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Kautilya

Economy

Ease of Doing Business Gets A Major Moost as Ministry of Railways Issue Guidelines for Freight Charges

Tremendous progress in information and communication technology has now made it feasible to introduce Online Payment System through web that is expected to make the process of paying all types of charges including freight and ancillary charges simpler, convenient, speedier and transparent. This can be done by enabling on the web an option for the payment of various charges accrued to the customer.

By Kautilya / May 3, 2021
Economy Governance

Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) Finalizes Quality Standards for 4 More Spices

The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) has finalised and recommended quality standards for four spices; cloves, oregano, basil, and ginger, during its fifth session held virtually from 20th -29th April 2021. The committee forwarded these four new standards to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) for adoption at final step 8, as full -fledged Codex standards.

By Kautilya / May 3, 2021
Research

Cosmic Rays Propagating Through Milky Way Interact with Matter Producing Excess Antimatter Counterpart of Electron

Researchers from the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology have resolved the mystery in a new study published in the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics. Their proposal is simple –– cosmic rays while propagating through the Milky Way galaxy interact with matter producing other cosmic rays, primarily electrons and positrons. The authors Agnibha De Sarkar, Sayan Biswas and Nayantara Gupta argue that these new cosmic rays are the origin of the ‘positron excess’ phenomenon.

By Kautilya / May 3, 2021
Defense Diplomacy

Is India’s Military Exercise with Kyrgyzstan Part of its Bigger Outreach in Central Asia?

Seen in isolation, Khanjar-VIII, the name of the manoeuvres, may not mean much. But when clubbed with China’s long shadow over the region, which has discomforted both Russia, the traditional heavyweight, and India, which is anxious that its deep cultural ties with Central Asia may soon be eroded under Beijing’s influence, it acquires an altogether different meaning. It is apparent that China’s push into Central Asia has alarmed both Moscow and New Delhi, opening the door for greater collaboration with each other.

By Kautilya / May 2, 2021