News Today
In the section ‘News Today’, we cover the news of the day, all at once and try to ensure that not only you don’t miss an important news but also to assist you in identifying the important news items and there by reduce the time you consume while going through the News Papers. Our approach is to identify the bare minimum of News Items/Cover Stories so ease your burden and at the same time to ensure that you do not miss any necessary topic.
News Today
India lacks a complete paediatric cardio-care service
It is overwhelming for parents to be told that their child may have heart defects. It is worse when the child does not get treated in time due to lack of paediatric cardiac care in [Read More]
The draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022
The draft Indian Telecommunication Bill is an attempt by the government to update the extant regulatory framework in keeping with the advancements and challenges in the sector. This was much needed given that the three [Read More]
In nature’s warning signs, a nudge to riparian states
There has been an increase in the magnitude, the frequency and the intensity of floods in many parts of the world. As an example, nearly a third of Pakistan is experiencing devastation, with a spread [Read More]
Rediscovering the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal (the Bay) is experiencing an increase in geo-economic, geopolitical, and geo-cultural activity. It is poised to once again play a key role in shaping the maritime order in Asia. Therefore, it [Read More]
Globe-changing reverberations of the Ukraine war
The justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February will long be debated. Every big power has fears of being surrounded. On its historically vulnerable western front, Russia had one supportive neighbour, six North Atlantic [Read More]
Energising India-Nepal ties, the hydropower way
On August 18, 2022, the Investment Board Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited to develop the West Seti and Seti River (SR6) projects — a total [Read More]
Permanent membership of the UNSC is another story
There is a buzz in India about the prospects of the country becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. India’s External Affairs Minister has been actively canvassing for the country’s candidature, meeting [Read More]
The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision
On September 27, at 4:44 am IST, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft collided with the space rock Dimorphos (just 160 metres wide). NASA has confirmed that the collision of the auto-rickshaw sized 600 [Read More]
India must fine-tune its strategy to eliminate TB
Termed as the severest crisis in a century, the COVID-19 pandemic dislodged the entire health system in India, sidelining other public health issues, and tuberculosis was no exception. Until COVID-19 arrived, TB, an ancient though [Read More]
Samarkand: a miniature of an emerging world
The realities they faced were mind-boggling even without their traditional rivals breathing down their necks. Russia was clearly in the dock for its invasion of Ukraine, but the former Soviet Republics were not in a [Read More]