Try these..

1.     Why Indian economy is said to be in a “sweet spot” amid the global economic woes?

2.     How centre state relations are crucial for good governance in India?

Friday, April 01, 2016

India opts not to join global terror database
British Medical Journal calls for radical revamp of MCI
Kerry hails India’s role in securing its nuclear material
Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz dies at 86
Seizure of arms won’t affect demilitarisation: Colombo
Rare frogs and the circle of life
Who will heal our drug industry?
India-European Union boost strategic partnership as free trade talks flounder
Japan to lend Rs.14,000 crore for Indian projects
Ancient Brahmi epigraphic text found

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Employment growth slows to six-year low
Telescope system finds super-hot core of quasar
Centre to promulgate ordinance on Enemy Property Bill
Norms for clinical trials eased
Myanmar swears in first civilian President in five decades
On the margins in a city of dreams
Road map for a robust defence industry
Disrupting the disruptors‘Market access for India’s services key to BTIA’
E-commerce norms may prove to be a dampener
Vitamin C slows down cataract
Govt plans to increase defence exports




Question of the day

1. DRDO's vision is  to make India prosperous by establishing a world-class science and technology base and provide the defence services a decisive edge by equipping them with internationally competitive systems and solutions. How its present role is compatible  with this vision? what are its implications?

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Centre gives nod for 100% FDI in e-commerce retail

Rare ruling when House is suspended

Global warming hits Arctic sea ice wintertime extent

From April 1, bigger warnings on cigarette packs

Centre keen on amending A.P. Reorganisation Act: Venkaiah

India, EU to discuss ‘sensitive bilateral issues’ in Brussels

Judiciary, an old boys’ club

India’s case on its solar policy

Earth warming at alarming rate

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Polavaram will be completed by 2018, says Chief Minister

ISRO to launch 22 satellites on one rocket

Defence policy to give a push to ‘Make in India’

‘Govt plugging leakages in social expenditure, building infrastructure’

Reconciliation process picks up pace

Come clean on nuclear security

Providing transparency in rural electrification

Micro sanctuaries can help blackbuck survive in urban landscape

Palmyra can be restored in five years

Monday, March 28, 2016

Blowing bubbles may protect coral reefs

ICAR to deploy drones, sensors to study crop loss

‘Border dispute with China can be solved’

No zero sums in this great game

Did climate change cause those floods?

Hasty cure for a familiar malady

Japan looks to kickstart 'fintech' revolution

Public sector bank consolidation: A painful journey ahead

Mariner’s mission to Mercury

New world record set in renewable energy investments

Sunday, March 27, 2016

India’s rotavirus vaccine launched

India, Russia to conclude helicopter deals this year

Stand-up India loans for women, SC/STs: Minister

Sri Lanka housing project hits a roadblock

Understanding the economy of ageing

Quadrants of a renal quandary

A blood test can reduce global burden of TB

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Rural electrification: Centre’s claim exaggerated

Closer Nepal-China ties need not worry India’

Russia says to deploy new weapons on disputed Kurile islands

Cassini reveals tallest peaks at Saturn s moon Titan

Beijing allows remarried couples to have more children

India to appeal WTO verdict in solar case filed by the U.S.

Friday, March 25, 2016

Football cuts risk of heart disease, diabetes

Centre relaxes norms for four-laning of NHs

‘Rising antimicrobial resistance, a serious threat to economic growth’

Scientists create bacterium with fewest number of genes

Container traffic between India and Bangladesh set to increase

In a first, PoK becomes PoJK in MHA document

After Oli, Army Chief to visit China

Be bold at the Nuclear Summit

Milestones on Beijing’s OBOR plan

Mauritius second happiest country in Africa

Thursday, March 24, 2016

India and Bangladesh barter power, bandwidth
Multidrug-resistant TB, a major health concern
Ancient virus DNA lies dormant in humans
‘Perilous climate shift may come within decades’
Cygnus blasts off to ISS
India, France sign MoU for 6 Jaitapur nuclear reactors
In Maldives, amendment to target ‘terror groups’ ratified
Building new alliances with BRICS
Putting the Yankari Game Reserve back on the map
Development of Zika virus vaccine underway in India: WHO
Papua New Guinea has world’s worst access to clean water, says study

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

‘DR-TB greater threat to India than HIV’

