What’s in the news? The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to increase the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21, is still pending with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and …
Highlights of the Act Objective The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 amends the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to implement certain electoral reforms. The 1950 Act provides for allocation of seats …
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. As a result of drug resistance, …
What’s the news? The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned of multiple climate change-induced disasters in the next two decades even if strong action is taken to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. …
What’s in the news? World Wildlife Day was observed today (March 3). The day is observed to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. The United Nations General Assembly, in 2013 proclaimed the 3rd of March …
About UNEP The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was created as a result of the United Nations Conference on human environment in 1972 in Stockholm. It addresses environmental issues at the global and regional level for the United Nations. UNEP’s …
What is Swachh Survekshan? Launched in 2016, Swachh Survekshan is a ranking exercise taken up by the Government of India to assess rural and urban areas for their levels of cleanliness and active implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission initiatives in …
COVID-19 – possibly the largest pandemic the world has ever seen – led to an economic crisis probably more radical and global than ever before; as well as disruption of learning on an unprecedented scale. The pandemic caused a major …
Who are the Kukis? The Kukis are an ethnic group including multiple tribes originally inhabiting the North-Eastern states of India such as Manipur, Mizoram and Assam; parts of Burma (now Myanmar), and Sylhet district and Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh. …