmers, PACS [primary agricultural
Andaman and Nicobar will be a maritime hub Prime Minister has said that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands region, owing to its strategic importance, is going to be developed as a maritime and startup hub. 12 islands of the archipelago have been selected for high-impact projects with an emphasi
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