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Fluorosis Sonbhadra

Context: Sonbhadra district, the second-largest in UP, has excessive fluoride in groundwater due to its rich granite deposits. More on...

Expanding Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Context: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is set to broaden the scope of Extended Producer Responsibility...

India’s Heavy Industries and Engineering Sector

Context: The heavy engineering and machine tools sector, categorised under the capital goods industry, is receiving considerable attention in India...

Fiscal Health Index 2025

Context: The Fiscal Health Index (FHI) initiative, introduced by NITI Aayog, is designed to evaluate and understand the financial stability...

India’s Declining 10-Year Bond Yields

Context: India’s 10-year bond yields have witnessed a sharp decline ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy review on April 9,...

Poverty Reduction in India: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis

Context: Recent  Findings of NITI Aayog’s Discussion Paper ‘Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06’ have highlighted the decline in poverty...

AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)

Context: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (UK) and the AI Safety Institute (now AI Security Institute) released the...

Waqf (Amendment) Bill

Context: The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in a late-night session following an intense 12-hour-long debate.  More on...

Supreme Court’s Role in Ensuring Timely Action on Anti-Defection Cases

Context: Recently, Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai emphasised that the court is not powerless if a Speaker remains indecisive on disqualification...

Fault Lines and Frontlines: The 2025 Myanmar Quake and the Urgent Need for Preparedness

Introductions: What Is an Earthquake, and Why Do They Happen? An earthquake happens when the Earth’s crust, the outermost layer...

India and Its Diaspora: Rethinking Dual Citizenship

Context:  Over the past 50 years, the movement of people across the world has been one of the most significant...

Parliamentary Panel Calls for Higher Income Limit for OBC Creamy Layer Exclusion

Context: A parliamentary committee examining the welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has recommended raising the income ceiling for the...

Revitalising BIMSTEC

Context: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...

75 Years of China-India Diplomatic Relations

Context: April 1 marked the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and India.  More on News Over the decades,...

India’s Growing Battle Against Disinformation

Context: The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025 has identified misinformation and disinformation as the most significant short-term...