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RTI Act supersedes Official Secrets Law

Delivering a separate judgment in the Rafale case, Justice K.M. Joseph has made the following observations: The Right to Information Act confers on ordinary citizens the ‘priceless right’...

April 12, 2019

Financial Sector Assessment Programme for India

The Report of the Financial Sector Assessment Programme for India by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes the following recommendations: The level of non-performing loans in India remains high and the IMF...

April 12, 2019

State of World Population 2019

The United Nations Population Fund has released the State of World Population 2019 report. Findings of the Report India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2 per cent between 2010...

April 12, 2019

Taliban announces spring offensive

The Taliban has announced their spring offensive which happens annually even though the peace talks with the US are underway. The announcement has come even though the meeting...

April 12, 2019

Jamia Millia Islamia gets its First Woman Vice-Chancellor

The Ministry of Human Resources and Development has issued a statement about appointing Professor Najma Akhtar as vice–chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI) by the President of...

April 12, 2019

Scientists discover new excavation of Human species in Philippines

Scientists have discovered fossils of a new human species ‘Homo luzonensis’ in a jungle Callao cave in the Philippines. The teeth and bones which are found have traits...

April 12, 2019

Switzerland declares Coffee not vital for Human survival

According to a plan released for the public, coffee stockpiling requirements will expire by 2022 – with companies then being able to freely use what they have in...

April 12, 2019

Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir forced out in Coup

Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s President has been deposed and that a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period. He is forced out by the military...

April 12, 2019

Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi Schemes of West Bengal gets Global Recognition

The schemes of the West Bengal government ‘Utkarsh Bangla’ (skill training of youth) and ‘Sabooj Sathi’ (cycles for students) won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)...

April 12, 2019

India and Sweden launch joint Industrial R&D programme to address shared challenges

India and Sweden have recently launched the India-Sweden Collaborative Industrial Research and Development Programme on the occasion of the Sweden-India Innovation Partnership AI for All Summit in New...

April 12, 2019

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