What is in the news? The himalayan serow has been sighted for the first time in the Trans-Himalayan region at Spiti valley. What is a serow? They are herbivores resembling a cross between a goat, a donkey, a cow, and …
CONTEXT For the first time in its 25-year history, the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be led by a woman, as both the contending candidates for the Director-General (D-G) post are women, from Nigeria and South Korea respectively. CHALLENGES FOR …
CONTEXT The events of the pandemic show how it is the need of the hour to modernise India’s archaic tax laws. GAINERS DURING PANDEMIC As a result of the pandemic induced lockdown, India’s GDP contracted consecutively for two quarters from …
NEWS Poor nutritional outcomes in NFHS-5 show that a piecemeal approach does not work. CONTEXT The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released data fact sheets for 22 States and Union Territories (except Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab,Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, …
NEWS Recently, China has announced that it is planning to build a major hydropower project as a part of its 14th FiveYear Plan (202125), on the Yarlung Zangbo River (upper stream of the Brahmaputra River), in Mêdog County in Tibet. …