What’s in the news? The Ministry of Women and Child Development has said that the PM CARES scheme for children orphaned due to COVID-19 pandemic has been extended till February 28, 2022. The scheme was earlier valid till December …
What’s in the news? Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla has flagged off a convoy of 50 trucks carrying 2500 MT of wheat as humanitarian aid for Afghanistan at the India-Pakistan integrated check post (ICP), the first of about 1000 truckloads which …
The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of 2013 established Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States.These organisations are statutory entities with no constitutional standing. They act as a “ombudsman,” investigating charges of corruption against specific public officials and other relevant …
Anything that can be converted into a digital form can be an NFT. Everything from one’s drawings, photos, videos, GIF, music, in-game items, selfies, and even a tweet can be turned into an NFT, which can then be traded online using cryptocurrency. …
Context As tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine remain at an all-time high, the 2015 Minsk protocols have become a key factor in discussions aimed at resolving the long-simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine. What’s the difference between Minsk …
What’s in the news? Recently, India criticised the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for being “communal minded” and “hijacked by vested interests” – a reference to Pakistan – after the grouping called on the UN Human Rights Council to …
Context Non fungible tokens (NFTs) have, thanks to their ability to assign value to everything from art to music to a simple selfie, taken the world by storm. The sales of NFTs surged $25 billion in 2021 as the crypto …
About the Scheme The ‘National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme’ (NMMSS) is a Central Sector Scheme launched in 2008 to provide scholarships for meritorious students of classes IX to XII. Objective: To award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to …
What’s the news? On World Pangolin Day (celebrated every third Saturday in February), Wildlife organization ‘Traffic’ that works to help study, monitor, and influence action to curb illegal wildlife trade, has compiled data that shows over 1,141 Pangolin confiscations involving …
Context: The recent publication of The Lancet’s global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance highlights the necessity of a robust AMR policy. What does the report say? It estimated that 4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR in 2019 alone. …