What’s in the news? The latest study by Pew Research Center (a nonpartisan American think tank) has pointed out that “son bias” is on a decline in India and the average annual number of baby girls “missing” in India fell …
About Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) refers to the different ways people can resolve disputes without a trial. Common ADR processes include mediation, arbitration, and neutral evaluation. These processes are generally confidential, less formal, and less stressful than traditional court proceedings. …
About The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) was launched by the Government in 2020 for promoting digitization of healthcare and creating an open interoperable digital health ecosystem for the country. It aims to do so by prescribing common health data …
Why in News: Doctors have sounded an alarm over the emergence of a new non-life-threatening virus called tomato flu among the children below five years of age, in India. What causes it The ‘tomato flu’ is caused by Coxsackie virus …
What’s in News Kerala has soft launched ‘Kerala Savari’, the country’s first online taxi service owned by a State government, to ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers. Why has the State government …
What’s in the news? India handed over 21,000 tonnes of chemical fertilizer to the crisis-ridden neighbour Sri Lanka. This follows 44,000 tonnes supplied last month under Indian support, totalling about 4 billion US dollars in 2022. The fertilizer will contribute …
About ADB The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was founded in 1966 with the primary mission of fostering growth and cooperation among countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. At present, ADB comprises 68 members (including India)- …
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 …
About The idea of creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1956. He suggested that the States proposed to be reorganised may be grouped into four or five zones …
What’s the news? As per study in the Communications Earth & Environment journal, the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet. The warming is more concentrated in the Eurasian part of the Arctic, where the …