About Thalassemia Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes a body to have less hemoglobin than normal. It is a rare burdensome disease requiring lifelong repeated blood transfusion, as well as other expensive medical interventions for survival. It is …
About Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Insolvency is a situation where individuals or companies are unable to repay their outstanding debt. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) provides a time-bound process for resolving the insolvency of corporate debtors called the …
What are Electoral Bonds? An electoral bond is designed to be an interest-free bearer instrument like a Promissory Note — in effect, it will be similar to a bank note that is payable to the bearer on demand. It can …
About FSDC Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is an apex-level body constituted in 2010 to strengthen and institutionalize the mechanism for maintaining financial stability. It is not a statutory body. It is chaired by the Union Finance Minister of …
About PM CARES Fund The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set up in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic to mobilize resources. The Fund was established in 2020. PM CARES Fund is …
About A rare disease is a disease that affects a small percentage of the population. a rare disease also means there is a lack of a market large enough to gain support and resources for discovering treatments for it Most …
Context The existing National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) programme has been renamed National Programme for Prevention & Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) amid widening coverage and expansion The Ministry of Health …
Context The World Pulmonary Hypertension day was observed on May 5 globally. What is pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an incurable disease caused by increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs This may be due to blockage, …
Context: The government of Maharashtra recently launched an initiative targeting urban governance reforms- Aspirational cities Programme. State of urbanization in Maharashtra Maharashtra reported the largest share of the urban population of India (13.5 per cent) as per Census 2011. The …
Context The United States National Science Foundation is partnering with top U.S. universities and India’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, or RRCAT (a unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India) to launch LIGO-India, a ground-breaking collaboration, fuelled …