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South America Faces Catastrophic Forest Fire Season

Context: South America is experiencing its most devastating forest fire season in nearly two decades.      More on News:...

Rethinking Invasive Species: Embracing Complexity in Conservation

Context: Invasive species are often viewed with suspicion, but most introduced species aren’t harmful to native ecosystems.    More on...

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Context: Indian cities are on the verge of a transportation revolution, with ₹3 trillion set to be invested in approved...

Indigenous Drugs for Rare Diseases

Context: The Central government is set to launch an ambitious scheme aimed at developing 12 indigenous drugs targeting eight rare...

GPS Spoofing

Context: American Airlines Captain Dan Carey experienced a GPS spoofing incident while flying over Pakistan in March. The Boeing 777’s...

Building Sustainable Cities Through TOD

This analysis, drawing from the article “How to Enable Transit Oriented Development” by Radha Chanchani and Jaya Dhindaw in The...

India-US $1 Billion Clean Energy Initiative

Context: The U.S. and India aim to enhance bilateral technical, financial, and policy support to expand complementary manufacturing capacity, building...

Micro- Finance Institutions

Context: The State of the Economy report released by RBI asked Micro- Finance Institutions (MFI) to slow down loan growth...

The Pitfalls of Estimating GDP

Context: The National Statistical Office (NSO) is considering replacing the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ MCA-21 database with Goods and Services...

GST Council Looking for GST Rationalisation

Context: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the GST Council is currently reviewing GST rates for rationalisation on an...

Tech Monopolisation

Context: A series of legal actions against tech giants across various jurisdictions, along with the implementation of the European Union’s...

Work Culture

Context: With reference to the death of a young Chartered Accountant who had recently joined EY, the Union Finance Minister...

Integration of EPFO and e-Shram Databases

Context: The Union Labour Ministry is set to integrate the e-Shram portal with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) database...

Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs)

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recognised the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) as a self-regulatory organisation...

Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD)

Context: The 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report estimates that as of 2022, 55.6% of...