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DRAVYA Portal: Digitising Ayush Knowledge

DRAVYA Portal: Digitising Ayush Knowledge

The Ministry of Ayush launches the DRAVYA Portal to digitise Ayurvedic knowledge. Developed by CCRAS, this AI-ready platform bridges traditional...

Cyberattack: Ransomware-as-a-Service

Cyberattack: Ransomware-as-a-Service

Japan’s Asahi Group suffered a major ransomware attack by the Russian gang Qilin. Learn how Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) works, its operational,...

Expansion of e-NAM: Boosting India’s Agricultural Digital Marketplace

Expansion of e-NAM: Boosting India’s Agricultural Digital Marketplace

The Government of India expands e-NAM by adding nine new commodities, including Green Tea, Ashwagandha, and Virgin Olive Oil, enhancing...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Global Impact

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Global Impact

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honours Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa, and Omar Yaghi for discovering Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) —...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 – Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 – Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Discover the life and art of Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. Explore how...

India’s Declining Household Savings

India’s Declining Household Savings

India’s household savings are falling to a 50-year low, with rising debt and declining financialisation. Explore causes, macroeconomic risks, and...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating macroscopic quantum phenomena in...

Competitive Exams in India: Are We Measuring the Right Skills?

Competitive Exams in India: Are We Measuring the Right Skills?

Devina Mehra critiques India’s competitive exams like CAT and UPSC, highlighting how speed, rote learning, and generalist selection overlook creativity,...

UK Prime Minister’s Visit to India: Trade, Defence, and Strategic Cooperation

UK Prime Minister’s Visit to India: Trade, Defence, and Strategic Cooperation

Explore the UK Prime Minister’s visit to India, highlighting bilateral trade under CETA 2025, defence cooperation, climate initiatives, technology partnerships,...

Tobacco Use in India: Balancing Health, Economy, and Regulation

Tobacco Use in India: Balancing Health, Economy, and Regulation

Explore India’s tobacco landscape — from rising health risks and economic costs to the country’s role as a leading tobacco...

Political Economy of Freebies: Welfare or Wastage in a Developing State?

Political Economy of Freebies: Welfare or Wastage in a Developing State?

Explore the political economy of government freebies in India — their constitutional basis, ethical implications, fiscal impact, and electoral significance....

India and the Multipolar West

India and the Multipolar West

Explore C. Raja Mohan’s insights on a multipolar West and its impact on India. Learn how Europe’s autonomy, US shifts,...

MGNREGA 2025 Reforms: Strengthening Rural Water Conservation in India

MGNREGA 2025 Reforms: Strengthening Rural Water Conservation in India

Learn how MGNREGA 2025 reforms mandate block-level spending on water conservation and harvesting projects. Explore the impact on groundwater resilience,...

NATPOLREX-X 2025: India’s Flagship Marine Pollution Response Exercise

NATPOLREX-X 2025: India’s Flagship Marine Pollution Response Exercise

Explore NATPOLREX-X, India’s flagship marine pollution response exercise. Learn about the 2025 drills off Chennai, international participation, shoreline cleanup, and...

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

India’s NCRB 2023 report shows a 10-fold rise in crimes against children since 2005. Learn about key trends, reasons for...

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification

India’s fisheries sector targets global markets with MSC certification for fish and shrimp varieties. Learn how sustainable fishing, government support,...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow, and Frederick Ramsdell for uncovering regulatory...

RBI’s New Framework for Digital Payments

RBI’s New Framework for Digital Payments

RBI introduces a risk-based authentication framework for digital payments, effective April 2026, enhancing security, user convenience, and fraud prevention while...

ULLAS: Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society

ULLAS: Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society

ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) promotes adult literacy and lifelong learning in India. Discover its framework,...

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

The India–UK Defence Vision 2035 builds a long-term defence partnership focused on co-design, co-development, and co-production of advanced technologies, aligning...

India’s First GCC Hub: Maharashtra Leads the Way

India’s First GCC Hub: Maharashtra Leads the Way

Maharashtra partners with ANSR to build India’s first Global Capability Centre (GCC) city in Navi Mumbai. Learn how GCCs drive...

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