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
Focusing on public health engineering
Globally, around 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused, according to the United Nations. This can pose a significant environmental and health threat. In the absence of cost-effective, sustainable, [Read More]
A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options
What was initially assumed in New Delhi to be a quick confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, the war in Europe is now raging on with no end in sight, and with its long-term implications yet [Read More]
An eye on achieving SDGs
NITI Aayog’s 2020-21 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) India Index detailed the implementation of the United Nations’ SDGs in the country, States and Union Territories (UTs). It gave marks, between 0 and 100 points, to each [Read More]
Finland’s bid to join NATO
The strategic geopolitical ambiguity of Finland has finally come to a halt and taken a hard turn as Finland formally announced its intention of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This marks the culmination [Read More]
Weapons in Space
In November 2021, Russia launched a Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite Missile (DR-ASAT) to destroy its own defunct satellite, Kosmos 1408, littering space with 1,500 pieces of microscopic debris which posed an immediate danger to both the [Read More]
The Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath dispute and the current case
On May 16, a local court in Varanasi directed the district administration to seal the spot in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex where a “shivling” was reportedly found during a court-mandated videography survey. The three-day survey, [Read More]
Why is there a fall in India’s foreign exchange reserves?
The Indian rupee hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar this week weakening past the 77 rupees to a dollar mark and selling at 77.63 against the dollar on Thursday. Many analysts expect the [Read More]
OBC reservation across India, its history and challenges
Last week, the Maharashtra government had a setback when the Supreme Court directed the State to release the schedule for local civic polls across the state within two weeks, upholding its stay on reservations for [Read More]
Pardon and remission, and who grants them
The Supreme Court has reserved orders on the question whether a Governor can refer the State government’s advice for granting remission to life convicts to the President for a decision. The court is examining a [Read More]
Will the Northeast benefit from Bangladesh offer of services at Chittagong Port?
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered India the use of the Chittagong Port when External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called on her in Dhaka last month for an invite to New Delhi. Ms. Hasina said [Read More]