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World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
World bank agreement
India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for Us$ 100 Million for Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project. The Financing Agreement was signed by Mr. Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary..
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Ahmed Kathrada passed away
Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died at the age of 87. He passed away peacefully in a Johannesburg hospital after a short period of illness, following surgery to the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Neuralink
On the 28th of March, the Wall Street Journal announced that technological visionary Elon Musk was investing into a brain-computer interface/platform called ‘Neuralink’. The company will be the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Trump to kill Obama climate change policies
US President Donald Trump is due to sign an executive order to overturn key parts of the Obama administration's plan to tackle global warming. The move will undo the Clean Power Plan which required…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Jared Kushner to be questioned over alleged Trump-Russia ties
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, is being questioned by a US committee investigating alleged ties between the Trump team and Moscow. Kushner has volunteered to speak to…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
US backed forces capture Tabqa
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has captured a strategic air base from ISIL in northern Syria....
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Alternative to Antibiotics
The University of Bern is teaming up with an organic farm in Sorens, Switzerland to try alternatives to painkillers when rearing milk producing cows.
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Expired Drugs consumed by Children
On 27 March 2017, some parents have alleged that their children were given expired injections at the state-run hospital. Photos, allegedly of injection vials at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad have…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Russian Opposition Leader Arrested
On the 26th of March 2017, Protesters gathered in the center of Moscow and all around the country calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev. The protest gathered around 8,000…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2017
Democrats blamed for failed healthcare bill
US President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. The bill was withdrawn on Friday because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress.Trump said "We…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2017
Gulenists involved in Turkish coup
The followers of cleric and businessman Fethullah Gulen were involved in last summer's failed coup in Turkey, & there is no evidence to suggest the Gulen Movement as a whole was behind the plot..
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Hypersonic wind tunnel
Indigenously developed hypersonic wind tunnel and shock tunnel, the third largest in terms of size and simulation capability in the world, have been commissioned at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Attack in Antwerp
On the 23rd of March 2017, Belgian police arrested a man who drove through the main shopping street of Antwerp, Belgium in his station wagon, forcing shoppers to jump out of the way. The street is…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean
More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya. Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than…
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Operation Inherent Resolve
Operation Inherent Resolve, the 68-nation mission to destroy ISIS, flew in fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed rebel group, behind enemy lines to a strategic dam. Operation…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Assange and Ecuador
Assange's future in the Ecuadorian embassy could be in doubt after elections in the country. The two opposing candidates now face each other in a run off which begins on April 4th and remains to be…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Creating jobs
The Centre is working on a ‘compliance report” of its flagship ‘Make In India’ (MII) initiative that attempts to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub as well as generate large-…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 23, 2017
London attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 23, 2017
First Zero Emission Hydrogen Train
The world’s first zero emission hydrogen train was unveiled in Germany on the 22nd of March. It is called the iLint. A fleet of these passenger trains are set to go into service in the country over…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 23, 2017
Waste water management
Wastewater management across the globe receives too little social or political attention. In this regard, the 2017 United Nations’ Water Development Programme’s World Water Development Report (WWDR…