Direct Fertiliser Subsidy Transfer to Farmers

As per a news report of August 2019, the government is preparing to give direct cash transfer (DCT) of a limited fertiliser subsidy amount to farmers’ bank accounts under the second phase of implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme. This is a...

SRS Data on Infant Mortality, Birth Rate and Death Rate

In May 2020, the Registrar General of India released its Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018 providing information on infant mortality rate (IMR),birth rate, and death rate at the national and sub-national levels.

One Nation One Ration Card – ONORC

The finance minister recently announced the national roll out of a one nation one ration card system in all states and union territories by March 2021. It was initially proposed to nationally roll out the ONORC scheme by June 2020.

Indian Economy post-COVID-19

The world seems to be getting ready for new BC-AD analysis (Before Corona and After Destruction) of all spheres- from public to private affairs. The world is going to redefine and realign every sector- from diplomacy to technology to trade practices. Most of the...

RBI Monetary Policy Measures May 2020

On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India at its meeting on May 22, 2020 announced a set of monetary policy measures in order to help the Indian economy overcome...

New Images Reveal More about Thunderstorms

Researchers have observed millisecond pulses of gamma-rays produced by thunderstorms using instruments onboard the International Space Station (ISS), which may reveal more about the process by which these terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are made. This was stated...

Plogging when You Pick up Trash while Jogging

‘Plogging’ can be defined as jogging combined with picking up litter. Started as an organised activity in Sweden around 2016, the phenomenon of plogging is going global as both environment and fitness fanatics benefit from the new trend. It spread to other parts of...

New Human Species Discovered in Philippines

Researchers in Philippines have announced that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science. It has been named as Homo luzonensis. The discovery, reported in Nature on April 10, 2019, is likely to reignite debates over when ancient...

Tool to Monitor Fake News on Social Media

Researchers from the University of Michigan in the US, in October 2018, developed a web-based tool to monitor fake news on social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook. The tool uses ‘Iffy Quotient’, a Platform Health Metric, which draws data from two...

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