India’s fiscal deficit soared to 109% of the Budget target in just the first five months of the year (2020-21), with revenues remaining muted. The revision was necessitated owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has retained its Rs.12 lakh crore borrowing plan. …

State of India’s continental strategy India is a country that is traditionally obsessed with a continental approach to war and peace. However, India might have reached a dead-end in terms of its grand strategic plans in the continental space. China and Pakistan: …

The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has told the Supreme Court to make its code of ethics against airing malicious, biased and regressive content applicable to all TV news channels. The NBA suggested that the Court direct the government to include its ethical code in …

Dhrupad music is of temple origin. Dhrupad is the oldest surviving classical style of Hindustani vocal music. Although Dhrupad consolidated its position as a classical form of music in the 13th century, it reached its zenith during Akbar’s reign. The Gundecha brot…

Supreme Court Judgement: Justice Kant wrote: “Society has a right to lead a peaceful and fearless life, without free-roaming criminals creating havoc in the lives of ordinary peace-loving citizens. But equally strong is the foundation of reformative theory, which propou…

India Post launches Five Star Villages Scheme to ensure 100% rural coverage of postal schemes. The schemes covered under the Five Star scheme include: Savings Bank Accounts, Recurrent Deposit Accounts, NSC/KVP certificates Sukanya Samridhi Accounts/PPF Accounts Funde…

Recent scientific studies point to a connection between the end of the Green Sahara and this mega-drought. As the Sahara started losing its vegetation, the reduced plant growth led to increased airborne dust which cooled the Indian Ocean and shifted the atmospheric circul…

NITI Aayog Jobs 2020: 1 Senior Adviser/ Adviser for Any Post Graduate, MBBS, B.Tech/B.E On 04/01/2020, NITI Aayog announced Job notification to hire candidates who completed Any Post Graduate, MBBS, B.Tech/B.E for the position of Senior Adviser/ Adviser. NITI Aayog Rec…