As per a survey conducted in various cities across the world, India’s financial capital Mumbai performed better than some of the big of the world and stood as...
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2013. What are the key stipulates of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2013? The Waqf (Amendment) Bill...
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013 which amends Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959. What is Parliament (Prevention...
The panel set up by the government under the chairmanship of the then Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) has suggested ending the ‘special category’ criteria...
Informing the Supreme Court, the Centre stated that securing Aadhaar cards is optional and not mandatory. What is voluntary/mandatory issue with the Aadhaar cards? A number of pleas...
A Chinese court in east China’s Shandong province sentenced top China Communist Party leader Bo Xilai to life imprisonment uphelding the charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power against him....
Three expert members- Rajendra Singh, Ravi Chopra and Rashid Siddiqui resigned from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) which was set up with the objective of protecting...
With the aim to contain the dwindling population of Parsis in India, the Jiyo Parsi scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India....
The Grameen Bank, the Nobel Peace Prize winning microcredit organization of Bangladesh, will be brought under the control of country’s central bank to give the authorities more powers...
Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India launched Seekho Aur Kamao (Learn and While) Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities. What are the key objectives of the...
