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Cyclone Daye

A monsoon low in the Bay of Bengal has organized into Cyclonic Storm Daye and will bring another surge of rainfall to parts of eastern and northern...

21 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Meghalayan Age

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18 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Deccan History: Cosmopolitan World

Deccan history is full of cosmopolitan world where mobility, fluid identities, cross-cultural interactions and political strategies defy the modern...

17 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017

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12 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

'Zealandia' – A Hidden Continent

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12 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Pongal Tamil Harvest Festivals

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12 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Heritage Tag For Two Telangana Irrigation Projects

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has accepted Telangana government’s nomination of two irrigation projects in the...

10 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Is Punjab’s Proposed Blasphemy Law Retrograde?

The ‘Yes, No, It’s complicated’ column of The Hindu for 7th September, 2018, traces the history and analyses the possible...

07 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Supreme Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality

Supreme Court of India has scrapped a 158 years old British era law that banned same-sex relations between consenting adults in private. Section...

07 Sep 2018 GS Paper - 1

Our Understanding of the Dynamics of Risks of Disasters is Still Far from Comprehensive

(This editorial appears in the Hindustan Times, for 25-08-2018, and it explains how the problem of floods in India is taking a turn for the worse,...

25 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

International Buddhist Conclave 2018

The President of India will inaugurate the “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC), 2018” in New Delhi on 23rd August, 2018. The...

22 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Passes Away

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a towering politician, statesman, orator and a poet passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New...

17 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Delhi High Court Decriminalises Beggary

The Delhi High Court has decriminalised beggary by striking down Delhi Prevention of Begging Rules, 1960, formulated under the Bombay Prevention of...

13 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Adopt a Heritage: Project for Development of Tourist Friendly Destinations

‘Adopt a Heritage’ Scheme was called a “sell-out” when the Red Fort was adopted by Dalmia Bharat which committed 25...

10 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Does the Anti-Trafficking Bill Address Trafficking?

(This is The Hindu’s ‘Yes, No, It’s Complicated’ for the 10th of August; it addresses a vital concern regarding...

10 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

The Problem of Fake News in India: Issues, Concerns and Regulation

Fake news has existed since the dawn of the printing press but in the age of internet and social media, it has found a tremendous application....

09 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Population Growth Rate of India Overestimated

A recent study has suggested that India’s population growth rate is highly overestimated by existing models. By 2025, India is expected to...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Cabinet Approves Policy Framework For Unconventional Hydrocarbons

The centre has approved the policy to permit exploration and exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons such as Shale oil/gas, Coal Bed Methane...

02 Aug 2018 GS Paper - 1

Gender Equality, Religious Freedom and Sabarimala

This article is based on the editorial published in The Hindu "The Sabarimala Singularity" and contains inputs from various sources. In the west,...

26 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 1

The New Emerging Women-Power: Ground Realities

“I believe that the rights of women and girls are the unfinished business of the 21st century.” – Hillary Clinton Gender issues...

26 Jul 2018 GS Paper - 1