What’s in the News? UNESCO has published the World Water Development Report 2025, presenting the latest scientific understanding of the role that mountains and glaciers play in the global water crisis. Key findings of the report Glaciers across the globe …
About Bacteria-based cancer therapy, also known as Bug Drugs, leverages the distinctive properties of certain bacteria to detect, target, and destroy cancer cells. These therapies take advantage of the unique ability of certain bacteria to proliferate inside tumours. The low …
About The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been established with the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) 2023 Act. The ANRF aims to seed, grow and promote research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout …
About The Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2014. It aims to develop theme-based tourist circuits in the country. These tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability …
About The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs. ORF is an independent global think …
About The Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS Scheme) announced in the Union Budget 2024-25, aims to provide internship opportunities to one crore youth in top 500 companies in five years. As an initiation to this Scheme, the Pilot Project targeted …
About WPI Wholesale Price Index (WPI) measures and tracks the changes in the price of goods in the stages before the retail level. It provides estimates of inflation at the wholesale transaction level for the economy as a whole. WPI …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
About ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a regional & intergovernmental organisation of 10 countries of Southeast Asia. ASEAN was established in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration). Its …