Why in News? Meghalaya has withdrawn consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state to have taken this step. What is general consent? The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) …
Why in News? Recent events of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has long-term implications for India, most significantly on the decades-old defence trade between the two. Even as the most immediate impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on India is the …
What is Kavach? It is indigenously built Automatic Train Protection System in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got rechristened to Kavach or “armour”. It is a set of electronic devices and Radio Frequency …
Background India has been on a rising trajectory on the Global Innovation Index for the past few years moving from 81st place in 2015 to 46th in 2021. India spends around 0.7% of GDP on R&D. The government plans to …
While women have played very visible and important roles at the higher echelons of power and at the grassroots level in social movements, they have been under-represented in political parties as officials and as members of key decision-making bodies. In …