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Single tribunal to decide all Inter-state Water Disputes

Inter-state water disputes in India is a perennial problem having its implications on not only inter-state relations but also on the very fabric of Indian federalism. Recently, the...

January 11, 2017

UNSC Resolution 2334 and Israel’s Settlement Programme

United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC) has passed a resolution 2334 on 23 December, 2016, asking Israel to stop its illegal settlements programme in the occupied Palestinian territories. The...

January 11, 2017

Various Issues Around BMIC Project

The report of the House Committee under the chairmanship of Karnataka’s Law Minister TB Jayachandra to probe allegations of irregularities in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project has...

January 11, 2017

Issues around Management of Public Land Holdings

India’s public land holdings are enormous and forms one of government’s most significant tangible assets. A study conducted by the India Development Foundation in 2013 found that India’s...

January 11, 2017

Should India join CPEC?

In last week of December 2016, a senior Pakistani Commander General Amir Riaz suggested India to “join CPEC and share the fruits of future development by shelving your...

January 11, 2017

New fault in Indian Ocean may trigger earthquakes in future: study

According to scientists, a new plate boundary may be forming on the floor of the Indian Ocean in Wharton Basin as a result of the 2012 earthquake that...

January 11, 2017

Health Ministry to roll out measles-rubella vaccine

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will roll out measles-rubella (MR) vaccine in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in February 2017. In addition, Pneumococcal conjugate (pneumococcal...

January 11, 2017

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s first international exchange at GIFT city

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international exchange India INX at the International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) of GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech) City Gandhinagar, Gujarat. India...

January 11, 2017

Gujarat Government launches India’s first Student Startup and Innovation Policy

Gujarat government launched India’s first student startup and innovation policy with an aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by students/...

January 11, 2017

US Researchers discover the function of human appendix

Researchers from Midwestern University have identified the function of the human appendix, often viewed as a vestigial organ with little-known use. They discovered that the human appendix has...

January 11, 2017

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