Detailed gravity map gives best view yet of Mars

India to host BRICS summit in October

Private participation in defence production to wait

Reconciliation: Colombo set to launch consultations

Obama hosts Cuban dissidents

Bangladesh reports first case of Zika

Return to the revolutionary road

LPG for every Indian household

Indian vehicles to meet international standards by 2020, says Pawan Goenka

India headed for a crisis

The hidden carbon footprints of emails and messages

Nearly 1.8 billion people will face water scarcity by 2025: UN

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

India’s Agasthyamala listed among 20 world biosphere reserves
New leukaemia treatment could replace chemotherapy
Plans afoot to develop Bidar’s ‘karez’
Navy’s aircraft on mission in Seychelles
Ten more States to come under food security scheme
New medicine for drug-resistant TB launched
Nepal seals transit treaty with China, to build new rail link
A challenge for South Asia, says expert
A key test for Obama’s policy of engagement
‘Commonwealth is a great global good’
Adding gloss to ties with Saudi Arabia
Rajan calls for new global pact to deal with monetary policy issues

Monday, March 21, 2016

Jaitley defends small savings interest rate cut
UNESCO updates protected biosphere reserves list
NASA scientists reveal Pluto and its moons
Coming, super sensitive test to detect cancers, HIV
Dept. of Biotechnology launches fund to tackle anti-microbial resistance
Japan says India’s nuclear MoU “legally binding”
Tibetans-in-exile vote for a new political leader
EU-Turkey refugee deal comes into force
Smart rate cut in small savings schemes
Embracing America’s war machines – F16 may roll out of an Indian factory
Over hundred years of general relativity
Panama finds first case of microcephaly tied to Zika
A breakthrough in China's man-made sun research

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

An exoplanet in a freewheeling orbit around its star
In polluted seas, these shrimps will lose ‘voice’
Weird and wonderful Pluto spills secrets to New Horizons
Nepal PM seeks good ties with China, India
Chandeswarar sculpture found at Umaiyalpuram
'NDA scoring on incremental reforms, big changes take time'

Govt allows 49% FDI in insurance under automatic route

Saturday, March 19, 2016


Govt slashes interest rates on small savings
Repeat animal testing of new drugs banned

EU, Turkey reach deal on refugees
Professor wins top prize for solving 300-yr-old math equation
UK's highest mountain, Ben Nevis, officially gets taller
Undermining the SYL Canal
India mulls private financing agencies for industrial corridors
SEBI tightens norms for MFs
Farms grow massive incomes for select few

Friday, March 18, 2016

‘Fiber Grid will lead to digital empowerment’

3D-printing tech helps doctors save baby in China

Kurds declare federal region in Syria

Obama signs sanctions order against N. Korea

Privacy is a fundamental right

How to be free in the 21st century

Double-digit growth difficult to achieve, says Arun Jaitley

Denmark is the happiest

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Parliament passes Aadhaar Bill amid acrimonious debates
Gadag first to have pan-city Wi-Fi
Canada, U.S. keen on partnering India
Tomato waste can generate electricity: Study
Four new giant alien planets discovered
Pranab urges aviation industry to focus on Tier II, III cities
A new chapter in Myanmar
Making India GI brand conscious
NPS can now be ‘technically’ tax-free, says pension regulator
India to discuss trade curbs, projects at BRICS meeting
Decoding crystal growth in space
Renewable energy: India, an agent of global change, says US

Wednesday, March 16, 2016


Constitution Bench to decide on National Court of Appeal
A new era in Myanmar
‘Prior permission for probe’ clause may be challenged
Scientists find new model to detect dark matter
Sustainable alternative to power phones, computers
Nepal to brief India on Oli’s China visit
Lok Sabha nod for inclusion of more castes in SC list
Research tie-ups with Saudi Arabia growing
A dispute that begs resolution
Off the endangered list
Climate change redistributes global water resources, says study
New SARS-like virus could infect humans: Study
World leaders aim for gender equality by 2030

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

No move to review quota policy, Jaitley assures MPs
Blow to Lokayukta as government sets up Anti-Corruption Bureau
Bermuda Triangle mystery might be unravelled
Jan Dhan-Aadhaar link poses hurdles
Counterproductive, say civil groups
February 2016 broke global temperature records
Syria peace talks open in Geneva
Getting smart with public transport
How reforms killed Indian manufacturing
India, Nepal gear up to save the tiger
Plastic eating bacteria

Monday, March 14, 2016

India-Bangladesh drill in Sundarbans
Officers rue ‘timid’ strategy on China
As dams dry, Marathwada faces water wars
Centre plans 50,000 km of waterways nationwide
Insolvency Code to avert NPAs
This Budget is not business as usual
Transparency at any cost
'Need stronger child labour laws'

Sunday, March 13, 2016

India won’t exploit exchange rate as trade tool, says Modi
Kerala, T.N. secure top ranks in governance
SEBI crackdown on wilful defaulters
AERB probing leak at nuclear plant
IAF reactivates two landing grounds in Arunachal Pradesh
India collaborates with Japan on Andamans project
Preparations on to make Karnataka plastic-free
Port project gears up for early re-launch
India’s trade likely to be muted for some time, says RBI Governor Rajan