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Nudge Policy Making: Meaning and Relevance for India

In 2016, US President Obama asked US agencies to include nudges in their day-to-day operations. With that, the US has joined a group of nations such as the...

October 20, 2018

Global Competitiveness Report -2018: Key Highlights

The world economic forum has recently published its global competitiveness report According to the WEF, the Global Competitiveness Index assesses the competitiveness of the landscape of 137 country’s...

October 20, 2018

US merges its embassy and Consulate General in Jerusalem into single diplomatic mission

United States has decided to merge its Consulate General with its new embassy in Israel into single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. This decision was taken as part of...

October 20, 2018

Current Affairs News Headlines: October 20, 2018

Here are the main headlines for Current Affairs of October 20, 2018. National Current Affairs Manipur: Indian Army hands over 15 trained horses to Myanmar Army at Moreh...

October 20, 2018

Singapore hosts 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting and 5th ADMM-Plus

The 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and 5th ADMM-Plus was held on October 19 and 20, 2018 Singapore. ADMM and ADMM-Plus serves as key Ministerial-level platforms in...

October 20, 2018

Minal Patel Davis honoured with US Presidential award for Combating Human Trafficking

An Indian-American woman, Minal Patel Davis has been honoured with a Presidential award by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for her extraordinary contribution towards combating human trafficking...

October 20, 2018

Arshdeep Singh wins 2018 Young Wildlife Photographer of Year (Asia) Award for ‘Pipe Owls’

Arshdeep Singh (10) from Jalandhar has made India proud by winning the 2018 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Asia) Award (10 years and under age category) for...

October 20, 2018

Marsel van Oosten wins Wildlife Photographer Of Year 2018

Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year (WPY) 2018 for his stunning portrait of two endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys in China’s...

October 20, 2018

NASA finds superflares flares from Young Red Dwarf Stars imperiling planets

By using Hubble Space Telescope, the scientists of NASA have found that violent flares from the Young Red Dwarf Stars may make planets orbiting it uninhabitable by affecting...

October 20, 2018

Assam celebrates Kati Bihu festival 2018

The 3rd edition of Bihu festival, which is also known as Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu, was celebrated to bring peace and prosperity in Assam. On the occasion...

October 20, 2018

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