About NGT It is a statutory body established in 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010. It is a specialized body equipped with the necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues. The Tribunal shall not be bound …
About Pulicat Lake It is the second-largest brackish water lake (saltwater lagoon) in the country located at the border of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu on the Barricade Island of Sriharikota. The barrier island of Sriharikota separates …
About NDB The New Development Bank (NDB) was established by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries. It formally came into existence at the Ufa Summit (Russia) in 2015. It was established with the objective of financing …
What is PMI? Purchasing Managers’ Index is an economic indicator which indicates the business activity & economic health of both the manufacturing and service sectors. PMI of India is published by Japanese firm Nikkei but compiled and constructed by IHS …
How to structure: 1) BRICS is an organization comprising of 5 counties- give your intro on what BRICS stand for. Use a map to show these countries as well. 2) Go through the areas were BRICS countries cooperate with each …
How to structure: Give a definition for net zero emission Give reasons to why they are needed If there are any schemes in India related to it, add that Write a way forward and conclude
Why in News? According to a UN report, Migratory Species are most Vulnerable to Plastic Pollution. Key Findings of the Report The report released by the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), focused …
What’s in the news? A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and BirdLife International has highlighted the issue of decline of Birds of Prey despite a few high-profile conservation success stories. Birds …
What’s in the news? According to the data released by the National Statistical Office, the Indian economy grew at a record pace of 20.1 per cent in April-June 2021 compared with the corresponding period last year, when a national lockdown …
CONTEXT The 13th BRICS summit is set to be held this year, in September, in digital format under India’s chairmanship. BRICS BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South …