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IMPRINT India
IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT)-India has been launched in India to boost original scientific and technological research in the country. Notable points for Prelims are as follows: It is a joint initiative of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and ..
India’s Competitiveness and Current Paradigms
Although India has comprehensively turned around five years of decline and climbed 16 places in one year, the Global Competitiveness Index 2015 report still places India among the “factor driven economies” because we have largely “insufficient” and “ill-adapted” infrastructure to ..
Global Competitiveness Index 2015
The 2015 Global Competitiveness Index of the economic talk shop World Economic Forum has placed India on 55th place among 140 economies. This report defines competitiveness as ‘set of institutions, policies and factors’ that determine the level of productivity in ..
Indian Junior Hockey team wins 2015 Men's Junior Asia Hockey Cup
India’s junior men’s hockey team has won the Eight edition of Men’s Junior Asia hockey cup. In the finals played at Kuantan (Malaysia) India defeated arch rivals Pakistan 6-2 goals. For Indian team Harmanpreet Singh scored highest four goals followed ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Union Cabinet gives nod to Tripartite Agreement of IBSA Fund for the Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of the Tripartite Agreement on the IBSA Fund for the Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger. The IBSA fund for the Alleviation of Poverty and ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
TV White Space
TV White Space Communications is the most preferred wireless alternative for long distance communication. TV White Spaces technology utilises the unused “white space” to provide cheap Internet connectivity to remote areas. “white space” refers to gaps of unused spectrum between terrestrial ..
Draft ART (Regulation) Bill, 2014
In 2005, the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) had framed guidelines for ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies) Clinics. However, there is no legal mechanism to enforce them or monitor compliance by clinics. The ART Bill was first drafted in 2010 ..
Digital India and Right to Privacy
Digital India is an initiative of the Indian government to integrate the government departments with citizens of India. As part of the initiative, Government is building a big database platform which consolidates its public records. Under the project all the ..
Aadhaar and Right To Privacy
The Aadhaar project was challenged on grounds of violating the right to privacy. The government has defended Aadhaar on the basis of the 1954 SC judgment, wherein it was held that Right to privacy is not a fundamental right. While ..
PM Narendra Modi ranks 9th in 2015 Forbes' World's Most Powerful Person
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as World’s ninth Most Powerful Person in the Forbes annual ranking of 73 persons list of 2015. The list gives the annual ranking of the World’s 72 Most Powerful People on the basis ..