Month October 2015

    India to cut emissions intensity  –    (Environment) On Thursday midnight, the Union Environment Ministry submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to…

    Swachh Bharat: plan to produce power, compost from solid waste  –    (Environment) On the first anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission, the Urban…

    India to hold G20 Chair in 2018, Delhi may play host  –   (International Relation) India is set to be the G20 Chair…

      Capital spending shows pick-up  –    (Economics) When Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley lands in the U.S., he will be able to…

    SC imposes green charge on commercial vehicles entering Delhi  –    (Environment) Declaring that controlling Delhi’s pollution had become the “requirement of the…

      Empower intelligence agencies  –   (Secuirty) If national security requires greater intrusion into the lives of citizens, that is a price we…

    Minister decries cow slaughter  –    (Indian Polity) The outcry over the Dadri lynching notwithstanding, the NDA government seems determined to prioritise its…

      Security agencies suspect NSCN (I-M) is regrouping  –    (Security) A series of developments in the north-east, especially in Manipur, since the…

    Chemistry Nobel for mapping how cells repair damaged DNA  –   (Science and Technology) Tomas Lindahl, Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar were…

    Vodafone wins Rs. 3,700 cr. income tax demand case  –  (Economics) In a major relief to British telecom major Vodafone in the transfer…