About Mountain Bongos The mountain bongo is a critically endangered subspecies of the bongo, one of the largest forest antelopes, with a reddish-brown coat, with black, white and yellow-white markings. This antelope is the largest, heaviest, and most colorful African …
About COP26 The UK along with Italy is about to conduct the Conference of Parties (CoP) 26th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Glasgow. The COP is the apex decision-making body of the UNFCCC. …
Key Provisions of the Act The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 addresses the issue of workplace sexual harassment faced by women in private institutions and government organisations. The act superseded Vishakha Guidelines laid …
About Financial Action Task Force (FATF) It is an intergovernmental organization that designs and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crime. Recommendations of the FATF target Money laundering Terrorist financing Other threats to the global financial system The FATF …
CONTEXT The Supreme Court ordered forming a 12-member national task force for the effective and transparent allocation of medical oxygen to the States and Union Territories “on a scientific, rational and equitable basis. Judicial intervention came in response to the …
NEWS The U.S. supported move will have an effect if countries simultaneously address non-IP bottlenecks among other things. CONTEXT In October 2020, India and South Africa, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), proposed waiving Sections 1, 4, 5, and 7 …
Why in News: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research …
About NSAP Launched in 1995, the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. This programme is being implemented in rural areas as well as urban areas. NSAP represents a significant …
About the Scheme The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is meant to enable Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs to be …