Background: Zika Virus, Microcephaly, Aedes species mosquitoes.
Day: July 21, 2016
No fresh tests for GM mustard
Background: Genetically-Modified (GM) crops, GM mustard, GM cotton, Herbicide Tolerance (HT) crops, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC).
Ranil urges tri-nation economic convergence
Background: India-Sri Lanka economic relations, Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Consensus reached on afforestation fund Bill
Background: Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), Forest Rights Act, Goods and Services Tax.
Cabinet nod for changes to Benami Transactions Bill
Background: Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill 2015, Income declaration scheme, Benami Act.
Governing the Governor
Background: Arunachal Pradesh political crisis, President’s Rule, Governor, Article 163 of the Constitution, Supreme Court, Judicial review.
Many lives in one jail term
Background: Life sentences, Section 31 of the Criminal Procedure Code, Death penalty, Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India.
EU links aid to reconciliation
Background: EU-Sri Lanka relations, Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation process, EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), UNHRC.
Andhra Pradesh set to be country’s nuclear power hub
Background: India-Russia relations, Nuclear Power Projects (NPPs) in India, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Kudankulam power plant, Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactors (ESBWRs).
Australia defends visa denial to IIT student
Background: India-Australia relations, Visa issues, Australia’s Migration Act 1958, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
