'Big bang privatisation of public sector banks can do more harm than good, an RBI article has warned asking the government to take a nuanced approach on the issue.' While private sector banks (PV Read More...
'The Supreme Court extended the duration of its status quo order, which restrained a Committee of Administrators (CoA) from taking charge of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).' As per the high c Read More...
'The Supreme Court recently refused to consider the question of derecognising political parties who resort to freebies.' The apex court was considering the question of reining in the practice of po Read More...
'Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Mandla region has become the first fully "functionally literate" district in the country, state Minister Bisahulal Singh has announced.' The literacy rate in the Read More...
'National Integrated Database on Arrested narco-offender (NIDAAN) gets operationalized. It is 1st of its kind database for data on all arrested narcotics-related offenders.' The portal will sourc Read More...
'Using fossil evidence to create a three-dimensional model, researchers have found new evidence about the life of one of the biggest predatory animals of all time — the Megalodon.' According Read More...
'A draft international pandemic treaty governing prevention, preparedness and response of future pandemics will be ready for negotiation in 18 months, said Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist of the W Read More...
'The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved to restore Interest Subvention on short term agriculture loans to 1.5% for all financial institutions.' Thus, Inte Read More...
'India and other developing countries have objected to a provision in a multilateral convention that bars nations from enacting any future digital services taxes such as equalization levy, saying the Read More...
'Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a $15-million project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing technology.' Read More...
