JANUARY
India’s urban mass rapid transit marked a milestone on 28 December 2020 when ... Read More
India’s first driverless metro
DECEMBER
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) recently released the results from ... Read More
Why NFHS-5 Data Merits Serious Concern and Urgent Action?.
On 20 December 2020, Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli recommended dissolution of ... Read More
How a political crisis in Nepal impacts India?.
Second week of December 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ... Read More
What US FDA nod for genetically modified pigs means?.
NOVEMBER
India-Japan – Prospects and dilemmas
Recently, Indian and Japanese warships conducted naval exercises in the Indian Ocean With ... Read More
The birth of the United Nations, and its growth in 75 years
The birth of the United Nations The UN was born out of the ... Read More
How India is unbottling the ‘natural gas economy’?
Recently, the Government of India has allowed complete marketing freedom for natural gas ... Read More
OCTOBER
All about Libya ceasefire agreement
Rival parties in Libya on 23 October 2020 announced a historic ceasefire followed by five days of ... Read More
What is the Strategic Importance of Myanmar for India?.
There is a common link between the challenges we face in Ladakh and ... Read More
Countering deepfakes, the most serious AI threat
Disinformation and hoaxes have evolved from mere annoyance to high stake warfare for creating ... Read More
SEPTEMBER
India’s Realist International Policy
The 21st Century has been heralded as the Asian Century, with China and India in ...
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How Can Fiscal Council Strengthen Fiscal Performance?
According to recent estimates of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the fiscal ...
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Turkey-Greece tensions escalate over Turkish Med drilling plans
NATO allies Turkey and Greece have locked horns twice over the past two weeks – first after ...
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AUGUST
Key changes in the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020
Environment impact assessment is a process under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, which ... Read More
Interplanetary Contamination and Extraterrestrial Life
Recently we witnessed the launch of three missions to Mars – China’s Tianwen-1 ... Read More
African Swine Fever – What you need to know?.
The porcine industry in Assam suffered major losses during the COVID-19 lockdown, which ... Read More
Promoting and Infringing Free Speech – Net Neutrality
Recently, more than 300 multi-national companies have stopped advertising on the world’s largest ... Read More
Prashant Bhushan Case: Revisiting ‘Contempt of Court’ Clause.
Recently, the Supreme Court of India initiated the proceedings for criminal contempt of ... Read More
Does India need a presidential system?
The disgraceful political shenanigans the nation has witnessed, most recently in Karnataka, Madhya ... Read More
NEP 2020 – A new dawn for education
The Cabinet and PM Modi have set a radical departure from India’s past ... Read More
JULY
What is “Electrochemical Eye”?.
The Electrochemical Eye not only replicates the structure of a natural eye for ... Read More
Drawing the line between personal and non-personal data
Efforts towards regulating non-personal data are taking place in parallel to deliberations surrounding ... Read More
Lonar lake – suddenly changed into pink from its original bluish–green colour
According to the Agharkar Research Institute, the colour of Lonar lake water in ... Read More
JUNE
Sino – Indian Galwan flare-up
Galwan River and Valley are of strategic interest to both India and China ... Read More
Law on Attempt to Suicide in India – Analysis
Although section 309 in the IPC has provided punishment for the person who ... Read More
What Is the TrueNat Test for COVID-19 in India?
The TrueNat is a chip-based RT-PCR test kit. Earlier, it was only being ... Read More
MAY
Democracy is the rule of law, not rule by law
India is, indeed, a civilisation that cannot necessarily be restricted to the events ... Read More
PRI Experiment – What’s the outcome?.
Mahatma Gandhi advocated for ‘Gram Swaraj’ and argued for the handing over certain ... Read More
Does India’s Afghan Policy Require Rethinking?.
Stability in Afghanistan is vital and the stakes for India are high, but ... Read More
APRIL
Covid-19 has sparked a boom in conspiracy theories.
Social media is polarised between alarmists and non-believers. One hears horror stories and ... Read More
India needs to enhance information warfare
Social media has multiple uses. Apart from guiding and influencing public opinion it ... Read More
Why oil prices are crashing and what it means?.
Recently, the global price of crude oil (black gold) has crashed. The two ... Read More