September 19 marks the 60th anniversary of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, a treaty often cited as an example of the possibilities for peaceful coexistence that exist despite the troubled relationship. Supporters of the treaty often call it…
read moreThe disused Indian Navy aircraft carrier “Viraat” will begin its final journey from the shipyard to Alang in Gujarats Bhavnagar district on Saturday, where it will be decommissioned. The Viraat aircraft carrier, which was at the Mumbai shipyard, will soon be dismantled…
read moreThe US Federal Reserve has reaffirmed its intention to keep benchmark interest rates close to zero until at least 2023 and to adjust to periods of rising inflation, in what is seen as a shift in the tailor-made central bank, it goes…
read moreThe relentless rise in the price of gold over the past year has left investors insecure. While existing investors wonder if they should make significant capital gains from their investments, new investors are unsure whether they should invest at current levels. On…
read moreOn Friday, September 18, Google removed the payment app Paytm from its Play Store, citing violations of its App Store’s gaming policies. Google’s action came a day before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament as part of the…
read moreResponding to a court proposal while continuing to broadcast a program on Sudarshan TV; the Union government said on Thursday that the Supreme Court should establish guidelines that draw the line between journalistic freedom and responsible journalism for digital media first rather…
read moreIn what the Jharkhand government says is the first such step by a state, the Ministry of Rural Development has begun to capture the demand for labor under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), thanks to its Social Audit…
read moreThe resignation of Union Minister Harsimrat Badal indicates an unusually strong stance by his party, Shiromani Akali Dal, against an initiative by his longtime ally, the BJP. His resignation was to protest against three ordinances: Agricultural and Agricultural Trade (Promotion and Facilitation)…
read moreThe Delhi government and the Northern Railway tried to devise a plan to demolish 48,000 jhuggis that had been built along the city’s 140 km of railway lines and to rehabilitate the inhabitants of those houses. The demolition order was approved by…
read moreIndia’s score fell to 0.49 from 0.44 in 2018, according to the Human Capital Index report released by the World Bank on Wednesday. India ranked 116th in the latest edition of the World Bank’s annual human capital index, which compares the main…
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