Context This article discusses the potential of the NAMO Drone Didi scheme for empowering rural women and revolutionizing agriculture in India. About NAMO Drone Didi initiative NAMO Drone Didi, is an initiative recently announced by the Prime Minister of India …
Context In the era of frequent climate change women in Zanzibar have resorted to sponge cultivation to sustain their livelihoods. About Sponges Sponges are simple aquatic organisms that belong to the phylum Porifera. They are one of the oldest multicellular …
Context With climate change on the rise, there is a growing discussion on the need to re-engineer the current model of agriculture. Agriculture in a warming world Agriculture today contributes to greenhouse gas emissions in a variety of ways, such …
Context Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no state resources. According to UNICEF, across the world, about 1 billion children are …
About Lingayat sect The Lingayat sect is believed to have stemmed from the principles of the 12th century social reformer and Kannada poet Basava. Inspired by the ‘Bhakti’ movement, Basava rejected temple worship and Brahmin rituals and envisaged a religion …
What’s in the news? Scientists have detected one of the most powerful cosmic rays ever slamming into Earth but they have no idea what caused it or where it came from. The extremely high-energy particle has been named Amaterasu after …
About SDB In 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF), allowing banks to park their excess funds at a higher rate but without taking any collateral from the central bank. Currently, the SDF rate …
Context: The three day conference in Jaipur of police officers(Director General of Police level) from across India, was a kind of stocktaking exercise as well as learning experience, as many subjects of contemporary relevance were discussed in detail. Interaction of …
Context: The Speaker of Maharashtra State Legislature recognised the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena party as the real Shiv Sena party recently. These actions followed instructions of the Supreme Court but were not in consonance with those instructions. Defection and …