Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is PM’s seventh visit to the UAE since 2015 and the third in the last eight months. In this short duration, …
Context: Violence erupted in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani district after the administration conducted a demolition drive at the site of a mosque and madrasa, allegedly on Nazool land, killing five and injuring many more. What is Nazool land? Nazool land is owned …
Context: Tech mogul Elon Musk announced in the first week of February that the first human implantation of the Neuralink device — called Telepathy — has been achieved and the recovery and initial data collection are in progress and going …
Background: While presenting the interim Union budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that India will be negotiating Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with its trade partners to boost the inflow of foreign direct investment. This announcement comes at a time when …
Context: The Lok Sabha passed the Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024 in February 2024. The legislation makes important changes to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 …
What’s in the news? NITI Aayog has launched the Greening and Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW) report and portal. This multi-institutional effort led by NITI Aayog utilized remote sensing and GIS to assess agroforestry suitability across all districts in …
About GSI The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 as a Government of India organization under the Ministry of Mines primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways. Over the years, GSI has grown into a …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
About the Initiative Mission LiFE is a global initiative by India to help the world in its fight against climate change and lead to a sustainable way of life to achieve the sustainable development goals set by the U.N. Mission …