Explainer: How Are AIS Officers Selected? How is Their Cadre Strength Fixed?
The Constitution of India provides for the creation of All India Services (AIS) common to the Union and the States.…
An April 2022 photo from Australia of a celestial alignment is falsely shared as one taken during the 2025 Prayagraj Maha Kumbh
A post going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show a photo of the moon aligning…
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PM-KISAN transactions: Less than 1% failure rate but wide variation across States
PM-KISAN is one of the flagship schemes of the current government. Data till June 2021…
Explainer: What do the Government guidelines say about issuing death certificates with cause as COVID-19?
In response to a petition filed in the Supreme Court, the government recently framed guidelines…
Review: Telangana HC acquits a TRS MP in an election-related offence
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions on queerphobic…
Data: FDI into India increases by 25% in 2020-21, led largely by the more than 3-fold increase in Computer Hardware & Software
Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, FDI into India increased by 25% in 2020-21. This…
Review: UNEP report highlights the impact of ‘Plastic Pollution’ on migratory species
Recently, the United Nations Environment Program’s Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild…
As most countries implement Tobacco control measures, the WHO report calls for addressing ‘New and Emerging Products’
One of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to strengthen the implementation…
