Output from eight core sector industries fell for the fourth consecutive month in June 2020, although the contraction decreased to 15%, showing some recovery from the 22% drop in May, according to data released Friday by the Commerce Department. Economists expect the…
read moreThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved India’s new National Education Policy for 2020, which includes major reforms in higher education, a greater focus on non-academic skills and greater inclusion through the diversity of languages and mastery of courses. Making the announcement, Union…
read moreLess than a year after the removal of Section 370, the event was included in the recently revised National Council for Educational Research and Training Class 12 Political Science textbook, while a section on different types of separatist politics in Jammu and…
read moreAbout 273 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-06 and 2015-16, according to a UN report, which noted that India has recorded the largest reduction in the number of people living in this category. Released Thursday, the study titled ‘Charting pathways out…
read moreThe Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the 6 main organs of the United Nations system created by the United Nations Charter in 1945. It is made up of 54 United Nations members elected by the General Assembly. ECOSOC coordinates…
read moreThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is the most authoritative global study tracking progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition. It is produced jointly by the , Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture…
read moreOn Monday Supreme Court of India, sided with the former royal family of Travancore for the administration and control of the Padmanabha Swamy temple in Kerala. Resolving the long-standing dispute, the High Court quashed the January 2011 decision of the Kerala High…
read moreBihar, the state, where more than 25 lakh migrant workers have returned from other states due to lockdown, is the most backward among the 19 states in the country in terms of COVID-19 infection test, even lower than the neighboring states of…
read moreMore than 8 Lakh Indians could be expelled from Kuwait if a new expatriate law is enacted, as the Gulf News reported. The legal and legislative committee of the Kuwaiti National Assembly passed the expat quota bill, according to which Indians should…
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