India Rankings for Higher Education Institutions Context: The recently released India Rankings for 2023 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has sparked discussions about the state of higher education institutions in the country. While the rankings serve as a benchmark, there are certain issues […]
Analyzing the Employment-Generation Needs in the Indian Economy Context: The dive into the employment requirements of the Indian economy, questioning whether the proposed job creation targets are sufficient to address the nation’s unemployment crisis. Relevance: GS-03 (Indian Economy, Growth and Development) Prelims: Prime Minister Employment […]
A Model for Quality and Inclusive Education Context: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a system implemented by the Ministry of Education in India to evaluate and rank higher education institutions, has highlighted an intriguing aspect regarding Tamil Nadu’s approach to education. The latest NIRF […]
Blog:Sri Lankan Economic Crisis Sri Lanka’s island nation is experiencing an ongoing economic crisis that began in 2019. Since gaining independence in 1948, this country has experienced its worst economic crisis. Unprecedented levels of inflation, a close to complete depletion of foreign exchange reserves, a […]
Vande Bharat Trains Fail To Deliver Speed As Promised Context: From Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed off five more Vande Bharat Express trains, bringing the total number of these trains in service to 23. Although they are intended to go between […]
Registration of birth, death by Aadhaar authentication allowed Context : The Office of the Registrar-General of India (RGI) is now able to authenticate Aadhaar cards as part of the nation’s birth and death registration process thanks to permission from the Centre. Nevertheless, it is not […]
Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro & Small Enterprises Context: Union Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the revamping of Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro & Small Enterprises with effect from 01.04.2023, with an infusion of Rs 9,000 crore to the corpus to enable additional […]
Seven Products From U.P. Get GI Tag Context Seven distinct goods from Uttar Pradesh now have trademarks attributable to the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. The goods that have received the Geographical Indication (GI) label include “Amroha Dholak,” “Mahoba Gaura Patthar Hastashlip,” “Mainpuri Tarkashi,” “Sambhal […]
India-US Strategic Cooperation: A Paradigm Shift in Mutual Trust and Cooperation Context: The recent state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States marks a significant milestone in the burgeoning strategic cooperation between India and the US. While the two nations have not […]
Tracing the Arc of American ‘Exception-ism’ for India: An Editorial Analysis Context: The recent state visit of Prime Minister Modi to Washington and his meetings with President Biden have further propelled the two nations towards an era of technology diplomacy, marked by promising collaborations in […]