Archive | December 2018

December 31, 2018

News for December 31, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

Ross Island is now Netaji Dweep
[Important for: IP, IR]
CIC gets four Information Commissioners
[Important for: Politics & Governance]
PM Sheikh Hasina set for a landslide win
[Important for: World Polity]
Robust GDP growth to continue: CII
[Important for: Economy]
The return of the native rice variety
[Important for: Agriculture, Business]

December 30, 2018

News for December 30, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

Delhi researchers develop an algorithm to detect rare cells
[Important for: Biotechnology]
ISRO readies for a busy 2019
[Important for: Science & Technology]
Bioplastics: the solution to India’s plastic pollution woes?
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
How our brain enables us to rapidly focus attention
[Important for: Biotechnology]
On the tracks of the Earth’s mantle helium
[Important for: Science & Technology]

December 29, 2018

News for December 29, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

Centre gives nod to draft Bill on Indian medicine
[Important for: Programmes & Policies, Polity & Governance]
States get greater say over coastal regions
[Important for: Polity & Governance, Programmes & Policies]
Health of banks set to improve: RBI
[Important for: Economy]
Tighter ALM norms for NBFCs in offing
[Important for: Business]

December 28, 2018

News for December 28, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

MEA upbeat over ties with China
[Important for: IP, IR]
Bhutan to focus on development
[Important for: IP, IR]
Adivasi group moves NHRC on sedition law
[Important for: Polity & Governance]
River Dolphins go missing in Sunderbans as water salinity rises
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
Traders welcome new e-commerce rules
[Important for: Business]

December 27, 2018

Crux of The Hindu and PIB Vol 51

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December 27, 2018

News for December 27, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

Nepal caps expenditure of its citizens in India
[Important for: IP, IR]
Sex workers, lawyers seek to amend language of anti-trafficking Bill
[Important for: Polity & Governance]
Another olive ridley nesting site soon
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
Bimal Jalan to head six-member panel on RBI’s economic capital framework
[Important for: Economy]

December 26, 2018

News for December 26, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

India to hold talks with RCEP nations
[Important for: IP, IR]
PM opens Bogibeel Bridge, India’s longest
[Important for: Programmes & Policies, Infrastructure]
Spat over gas leaves Indian diplomats in the cold
[Important for: IP, IR]
‘No question of re-negotiating the Teesta agreement’
[Important for: IP, IR]
Banks under PCA sitting on cash pile
[Important for: Economy]

December 25, 2018

News for December 25, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

India to host newly elected Bhutan PM
[Important for: IP, IR]
Bogibeel: from ‘small’ to big
[Important for: Programmes & Policies, Infrastructure]
Order signed for U.S. withdrawal from Syria
[Important for: World Polity]
AbbVie to develop Lupin’s cancer drug
[Important for: Health & Medicine, Business]

December 24, 2018

News for December 24, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

India to limit pilgrim flow to Kartarpur
[Important for: IP, IR, Internal Security, Ethics & Intergrity]
PM Modi announces new award for National Unity
[Important for: Programmes & Policies]
Nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired
[Important for: Science & Technology]
India needs to open up dredging market: NITI
[Important for: Economy, Business]

December 23, 2018

News for December 23, 2018

Important News from The Hindu:

Gurugram centre to monitor IOR
[Important for: Defence, Internal Security]
In Meghalaya, flouting the ban on mining
[Important for: Programmes & Policies, Polity & Governance, Environment & Ecology]
GST cut on 17 items and 6 services
[Important for: Economy]
Sikkim’s highest forest zone could get denser
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
A step closer to detecting krait venom
[Important for: Science & Technology]