What’s in the news? In a bid to make rail travel safer, the Ministry of Railways has introduced an indigenously developed train collision avoidance system called Kavach, which automatically brings a train to a halt when it detects an obstacle …
Background In 2021, citing instructions from the Supreme Court and the concerns raised in Parliament about social media abuse, the government framed the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 in exercise of powers under the …
About NLMC The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a new government-owned firm for pooling and monetising sovereign and public sector land assets. The National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) is being formed with an initial authorised share capital …
About The Ministry of MSME has launched the MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) to promote and support untapped creativity of the MSME sector. It will act as a hub for innovation activities facilitating and guiding development of ideas …
Adopted in Union Budget 2017-18, Mission Antyodaya is a convergence and accountability framework aiming to bring optimum use and management of resources allocated by 27 Ministries/ Department of the Government of India under various programmes for the development of rural …
Why in News: India was the third-highest military spender in the world behind the US and China as the global defence expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, hitting record levels despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Stockholm …
What’s in News: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will lead discussions at India’s first such conference of intelligence agency chiefs. About The conference, modelled on the lines of the annual Munich Security Conference and Singapore’s Shangri-La dialogue, is expected to …
Why in the news? Recently, a team of researchers from Stanford University have said that on one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system, there might be an abundance of water pockets beneath formations …
Why in the news? Recently, the 401st birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621 -1675) was widely celebrated. Guru Tegh Bahadur Tegh Bahadur was born in Amritsar on April 21, 1621 to Mata Nanki and Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh …