What’s in the news? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from Pokhran ranges. The flight-test was successful in meeting all its mission objectives. …
What’s in the news? A UK-based tribunal has found that China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. The Uyghur Tribunal cited birth control and sterilization measures allegedly carried out by China against the Uyghurs. The Chinese state …
Some Chinese visitors journeyed to India in pursuit of Buddhist writings and scriptures, as well as pilgrimage. Some of them had a significant impact on China and the east. This trend began with the establishment of the Silk Road, which …
About the scheme POSHAN Abhiyaan (also known as National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that aims to improve nutrition amongst children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018, it is …
About Goods and Services Tax (GST) Goods and Services Tax, an institutional tax innovation intensively marketed in many countries by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax (or consumption tax) …
Context This article describes how far we have managed to dissuade households from biomass and what more we need to do as a country to move further. LPG- Primary cooking fuel As per the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, …
About the Scheme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme is a tri-ministerial initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource which focuses on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mind-sets, multi-sectoral action, enabling …
About ISA International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched in 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President of France Francois Hollande at the 21st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-21) in Paris, France. …
The latest World Inequality Report — authored by co-director of the World Inequality Lab, Lucas Chancel, along with economists Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman — makes for a sobering read. It details the rising levels of income and …