The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the use of drug ZMapp to combat Ebola spread as the death count surged. The WHO decision comes after a US...
It has been postulated by many that the development process that India is likely to experience in the future would be very different from what it has been...
The number of centrally sponsored schemes has been trimmed by 2013 from 173 to 170. The humongous number of these schemes has many raised eyebrows in recent times....
The National Policy for Children, 2013 aims to protect and encourage the rights of the children to survival, health, nutrition, education, development, protection and participation. The policy, as...
In 2013, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Government of India had released the National Cyber Security Policy to protect information, such as personal information, financial/banking...
Inflation Index Bonds (IIBs) are an enhanced version of Capital Indexed Bonds (CIBs) that were issued during 1997. While CIBs provided protection against inflation only for the principal...
Much of the criticism of new revolutionary technology relates to the ethical and regulatory challenges that it brings along. While the defenders of new technology argue that creating...
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act came into effect on June 1, 1993. It is related to Urban Local Bodies or Nagarpalikas. It had been enacted to accord constitutional...
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States military located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in...
The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic. It was set up in...
