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Strengthening India-US Relations: National Defence Authorisation Bill
The US Senate has passed the National Defence Authorisation Bill for the fiscal year 2020. The legislative provision brings India at par with America’s NATO allies like South...
Bimal Jalan panel report Delayed
The Bimal Jalan panel formed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review the economic capital framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred the...
US Reiterates Reservations about India s S-400 Deal with Russia
The US has reiterated its reservations about India s S-400 missile system deal with Russia and has urged India to look into other options to avoid the sanctions...
Claims under PMFBY Surge
There has been a surge in the number of claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in fiscal 2018-19. India has become the third largest crop...
World Population Prospects 2019
The World Population Prospects 2019 report by the United Nations makes the following observations: The world’s population is expected to increase by two billion people from 7.7 billion...
Nuclear Warheads and Modernising Arsenals
The 2019 Yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) makes the following observations: The worldwide total of nuclear warheads has decreased since 2018 and the countries...
How India can reap the benefits of US-China Trade War?
The report from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries provides insights about the opportunities for India from the US-China trade war: The ongoing US-China trade provides a big...
India Plans to build its own Space Station
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled its plan to build its own space station in low earth orbit to conduct microgravity experiments in space in 5...
DRDO Successfully test fires Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful first test flight of the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). The test was conducted at the...
Global Peace Index 2019
Global Peace Index 2019 by the Australian think tank Institute for Economics & Peace ranks countries on their level of peacefulness based on three thematic domains: Level of...
New Species of Frog Discovered in North-East
Researchers from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India in association with researchers from Indonesia and the US have discovered a new species of paddy frog from...
