Subramanian panel bats for higher MSP, lifting pulses export ban:- Delink drug prices from R&D costs: UN Five museums from India among top 25 in Asia: Report  India Loses WTO Appeal In US Solar Dispute Environment Ministry celebrates International Ozone Day Environment Ministry To Develop Next Generation Refrigerants Subramanian panel [...]

Free power for farmers fuelling water crisis Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anil Dave, linked the rampant extraction of groundwater to the free electricity supplied to farmers and mooted a fresh approach towards rivers and water bodies to impose discipline on water consumption. The Minister backed a [...]

International players eye India’s solar mission:- Rolling out the red carpet to foreign companies in joining India’s 100-GW solar mission is a smart move, as it can cut costs and bring cutting-edge technology. […]

Publish FIRs online within 24 hours: SC :- Upholding the right of an accused to information and putting a check on the authority of the police to deprive a person of his liberty, the Supreme Court recently ordered States and Union Territories to upload, on police or government websites, First [...]

U.S., China ratify Paris climate deal The move by the world’s two biggest polluters is a major step forward for the 180-nation accord, which sets ambitious goals for capping global warming and funnelling trillions of dollars to poor countries facing climate catastrophe. […]

“Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Age”- Russian documentary which captures correspondence between the two spiritual teachers of humanity” The two great spiritual teachers of the humanity, Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi have never met personally. But during the last year of Tolstoy’s [...]

Background :- The only way to break the executive-judiciary impasse is to make public future correspondence on the Memorandum of Procedure. This will be a precursor to infusing transparency in judicial appointments Editorial:- The Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) high-octane laments about vacancies caused due to the stand-off between the judiciary [...]

India jumps 19 places in Logistics Performance Index The World Bank has recently released a Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 report titled “Connecting to Complete 2016“. […]

Centre notifies Good Samaritan SOPs The Centre has issued a notification ensuring that the affidavit of “Good Samaritan”, a person who voluntarily declares himself to be an eyewitness, shall be treated by the investigating officer as a final statement. The notification is in response to Supreme Court directions given in [...]