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Cabinet clears interest waiver for farm loans

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for an interest waiver of farmers accessing short-term crop loans from cooperative banks for the two months of November...

January 25, 2017

Pakistan conducts first flight test of Ababeel missile with MIRV technology

Pakistan successfully conducted the first flight test of Ababeel surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile. The test flight was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of missile’s...

January 25, 2017

Issue: Should water be in Concurrent List?

Time and again there has been a demand that water should be included in the concurrent list of the Constitution, not in the state list as is the...

January 24, 2017

Recent Paradigms in China’s Relations with India’s other neighbours and their implications

This article presents an overview of recent trends in China’s relations with India’s four other neighbours viz. Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka; and their possible implications for...

January 24, 2017

Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy

The outgoing Obama Government has recently ended the Wet foot, dry foot policy established long ago in United States by the previous Presidents. The policy was adopted for...

January 24, 2017

Rise Of National-Populists Across The World In Recent Years

With the election of Donald Trump as the President of USA, many countries from America to Europe have started witnessing the rise of populism again around the world....

January 24, 2017

Recent SC Order of Audit of 30 Lakh NGOS and Issues with CAPART

On 10 January 2017, the Supreme Court had asked the government to audit and identify the accounts of around 30 Lakh NGOs which receive public funds every year...

January 24, 2017

Recent SC Judgement on Christian Marriage and Divorce

The church weddings are considered to be civil marriages because church is a registrar of marriage. The church sends a copy of the register to government every few...

January 24, 2017

GK & Current Affairs: January 23, 2017

1. Who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament? [A]Saina Nehwal [B]P V Sindhu [C]Beatriz Corrales [D]Hsu Ya-ching Answer: Saina NehwalNotes: Indian ace shuttler...

January 24, 2017

The 2017 Pakke-Paga Festival has been held in which state?

The 2017 Pakke-Paga Festival has been held in which state? [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]West Bengal [D]Mizoram Show Answer Arunachal Pradesh The 2nd edition of the Pakke-Paga Festival-2017...

January 24, 2017

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