Why in the News? According to a new study released by the World Health Organization in March 2025, every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. About Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)? MMR …
About It is a small, nocturnal primate native to India and Sri Lanka. There are two species of slender loris – the red slender loris and the grey slender loris. While the red slender loris is found in Sri Lanka, …
About The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan” (PMSMA) with an aim to provide fixed-day, free of cost, assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care universally to all pregnant women in their 2nd / 3rd …
About Tiger Reserves Tiger reserves are areas that are notified for the protection of the tiger and its prey, and are governed by Project Tiger which was launched in the country in 1973. The State Government shall, on recommendation of …
About NCDRC The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. Its head office is in New Delhi. The Commission is headed by …
About NLP The National Logistics Policy 2022 was formulated by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as a comprehensive effort to address issues of high cost and inefficiency by laying down an overarching framework for the development of the entire …