About ISA The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilize efforts against climate change through deployment of solar energy solutions. It was conceptualized on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of …
About ILO The International Labour Organisation was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. In 1944, ILO adopted the Declaration of Philadelphia which embodies basic principles of economic justice. It became the …
About the report The Living Planet Report is a biennial report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since 1998. It is the world’s leading, science-based analysis, on the health of our planet and the impact of human …
Context The Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly has dismissed a disqualification petition against eight “rebel” MLAs, who had switched from one party to another in 2022. Anti-defection Law The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, commonly known as the anti-defection …
About the Scheme It is a Central Sector Scheme launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for providing drones to the Women Self Help Groups under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). DAY-NRLM is a …
What’s in the news? The Indian Army contingent has departed for Jakarta, Indonesia to take part in the 9th edition of Exercise GARUD SHAKTI 24. Exercise GARUD SHAKTI 24 is a Bilateral Special Forces Exercise between India-Indonesia. The aim of …
About FCI The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a statutory corporation under the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. It was setup in 1965 under the Food Corporation’s Act 1964 to …
About the Project In 2021, the Government of India launched the “PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan” for infrastructure development aimed at boosting multimodal connectivity and driving down logistics costs. PM GatiShakti is a digital platform that connects 16 ministries …
About Established in 1951, International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration. IOM works to ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in …