Highlights of the Corruption Perception Index, 2020

The Transparency International (TI)’s corruption perception index (CPI) was recently released for 2020. Another set of useful data in news… Continue reading

Type-II Supernova and the role of neutrinos

This newscard is an excerpt from the original article published in The Hindu. Another space-based abstract terminology has appeared in… Continue reading

Credit rating

The Economic Survey-2020-21 highlights the issue of the adverse rating given to emerging economies by global credit rating agencies. This… Continue reading

How PFMS is ensuring transformation via digital inclusion

The article highlights the role played by the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) in promoting the good governance. About PFMS… Continue reading

Symbolic significance of the Red Fort and Delhi

Newsfeeds on Republic Day were dominated by scenes of protests on the ramparts of the Red Fort. Mob stormed and… Continue reading

What is the ‘Doomsday Clock’?

The hands of the ‘Doomsday Clock’, a visual depiction of how vulnerable the world is to a climate or nuclear… Continue reading

[pib] Rajasthan becomes the 5th State to complete ULB reforms

Rajasthan has become the 5thState in the country to successfully undertake Urban Local Bodies (ULB) reforms stipulated by the Department… Continue reading

[pib] 125 Years of Prabuddha Bharata Journal

PM will address the 125th-anniversary celebrations of ‘Prabuddha Bharata’, a monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order, started by Swami Vivekananda… Continue reading

Global antitrust and the challenge of Big Tech

The article deals with the issue of checking the misuse of monopoly power by the Big Tech while encouraging their… Continue reading

What is Dark Matter?

Space scientists from the University of Sussex have found a new way to know more about dark matter. They have… Continue reading

Patharughat Uprising of Assam (1894)

Twenty-five years before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, more than a hundred peasants fell to the bullets of the British on… Continue reading

What is EDISON Alliance?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the launch of an Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network (EDISON) Alliance. The… Continue reading

National Marine Turtle Action Plan

The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched the National Marine Turtle Action Plan. Do you know?… Continue reading

What is the G20 Common Framework?

Chad has become the first country to officially request a debt restructuring under a new common framework “G20 Common Framework”… Continue reading

Emphasising self-reliance in science

The article discusses the features in the fifth Science, Technology and Innovation policy and also suggests the areas that needs… Continue reading

Need for expansionary fiscal stance in the Budget

The article highlights the issues with the system of Budget presentation and suggest the areas to focus on. Issues with… Continue reading

Back in news: DNA Bill, 2019

Noted Parliamentarians have filed a dissent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill… Continue reading

Why do Viruses mutate?

SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged independently in several countries, and research published over the past week indicates that the virus is… Continue reading

Expedition to Ram Setu

In possibly a first, Indian scientists will undertake a scientific expedition to date the chain of corals and sediments forming… Continue reading

What is the ‘Top 25’ drive initiated by Mumbai police?

The Mumbai police have started a drive titled ‘Top 25’ aimed at keeping under check history-sheeters and those they believe… Continue reading

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