About Co-WIN Co-WIN is a cloud-based IT platform, to handle the finer points of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, such as registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages to beneficiaries with the name of their vaccinator, and live monitoring of …
What is an invasive species? An alien species is a species introduced outside its natural past or present distribution; if this species becomes problematic, it is termed an invasive alien species (IAS). Not all non-native species are invasive. For example, …
What is gender self-identification? Self-identification, or ‘self-id’, is the concept that a person should be allowed to legally identify with the gender of their choice by simply declaring so, and without facing any medical tests. This has been a long …
Context Recently, India has been ranked 10th in Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020 released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations (UN) agency for information and communication technologies (ICT). The US topped the chart, followed by the …
CONTEXT A light rail project has been proposed by the government of kerala. The project, if implemented, will substantially reduce the travel time between the two extremities of the State, namely the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south and …
NEWS As a recent ruling by Rajasthan’s power regulator implies, enabling energy access must go beyond powering rural homes. BACKGROUND Over the past decade, India has made great strides in expanding energy access in rural areas. As per the …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education has launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN). The objective of NIPUN Bharat Mission is to create an enabling environment to ensure universal acquisition of foundational …
What is BEPS? Typically, a company needs to pay tax for the income or profits they earn. Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) is a tax avoidance strategy by which firms make profits in one country, and shift them across …
What’s in the news? The U.S. State Department has released its annual Trafficking in Persons report. Highlights of the Report The pandemic resulted in an increase in vulnerability to human trafficking and interrupted existing anti-traffic efforts. On India, the report …