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Padma Awardees 2021 Full List

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma...

Government Approves National Capital Goods Policy (NCGP)

On Wednesday, the Central Government, through its Union Cabinet, gave its nod to the National Capital Goods Policy (NCGP) with an aim to create...

India’s balance of trade

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Coronavirus myth-busters by WHO

There is a lot of false information around. These are the facts. 🔢 People of all ages CAN be infected by coronavirus. Older people and people...

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Who’s Who in India

Constitutional and Political Leadership President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu assumed office as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022. She is the first...

Project Mausam

Project Mausam, a Ministry of culture project, aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean World that extends from East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the...

GSAT-31 to replace INSAT-4CR

A high-throughput communication satellite GSAT-31 is scheduled for launch by Arianespace, from French Guiana (South America) aboard Ariane-5 (VA 247) on 6 February. The 2535...

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National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP)

Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley released National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP), a 76 point National Action Plan which provides a time bound...

CRI index – Commitment to Reducing Inequality

Commitment to Reducing Inequality index is an index launched by UNs HLPF, Development Finance International (DFI) and Oxfam. The CRI index ranks governments based...

Union Budget of India 2016-17 – Key Features

Article 112 of the Constitution of India, that deals with the presentation of the Union Budget of India, has referred it as the “annual...

Economic Survey 2016-17 Volume-2

Economic Survey generally comes in two volumes. But this year due to the paucity of time and some major ongoing economic developments like demonetization,...

Shadow economy, black money and currency demonetization

In India, along with our real legal economic structure, there exists a shadow economy of black money. This parallel economy has become significantly large...

China Pakistan Economic Corridor – CPEC Explained

China Pakistan Economic Corridor, popularly known as CPEC, is an ambitious infrastructure development project of Pakistan in partnership with China. It is a part...

US Amendment to Provide NATO Ally Status to India

On Thursday, the lawmakers of the US amendment approved to a defense bill that proposes to draw India on a par with North Atlantic...

Signing NPT not a prerequisite for Nuclear Suppliers Group

On Friday, the Government of India rejected the China’s argument that India must sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if it wants the membership of...

International Year of Pulses 2016 : United Nations

Bringing pulses in the focus of the year 2016, the 68th UN General Assembly has declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP...

Ken-Betwa Project : Panel warns of Ecological Harms

On Monday a team of wildlife experts presented a critical report, not yet public, on which depends the fate of the much talked about...

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

On Wednesday the Rajya Sabha passed the much debated and eagerly awaited Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Bill or Code, considered as a...

Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Criminal Defamation

In a judgement upholding the validity of the law on criminal defamation, the Supreme Court has ruled that the law relating to criminal defamation...