History & Details of Farm Loan Waivers in India

The first ever nation-wide farm loan waiver was announced in 1990 by Janata Party government led by then Prime Minister V.P. Singh and cost the government Rs 10,000 crore. Thereafter,…

HEERA- the Cleanest & Most Sweeping Reform in Higher Education

Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA) will be the new higher education watchdog that will replace the current regulators, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for…

GST: Key Challenges for Indian Economy

Goods and Services Tax (GST) that has finally transformed India from being a political union to a political and economic union in the true sense was in itself a challenge…

Why GST was extremely important for economy like India

Goods and Services Tax (GST) rolled out as soon the clock chimed midnight on Saturday, July 1, 2017, the One Nation – One Tax – One Market, is the biggest…

Shangri-La Dialogue Dominates on North Korea’s Nuclear & Missile Programme, Religious Extremism and South China Sea Disputes

Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence summit, launched in 2002 by British think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Singaporean government, is the most important annual gathering…

SBI props up its capital adequacy to more than 14.50% with the largest ever QIP of Indian market

Capital adequacy ratio of State Bank of India (SBI) was 12.85% as on 31 March, 2017. It was well above the minimum capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CRAR) of 9%…

QS World University Rankings 2018 reveal dominance of US & UK in Higher Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of USA tops the rankings for the sixth year running in the 14th edition of the QS World University Rankings ranking over 950 universities from 84…

India Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference

India Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference hosted by the Government of India in Suva, Fiji on the 25th & 26th May 2017, represented by all the 14 Pacific Islands nations, marked yet…

India May Become Top Solar Energy Producer in the World by Harnessing Power of the Sun

Solar power tariffs in India have plunged to a new low of Rs 2.44 per unit. Solar energy is cheaper than coal-based electricity in India, for the first time ever;…

IIT Kharagpur Develops Smarter Ambulatory Healthcare Monitoring

AmbuSens, technology developed in the SWAN lab of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT- Kharagpur, is capable of wireless monitoring of various physiological parameters like ECG, heart-rate,…