I-FLOWS: Mumbai Flood Management System

Integrated Flood Warning System for Mumbai (I-FLOWS Mumbai), a state-of-the-art flood warning system has been developed for the city. Practice… Continue reading

FSSAI Food Safety Index for 2019-20

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently released its Food Safety report for 2019-20. Food safety… Continue reading

A case for quiet diplomacy to resolve standoff

Apart from the recent one, there had been several stand-offs between India and China over the border issue. The use… Continue reading

Migrants and COVID

In this Article, we highlight some facts about migration in India, summarize key relief measures announced by the government and… Continue reading

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

Expanding the G7

There has been a call for expansion of G7 by the U.S. President. Against this backdrop, this article examines the… Continue reading

GM seeds: the debate, and a sowing agitation

In the current Kharif season, farmers would undertake mass sowing of GM seeds for maize, soybean, mustard brinjal and herbicide-tolerant… Continue reading

LAC row: China reaches accord with India

China said that it had “reached an agreement” with India on the ongoing tensions along the Line of Actual Control… 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

Complexity of India-Nepal relations

This article helps us understand Nepal’s perspective of the India-Nepal border dispute. Though the issue dates back to India’s independence,… 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

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

Who is afraid of monetisation of deficit?

Rating agencies influence the decisions of investors. So, when any economy is downgraded by them, it’s certainly a cause for… 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

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