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India Watch
Legislative
- Andhra Pradesh Assembly Clears Proposal for Three State Capitals
- Health Ministry Releases Draft National Policy for Rare Diseases 2020
- Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue
- Supreme Court Accords Fundamental Right Status to Internet Access
- Supreme Court Declares Private Property a Human Right
- SDG Index 2019
- Crime in India increased by 1.3% in 2018: NCRB
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill,2020
- Tanhaji Malusare, the ‘Unsung Warrior’
- 1,500-year-old Sealing of Vakataka Queen Unearthed Near Nagpur
- Commissionerate System of Policing Approved for Lucknow and Noida
- India Slipped two Places in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019)
- India plummets to 51st rank in Democracy Index
- Annual Status of Education Report flags poor learning outcomes in schools
- National Voter’s Day 2020
- Bru-Reang Agreement
- Reading of Preamble of the Constitution
- Committee to Draft Mediation Law
- National Youth Festival 2020
Economy Watch
Government Policy
- Push to Electric Mobility
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance,2019
- RBI Re-opens Voluntary Retention Route
- Mission Purvodaya
- Indian Railway’s 1st Waste-To-Energy Plant
- National Infrastructure Pipeline
- First In-depth Review of India’s Energy Policies
- World Employment and Social Outlook-Trends 2020
- Market Study on E-commerce in India
- State Energy Efficiency Index -2019
- India Not to Allow Imports without HSN Code
- Farmer’s Innovation Fund
- End of Captive Coal Mining in India
- National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
- KVIC to Protect Gandhi's 'Charkha' Symbol
- National Startup Advisory Council
- Uttarakhand: First State to Implement Agricultural Land Leasing Policy
- 3rd Global Potato Conclave
World Watch
India And The World
- UAE Declared ‘Reciprocating Territory’ by India
- India’s Curbs on the Import of Malaysian Palm Oil
- India attends Hormuz Peace Initiative
- USA Unveils West-Asia-Peace-Plan
- Iran Rolls Back Nuclear Deal Commitments
- Global Social Mobility Index 2020
- UN Court Orders Myanmar to Prevent Rohingya Genocide
- Statue of Unity finds place in ‘8 Wonders of SCO’
- Russia’s New Constitutional Amendment to Help Putin Stay in Power
- India joins Reskilling Revolution Initiative at World Economic Forum
- Ganga-Volga Dialogue Held with Russia to Enhance Connectivity
- Sagarmatha Sambaad
- US to Impose Visa Restrictions for Pregnant Women
- Deepening India-Brazil Ties
- India’s Africa Outreach
- Guyana to Chair G77 in 2020
- North Korea to attend Munich Security Conference
- Amazon Council
- IMO 2020 and Future of Arctic
Science & Technology
Astronomy
- NASA’s TESS Discovers Exoplanet TOI 700 d
- GSAT-30 Successfully Launched
- Indian Data Relay Satellite System
- DRDO Launches Young Scientists Laboratories
- 3D Bioprinting: A Medical Marvel
- Xenobots: World’s First Living Robots
- Vyommitra: India’s Half-humanoid Astronaut
- Truenat-MTB: Indian Diagnostic Tool in WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme
- The Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Outbreak
- Oldest Material on Earth Discovered
- National Science Day: Popularising Science
- ISRO and IIA Sign Pact for Space Cooperation
- New T-cell Discovered: Universal Cancer Therapy in the Offing?
- International Summit on Women in STEM
- Mobile Chipset Compatible to NavIC
- Thirty-Metre Telescope
- Juice Jacking
Ecology & Environment
Pollution
- India Completes Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Chemical HCFC-141b
- Centre Eases CRZ Rules for ‘Blue Flag’ Beaches
- 10 More Wetlands Declared Ramsar Sites
- India Begins Coral Restoration in Gulf of Kachchh
- Forest Committee Approves Green Credit Scheme
- SC Allows Introduction of African Cheetahs to India
- A New Archaeon Discovered in Sambhar Lake
- Ophichthuskailashchandrai Discovered
- Steppe Eagle Sighted
- Chinese Paddlefish Goes Extinct
- SC Backs Order to Demolish Villas on Kerala Island for Violating CRZ Norms
- CDP India Annual Report 2019
- Supreme Court Bats Against Transfer of Community Resources
- Kerala to Curb Alien Plants’ Growth
- “Operation Vanilla” launched by Indian Navy for Disaster Relief at Madagascar
- First-of-its Kind Turtle Rehab Centre Comes up in Bihar
- Understanding the New Forest Report
- India’s First Snow Leopard Conservation Center
- Arunachal to ‘Red List’ its Orchids at State Level
- India Climate Collaborative
- Allosaurus jimmadseni
- WEF Initiative to Conserve 1 Trillion Trees Globally
- Yarrabubba Crater
News Notes
PERSONS IN NEWS
- Capt. Tania Shergill
- Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
- Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin
- Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani
- Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said
- Lt Gen PN Hoon
In Focus
Annual Status of Education Report flags poor learning outcomes in schools
End of Captive Coal Mining in India
National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
Deepening India-Brazil Ties
New T-cell Discovered: Universal Cancer Therapy in the Offing?
Understanding the New Forest Report 2019
Topper's Talk
SWAPAN DEEP SINGHAL
9th Rank in
U.P. Higher Judicial Services Examination - 2019
Mains 2020
Model Q & A
Prelims 2020 Special
Indian Economy
Highlights of Economic Survey 2019-20
Summary of Union Budget 2020-21 109
Big Issue
- Changing Dynamics of India's Relation with Latin America
Issue Analysis
- Do We Have the Right to Protest?
Review
- Present Scenario of Precision Agriculture in India
Expert Advice
Do's and Don'ts for Interview