About the Scheme The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is meant to enable Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs to be …
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. …
What’s in the news? India has launched ‘E-Amrit’, a web portal on electric vehicles (EVs), at the ongoing COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UK. E-Amrit is a one-stop destination for all information on electric vehicles—busting myths around the adoption of EVs, …
CONTEXT Recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India, has immense potential to reclaim the idea of personal liberty and human dignity. In Thwaha Fasal vs Union of India, the Court has acted in its introspective jurisdiction and deconstructed the …
What’s in the news? Delhi-based not-for-profit policy research institution Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has released its first-of-its-kind district-level climate vulnerability assessment, or Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI), in which it has analysed 640 districts in India to assess …
Why in News: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has picked Srinagar among 49 cities as part of the creative city network under the Crafts and Folk Arts category. With the inclusion of 49 new cities this …
What’s in the news? A report by State Bank of India (SBI) economists has noted that a robust digital infrastructure, careful recalibration of bank branches, increase in mobile transactions and a jump in number of bank branches has improved India’s …
What’s the news? ● Leaders at the CoP26 global climate conference in Glasgow have pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow climate change. ● Nearly …
What is Tele-law service? ● Tele-law is a service that uses video conferencing facilities and telephone services to connect lawyers to litigants who need legal advice. ● This service aims to reach out to the needy, especially the marginalized and …