Why in the News? Recently, the Supreme Court directed all states and Union Territories to implement the One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) system, which allows for inter- and intra-state portability, by July 31. What is One Nation One Ration …
What is in the news? The Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. Background The Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world. …
Why in News? Chinese astronauts successfully performed the country’s first spacewalk, on the outside of the new Tiangong station in orbit around the Earth. China’s Space Station: The multi-module Tiangong station is set to be operational for at least 10 …
About Co-WIN Co-WIN is a cloud-based IT platform, to handle the finer points of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, such as registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages to beneficiaries with the name of their vaccinator, and live monitoring of …
What is an invasive species? An alien species is a species introduced outside its natural past or present distribution; if this species becomes problematic, it is termed an invasive alien species (IAS). Not all non-native species are invasive. For example, …