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Astana Summit: India and Pakistan to become Full members of SCO

India and Pakistan’s admission to the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the SCO’s summit to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Astana Summit will be...

June 1, 2017

Issue of Bringing BCCI under RTI

The Central Information Commission (CIC) in its latest order issued on June 16th has urged the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to bring the Board of...

June 1, 2017

Telangana Launches T-Wallet

Telangana has launched a digital wallet named T-Wallet for people to make  public and private financial transactions. Salient Highlights The service has been launched as “anytime anywhere digital payment...

June 1, 2017

Historian Ramachandra Guha resigns as BCCI Administrator

Historian Ramachandra Guha has tendered his resignation as BCCI administrator citing personal reasons. He submitted his resignation letter to Chairman of the Committee of Administrators of the BCCI Vinod...

June 1, 2017

NASA's Parker Solar Probe to Explore Sun's Atmosphere

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be launched in the summer of 2018 to explore the sun’s atmosphere. The purpose of the launch will be to study sun’s outer atmosphere and to...

June 1, 2017

Only 4 Indians Feature in ESPN World Fame 100 list

India captain Virat Kohli, former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and left-handed batsmen, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina are the only Indians who featured in ESPN’s ranking of the 100 most famous...

June 1, 2017

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017: Significant Provisions and Issues

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017 had received Presidential assent on 27 March 2017 after being passed by the Parliament. The Act has made amendments to the Maternity...

June 1, 2017

E-pharmacies: Advantages, Models, Regulation and Recent Issues

The growth of e-commerce platforms has introduced the concept of E-pharmacies in India. Though e-pharmacy concept is more prevalent in developed countries, it is new to India and...

June 1, 2017

Target 2016-17 Members among top 10

Dear Members, Congratulations to everyone who could make it to the final list. In our group (registered in Target 2016/17), top rankers are Saumya Pandey, AIR-4 and Bilal...

June 1, 2017

India Loses its Fast Growing Economy Tag to China

As per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics, India registered 7.1% growth in the financial year 2016-17, which is slower than the 8% registered in 2015-16. In...

June 1, 2017

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