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‘MANI’ app

With an eye to aid the differently-abled, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a mobile app to identify currency notes. MANI App ‘MANI’, is an acronym for Mobile Aided Note Identifier. The visually challenged can identify the denomination of a note by using the application, which can also work offline once it is… Continue reading ‘MANI’ app

National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)

Union Finance Minister has unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of infrastructure projects, under National Infrastructure Pipeline. It will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government’s spending push in the infrastructure sector. What is the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)? NIP includes economic and social infrastructure projects. During the fiscals 2020 to… Continue reading National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)

[pib] Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)

In order to enable applicants to track the status of the application, the Election Commission of India has launched a “Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)”. About PPRTMS The salient feature in the PPRTMS is that the applicant, who is applying for party registration from 1st January, 2020 will be able to track the progress of… Continue reading [pib] Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)

[Burning Issue] Indian Diaspora and the recent engagement

Context Indian Diaspora is a generic term used for addressing people who have migrated from the territories that are currently within the borders of India. From Google CEO to Nobel laureate scientist Har Gobind Khorana, the list of Indians abroad and their contribution to the world goes endlessly. According to the UN, in 2019 Indians… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Indian Diaspora and the recent engagement

[Burning Issue] Appointing the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)

Context In his Independence Day address PM has announced the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to provide “effective leadership at the top level” to the three wings of the armed forces, and to help improve coordination among them. Background India has had a feeble equivalent known as the Chairman, Chiefs… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Appointing the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)

[Burning Issue] India’s Nuclear No First Use Policy

Context The ruling government has offered several paradigm changing cases for the field of strategic studies and international relations this year, such as the Balakot airstrike and abrogation of Article 370. Now, with Raksha Mantri’s statement about India’s ‘No First Use’ of nuclear arms pledge, many observers in and outside India are jumbled to consider… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India’s Nuclear No First Use Policy

[Burning Issue] US-China Trade War and Its Impact on India

Context China and the United States have been engaged in a trade war through increasing tariffs and other measures since 2018. The US is non-surprisingly the first to impose tariffs on Chinese goods to press demands for an end to policies that Washington says hurt US companies competing with Chinese firms. China too responded with… Continue reading [Burning Issue] US-China Trade War and Its Impact on India

[Burning Issue] India US relations in the backdrop of recent hiccups

Context While India and the US claim to be strategic partners, the bones of contention are now more numerous and more substantial than they’ve been before. The relations between the two countries had been plateauing for months with Trump being preoccupied with domestic and international battles. The whim of US Administration under Trump and recent… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India US relations in the backdrop of recent hiccups

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