About CDRI The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international collaborative platform, aiming to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development. Launched in 2019 under the leadership of the Government …
About The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a strategic initiative unveiled during the G20 Summit held in 2023 in New Delhi to enhance economic integration and connectivity between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …
India’s Free Movement Regime with Myanmar The Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar is a mutually agreed arrangement that allows tribes living along the border on either side to travel up to 16 km inside the other country …
What is the NIA? NIA is functioning as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency in the country. It is mandated to investigate all the offences: affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, friendly relations with foreign states, and …
About DAC Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is constituted under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for overall guidance of the defence procurement planning process. The Defence Minister is the Chairman of DAC. Its members include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) …
About the Scheme PM Vishwakarma is a Central Sector Scheme to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. It is a new scheme with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore and is fully …
About NPCI The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. It is an initiative of the RBI and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the …
About Lagrange points are positions in space where objects sent there tend to stay put. At Lagrange points, the gravitational pull of two large masses ( like the Sun and the Earth) precisely equals the centripetal force required for …
Background The contest to develop national Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities has sharpened significantly since the public launch in late 2022 of highly capable large-language models. India launched its first national strategy for AI in June 2018 and an AI task …
India’s commitment to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change At the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India presented the following five goals (Panchamrit) of climate action: …