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TopicNational Mission for Clean Ganga

Topic: National Mission for Clean Ganga

Fight over Yamuna a poll gimmick? River can be revived, but there can’t be a ‘band aid solution’

Apoorva Mandhani -
Though only 2 percent of its total length, the 54 km section of the river that flows through Delhi accounts for over 75 percent of its total pollution load.

Modi govt doing a ‘rethink’ on draft Ganga protection bill that proposed armed force, arrests

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Draft bill proposed Ganga Protection Corps, an armed force with powers to act against violators, stiff penalties for dirtying the river water.

Ganga mission to now work on hilsa to improve its numbers, project to ranch and tag the fish

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Under three-year Hilsa Improvement Programme, NMCG will monitor the migration pattern of hilsa through tagging & ranching among a slew of other initiatives.

Only 9 months left for Modi govt’s Namami Gange plan to end and just 37% projects are done

Moushumi Das Gupta -
With only 116 of the total 310 sanctioned Ganga cleaning projects completed, Namami Gange is likely to be extended beyond December 2020 deadline.

As India heads into election season, tracking the selective silence of Narendra Modi

Ruhi Tewari -
PM Narendra Modi's recent speeches have been tellingly silent on some of his once-favourite topics.

Gadkari’s clean Ganga promise by 2020 far-fetched? A fact-check on progress of vital schemes

Kaveesha Kohli -
Underutilisation of funds has been the biggest drawback that could further delay Modi’s flagship 'Namami Gange' programme.

Promise check: Why has Modi govt been unable to clean ‘even a single drop’ of Ganga?

Kaveesha Kohli -
Only 8.52% of total budget has been released in 3 years by Modi govt to clean Ganga; inter-ministerial tussle, lack of cooperation from states major hurdles.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Sushant Sareen -
Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

5 years of Ukraine war—why Delhi must de-hyphenate Moscow from the West

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India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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