About Kuno National Park It is located in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier it was a wildlife sanctuary but in 2018 it was given national park status. The Kuno river flows through the national park. Bio-Geographically this area falls under the Kathiawar-Gir …
CONTEXT In present times the COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries all over the world to rethink climate change and the need for preservation of the environment. The government have been forced to bear dual burden due to pandemic: Increased fiscal …
Belt and Road Initiative China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to strengthen Beijing’s economic leadership through a vast program of infrastructure building throughout China’s neighbouring regions. Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the vast collection of development and …
Context The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has posed numerous challenges before India on multiple fronts –health, economy and also the environment and one such impact of the Covid outbreak on our environment is the exponential increase in biomedical …
CONTEXT In order to achieve global herd immunity and prevent new strains of COVID-19 from emerging, possibly for years to come, vaccines need to be affordable and available in massive quantities throughout the globe. TO ENSURE VACCINE AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY …
Why in News? The first destroyer of the Indian Navy, INS Rajput is set to be decommissioned. About INS Rajput INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR, was commissioned in 1980. The ship …
What is it? Foreign Exchange Reserve indicates the reserves held by RBI in the form foreign currency assets, gold, SDR and reserve tranche. Components of foreign exchange reserve: Foreign Currency Assets– Currencies of foreign countries are held in foreign exchange …
National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) NEFT is a nation-wide centralised payment system owned and operated by the Reserve Bank of India. It facilitates funds transfers from one bank account to another. One can access this service either by using Internet …
About TRIPS The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1995, is a …