A third of the country’s workforce is currently on the move. Manufacturing, construction, hospitality, logistics, and commercial agriculture all rely on migrant labour in India. The Covid-19 Pandemic has undone almost 300 million Indians’ post-1991 poverty reduction, which was fueled …
What’s in News: The Defence Minister unveiled the second edition of the ‘Mehar Baba’ swarm drone competition by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for Indian start-ups to develop a swarm drone based system to detect foreign objects on aircraft operating …
Background According to the estimates of the FAO, about 60 per cent of the global population is still dependent, directly or indirectly, on agriculture. Yet, its contribution to the world GDP is just about 4 per cent — a dismal …
About GI Tag A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function as a GI, a sign …
What’s the news? A consortium of scientists part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested that “Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector and this will mean drastically reducing fossil fuel use, widespread electrification, …
Fear of sexual abuse is a primary reason for women dropping out of the labour sector, among other considerations such as family duties, cultural standards, restricted possibilities, and a lack of supportive infrastructure (broadly categorising crime against women). The declining …
Why in the news? Nearly two decades ago, when scientists published the map of the human genome for the first time, it was hailed as a breakthrough. That was incomplete, however: about 8% of the human DNA was left unsequenced. …
What’s the news? The World Health Organization (WHO), about six months after tightening its guidelines on air quality, issued an update to its database on air quality that draws on information from a growing number of cities, towns and villages …
What’s the news? A February report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme on the environmental challenges posed by noise, wildfires and the disruption of biological rhythms of plants, animals and ecological cycles became controversial on account of the mention …
Context India and Australia have signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). The landmark bilateral trade pact is the second trade agreement India has signed this year after inking a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates in February. …