Context: The Supreme Court of India has just ruled that people have a right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change, and the right to a clean environment is already recognised as a fundamental right within the …
Context: Women’s labour force participation rate (WLFPR) in Japan has grown by ten percentage points, from 64.9 percent in 2013 to 75.2 per cent in 2023. This is not only the fastest growth in Japan’s WLFPR in the past few …
Context: In February 2024, an elephant captured from a coffee plantation in what was ostensibly a ‘rescue’, was radio-collared and released 200 km away in a landscape unknown to the animal. This resulted in it straying into the neighbouring State …
Context: Recent attacks on commercial ships in sensitive geographical areas such as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz raise the concern of safety among Indian seafarers. As Indian seafarers constitute 9.35% of the global seafaring population, India’s stakes …
ABOUT CDRI Launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the 2019 UN Climate Summit, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) includes Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Chile, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, …
About KABIL Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) is a Joint Venture company of three Indian public sector undertakings – National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) and Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), under the aegis of Ministry …
About REC Limited REC is a ‘Maharatna’ Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, and is registered with RBI as Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC), and Infrastructure Financing Company (IFC). REC finances the entire Power-Infrastructure sector comprising Generation, Transmission, …
About Strategic Forces Command The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), sometimes called Strategic Nuclear Command, forms part of India’s Nuclear Command Authority (NCA). The Nuclear Command Authority comprises a Political Council and an Executive Council. The Political Council is chaired by …
About NCPOR The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is India’s premier research and development institution responsible for the country’s research activities in the polar and ocean sciences. Why in News? A …
Constitutional provisions relating to Eighth Schedule The Constitutional provisions relating to the Eighth Schedule occur in Article 344(1) and 351 of the Constitution. Article 344(1) provides for the constitution of a Commission by the President on expiration of five years …