Why in News? The Defence Minister invoked special provisions and granted emergency financial powers to the armed forces to empower them and speed up their efforts to tide over the current COVID-19 situation. What are these powers? The Defence Ministry …
About Indian Forest Act 1927 The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British. The first and most famous was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. The preamble to the Indian Forest …
About ICI The monthly Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) is a production volume index. The objective of the ICI is to provide an advance indication on production performance of industries of ‘core’ nature. These industries are likely to impact …
CONTEXT Despite the pandemic unleashing in full force, there has been futile debate last month about holding or postponing board examinations instead of exploring alternatives. Rather than viewing this unprecedented situation as a unique opportunity for re-imagining educational assessments and …
CONTEXT India is one of the largest welfare states in the world yet, amidst the pandemic of COVID-19, the state failed to provide welfare for its most vulnerable citizens. EFFECT OF PANDEMIC The country witnessed multiple crises: mass inter- and …
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of health systems to infectious diseases, and caused millions of deaths around the globe since last year. As serious as the current health and economic crisis is, there is a possibility that …
Why in News? China launched an unmanned module called Tianhe containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022. About the space station The module …
What are carbon emissions? Carbon emission is the release of carbon into the atmosphere. To talk about carbon emissions is simply to talk of greenhouse gas emissions; the main contributors to climate change. Since greenhouse gas emissions are often calculated …