About IPEF In 2022, the United States launched a new Asia-Pacific trade initiative known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The framework includes 14 countries — Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, …
About CPI Consumer Price Index is an index which measures the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services such as transportation, food and medical care. It is calculated by measuring price changes for each item …
What is dark matter? Dark Matter refers to the hypothetical matter that scientists have not been able to locate in the universe – either through telescopes or using any other technological method. Dark matter works like an attractive force — …
What is TB? Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is an ancient disease and has been documented to have existed in Egypt as early as 3000 BC. TB most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary …
About NGHM In 2023, the Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission to promote green hydrogen in a bid to cut emissions and become a major exporter in the field. The overarching objective of the Mission is to make …
About Operation Bluestar was an Indian Army operation carried out in June 1984 in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, to flush out militants who were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a key figure in the growing separatist Khalistan movement …
About SEZ A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country’s domestic economic laws. The main objectives of the SEZ Scheme is generation of additional economic activity, promotion of …
What is the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)? EFTA is an intergovernmental organization of four member countries that are not part of the European Union (EU): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The association was set up in 1960 for the …
About the Scheme The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is meant to enable Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets based on the locally felt needs. …