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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 24, 2017
Anti Crime Sectors
The Uttar Pradesh government has set up 399 anti-crime sectors at the tehsil level, as per reports on the 24th of May 2017. These have been set in 75 districts to keep a check on the manufacture and…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - May 23, 2017
Manchester Arena blast
The Manchester blast that took place on the 22nd of May 2017 has killed 22 and injured 59 people, as per reports on the 23rd of May 2017. The blast took place at Manchester Arena shortly after Ariana…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 23, 2017
South Korean President Impeached
On 31st march, South Korea’s former president, Park Geun-Hye was impeached due to corruption and extortion charges against her. Moon Jae-in assumed the post as the new president on 10th may 2017.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 23, 2017
New Toll System
The access controlled highways in India will soon have a new toll system, wherein a person will have to pay only for the distance he travels on the highway and not for the entire stretch. `This will…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 23, 2017
Political parties’ manifestos
As the June general election is promptly approaching, UK’s leading political parties have been scrambling to put up their manifestos.Conservative v/s Labour manifesto
Theresa May hopes to win a large…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 22, 2017
Trump visits Israel
President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel. He flew in from Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, where he gave a speech to Arab and Muslim leaders at a summit. Trump will hold talks with both Israeli and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - May 22, 2017
Iran votes for transformation
Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President has been re-elected in a rout victory, sanctioning his efforts to re-engage with the west and offer greater freedoms at home. The results will have noteworthy…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 19, 2017
Small and Medium Enterprises
The Small and Medium Enterprises have contributed to the primary growth of the Indian economy for decades. There are over 3 million enterprises that have catered to 50% of the industrial output and…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 19, 2017
Haryana releases water to Delhi
The Haryana Government has agreed to release Delhi’s share of Yamuna water, as per reports on the 18th of May, 2017. The shortage in water was due to a leakage in Narwana canal branch on May 8, which…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 19, 2017
New coal linkage policy
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new coal linkage policy for fuel supply to the power sector. It seeks to lower power tariffs by allocating coal blocks through a reverse auction. The new…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 18, 2017
NPPA attacks Pharmaceutical Industries
On 17th, May National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) issued a notice against many pharmaceutical companies like Lupin, Zydus Cadila, Wockhardt, Abbott Healthcare, Alembic, Alkem, Zuventus…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 18, 2017
Payment Bank of Paytm
Paytm, India’s leading digital payment company is all set to establish its Payment Bank on the 23rd of May 2017, after receiving approval from the Reserve Bank of India. Paytm is the third company to…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 18, 2017
Operation Clean Money
The Operation Clean Money has been designed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes. There were large cash deposits during 9th November to 30th December 2016 and this operation will aim at verifying…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 18, 2017
Italian Economic Crisis
The Report by Standard and Poor (S&P) stated that the Italian economy is likely to shrink slightly due to poor banking system and divided politics. According to the S&P report, the economy…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 17, 2017
First Robotic Parkinson’s Surgery in Asia
Asia witnessed the first robot assisted surgery in Kochi on 17th may, 2017 after an auto driver was treated Parkinson disease in the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 17, 2017
India’s ageing population
According to PFRDA-CRISIL report titled, ‘Financial security for India’s elderly – The imperatives’, India will begin ageing gradually and will transform from ‘young’ to a ‘greying’. By 2050 every…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 17, 2017
Accidents due to Over speeding in India
A report recording 38,131 instances of over speeding vehicles leading to accidents was released on May 17th, 2017 in Bangalore. Every year about 1.2 million deaths occur and millions are injured or…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - May 17, 2017
Roti Bank in Patna
A social activist in Patna has launched the first Roti Bank in the State which is scheduled to start on the 15th of June 2017. The concept of Roti Banks is spreading rapidly and this noble venture…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - May 17, 2017
10-year old’s petition for abortion
On 15th May a plea for abortion was made for a 10-year old girl in the town of Rothak, Haryana. After being raped continuously by her stepfather, medical experts have affirmed her pregnancy of 20…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 16, 2017
Is North Korea behind WannaCry?
Russian security firm, Kaspersky found that the code used in the WannaCry software has been used by North Korean hacking group, Lazarus Group. The results suggest that North Korea could have links to…