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Combating of Funding of Terrorist (CFT)

Combating of Funding of Terrorist (CFT) is a new cell formed by Union home ministry to focus on effectively dealing with funding of terrorist activities in the country....

November 4, 2011

Urbanization in India

India will face an unprecedented scale of urbanisation – 350 million Indians will move to cities by 2030. This number is likely to double to 700 million by...

November 4, 2011

Obituary : P C Alexander

P C Alexander, former Maharashtra governor recently died at 90. An IAS officer of the 1948 batch, Alexander was in the running for president in 2002 after K...

November 4, 2011

Dr Binayak Sen on plan panel’s committee on health

Naxal sympathizer Dr Binayak Sen was recently nominated in the Planning Commission’s committee on health. After spending months in custody on charges of sedition, award winning civil rights...

November 4, 2011

Central Educational Institutions (reservation in admission) amendment bill

The Government has recently agreed to move an official amendment to the Central Educational Institutions (reservation in admission) amendment bill, as demanded by MPs of CPM and BSP....

November 4, 2011

Impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen

On 19 August 2011, in a historic first, the Rajya Sabha voted in favour of impeaching Calcutta High Court judge Justice Soumitra Sen, finding him guilty of misappropriating...

November 4, 2011

Current Affairs : November 2, 2011

Odisha Government prepares Rs 20 crore Plan to protect elephant from electrocution After some 100 elephants lost their lives, Orissa government has formulated a Rs 20 crore action...

November 2, 2011

Why Two year Extension to Subbarao?

Recently, the PMO office has announced a two-year extension for Reserve Bank of India governor D Subbarao. We note that it’s Finance Ministry, which deals with the RBI...

October 30, 2011

Should Tea be the National Drink of India?

India is world’s second largest tea producer after China. In 2007-08, India’s estimated tea production was 8 Lakh metric tons. In 2007, in India, there was an area...

October 30, 2011

Moplah Rebellion 1921

The Moplah Rebellion or the Malabar Rebellion was an extended version of the Khilafat Movement in Kerala in 1921. The Government had declared the Congress and Khilafat meetings...

October 25, 2011

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