Daily RC and Vocabulary_19th February Troubled waters Concerns about the Great Nicobar project should have got a fair appraisal Proponents of the controversial Great Nicobar Project will be enthused by an order from the Kolkata bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ruling that all environmental...
Daily RC and Vocabulary_18th February Front and centreFront-of-package labelling helps consumers to choose health foods In a further instalment of its continuing engagement with regulating processed food products, the Supreme Court of India has, once again, staked out for the right of citizens to he...
Daily RC and Vocabulary 17th February Transatlantic strains Europe should engage with the wider world to reduce dependence on the U.S.The international rules-based order “no longer exists”, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at the annual Munich Security Conference. French President Emmanuel M...
Daily RC and Vocabulary 3rd February 2026 Passage: In its much-awaited recommendations, which were also tabled on Sunday, the Sixteenth Finance Commission (FC-16), as anticipated, has recommended that the vertical devolution ratio — the States’ share in the divisible pool of Central taxes — be retai...
Daily RC and Vocabulary 30th January 2026 Devolution, not debt Cesses and surcharges levied by Centre must be in divisible pool While the Union Budget is keenly tracked by States to assess their share in overall Central tax devolution, it is becoming increasingly clear that this revenue stream no lo...