What are shrews? Shrews are small and mouse-like mammals, and they live in sub-leaf stratum in the forests. They are insectivorous mammals having a mobile snout that is covered with long sensitive whiskers and overhangs the lower lip. Their large …
NEWS The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets. CONTEXT In 1856, the father of modern pathology, Rudolf Virchow, emphasised that there are essentially no dividing lines between animal and human …
What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business philosophy that dictates that companies around the globe should deviate from the narrow path of chasing only financial gains and wealth buildup and embark on a journey of sustainable development. …
About: Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than African lions. They have shorter manes (hair around their face) than African counterparts. Asiatic lions were once distributed upto the state of West Bengal in east and Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, in central …
What’s in the news? The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an Assam-based trust the opportunity to focus on a near-forgotten form of string puppetry, the Putola Nach. The art form was used to take the messages related to COVID-19 to the …
What’s in the news? Election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry assemblies were declared recently. Many of the candidates contested lost their security deposits. What is losing deposit in elections? According to the Representation of People …
Why in News? The U.S. State Department approved the proposed sale of six P-8I patrol aircraft and related equipment to India. What are P-8I patrol aircraft? P-8 is a long-range, multimission maritime patrol aircraft offered by Boeing. The P-8I aircraft …
About the Scheme The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 with the aim of providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for …