About SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation established in 2001. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. Prior to the creation of SCO in …
What’s in News: The Government has approved the creation of a Weapon System branch for officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF) which will bring all weapon systems operators of the force under one roof. This is the first time …
Why in News: Japan will host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise consisting of India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. History of the Malabar exercise The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral drill between the Indian …
Why in News: The Nobel Prize for Physiology this year has been awarded to Svante Pääbo, Swedish geneticist, who pioneered the field of palaeogenomics, or the study of ancient hominins by extracting their DNA. Read about it at : https://officerspulse.com/nobel-prize-for-physiology-medicine-2022/ …
Why in News: The X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ on the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). About Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium …
Context The Constitution of India recognises the special status of tribal people as ‘the Scheduled Tribes’ and provides safeguards to protect their rights and culture. However, despite a large number of schemes and programmes, the 104 million (as per Census …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has established the Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative. Tele-MANAS aims to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly …
Context The wildfires that scorched much of Australia, burned over 33 million hectares of land, killed or displaced 3 billion animals and became one of the worst natural disasters in the country. Frequent widespread forest fires in a warming world …