Why in News: A media clarification issued by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has brought to light two recent defence pacts it has signed with India that neither side officially announced. What is the pact about The receipt of Floating …
Why in News: The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, which remained suspended for the past three years, will resume soon. About Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage visit to Amarnath cave which is a Hindu shrine located in Kashmir. …
Why in News: Google is said to be testing support for variable refresh rates (VRR) in the Chrome OS The feature could improve gaming experience What is VRR? Refresh rate is the number of times a display is capable of …
What’s in News: Biologists from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (CCMB), have conducted a study to understand how mitochondria became an inseparable part of animal and plant cells. Background of the study Today, mitochondria are well known to …
About the Scheme The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched the Central Sector Scheme “SMILE- Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”. The umbrella scheme is designed to provide welfare measures to the Transgender community and the …
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of US$ 4.4 trillion About BIMSTEC …