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Integration of EPFO and e-Shram Databases

Context: The Union Labour Ministry is set to integrate the e-Shram portal with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) database...

Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs)

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recognised the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) as a self-regulatory organisation...

India-Sri Lanka Relations Amid Political Shifts: An Analysis

This analysis draws on ex-Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran’s op-ed article captioned “Maldives Model in Lanka” published in The Indian Express...

Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD)

Context: The 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report estimates that as of 2022, 55.6% of...

Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs)

Context: To tackle the backlog of cases, the finance ministry has advised debt recovery tribunals (DRTs) and banks to engage...

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad)

Context: The Indian Prime Minister emphasised that the Quad alliance is not directed against any nation and is here to...

National Security Strategy 

Context: The growing demand for a national security strategy is due to regional instability, stronger old enemies, and uncertain new...

The India-USA Semiconductor Pact: A Major Step in National Security and Technology

This analysis, based on Shubhajit Roy’s news story captioned “India, US Ink Pact to Set up Semiconductor Fab for National...

Anand Mohan Bose

Context: Anand Mohan Bose was born on September 23, 1847, in Bengal and was deeply influenced by the socio-political climate...

Cryptocurrency

Context: The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India was hacked for several hours on September 20, 2024,...

ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)

Context: The Commerce Department announced that the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) is a top priority,...

World Rhino Day

Context: Celebrated annually on 22 September since 2011, World Rhino Day raises awareness for the conservation of all five rhino...

NBFC Shifting to Bond Market for Financing 

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is encouraging non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to reduce reliance on banks. Consequently, NBFCs...

Large Ocean Heat Storage Efficiency During the Last Deglaciation

Context: A recent study published in Science Advances by an international team of scientists from China and the U.S. has...

Curative Petition 

Context: The Supreme Court has dismissed curative petitions seeking a review of its 2019 judgement on adjusted gross revenue (AGR)...