News: A report of the World Inequality Lab has proposed a tax package for the ultra-wealthy in India including an annual wealth tax and an inheritance tax for those with net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore accompanied by redistributive policies …
About According to a report of the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD) rangelands are natural or semi-natural ecosystems that are grazed by livestock or wild animals. Rangelands contain vegetation such as grasses, shrubs, bushes, open forests, and agroforestry …
About The International Criminal Court is a permanent judicial body established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . The ICC investigates and tries individuals charged with the most serious crimes of concern to the international community such …
About Heat waves A Heat Wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in the North-Western parts of India. Qualitatively, a heat wave is a condition of air …
About RuPay RuPay is the first-of-its-kind global Card payment network of India, with wide acceptance at ATMs, POS devices and e-commerce websites across India. RuPay fulfils RBI’s vision of initiating a ‘less cash’ economy. RuPay is a product of the …
About the Act Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female foeticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India. The act banned prenatal sex determination. Objectives:- The …
About Microplastics Microplastics are plastics less than 5 mm in length and occur in the environment as a consequence of plastic pollution. Microplastics consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms bound together in polymer chains. Other chemicals, such as phthalates, polybrominated …
Background According to Section 47 of the RBI Act, profit of the RBI has to be transferred to the government periodically. However, before transferring, some amount of the profit is kept aside for maintaining reserves of the RBI. What constitutes …
About The Copernicus programme is part of the European Union’s space programme and aims to monitor the Earth and its environment by collecting data from a set of satellites known as the Sentinels. It was launched in 1998 and earlier …