According to the World Malaria Report 2016, India contributed 89% of the incidence of malaria in the South-East Asia region. As per the provisional epidemiological report 2016, there were over…
The Election Commission of India found 42 cases of “paid news” that contributed to Narottam Mishra’s victory in the 2008 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. But there is no law…
The Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016, received Presidential assent last week, paving the way for its implementation. The new law disallows social…
India is home to 15% of the world’s undernourished population. Food security is a pressing problem in India and in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
Parliament is supposed to be a union of exemplary orators, with a grass-roots touch. Parliamentary debates, which once focussed on national and critical issues, are now more about local problems,…
Climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in the Pacific and Asia, a new report has warned and said Southern India may witness a decline in rice yields by…
A report released by the State Bank of India last week states that thanks to demonetisation, India has seen a huge increase in digital payments using cards. It is unanimously…
Mains Fodder Points By ordering an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into more than 80 cases of suspected extra-judicial killings in Manipur, the Supreme Court has reiterated the…
Fodder Points; About 5,500 of over 76,000 children tested in nine Indian cities have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, 9% of them with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Though the actual prevalence…
India is facing many challenges: a crisis in the agricultural/rural economy suicides of farmers in many parts of the country “jobless growth” Air pollution in Indian cities is the highest in…
