About the Mission Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program launched by the Government of India in 2015 with the mission to develop 100 cities across the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Smart Cities …
Why in News: The facility for genome sequencing to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 has been started at Sawai Man Singh Government Medical College, making Rajasthan the first State in the country to have such a provision for complete sequencing …
Why in News: Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat chaired a meeting on theatre commands. What is a theatre command? A theatre command is an organisational structure that is responsible for commanding all military assets in a theatre of battle …
About the Council The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, Arctic Indigenous peoples and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular on issues of sustainable development and environmental …
Why in News? The Defence Minister has commented that The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is a shining example of Atmanirbhar Bharat, after a review of the vessel being built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited. What is an Aircraft Carrier? An …
What is it? The central nervous system is made up of two types of tissue: the grey matter and the white matter. The brain’s grey matter is the tissue in the central nervous system that consists of nerve cells, and …
About Financial Action Task Force (FATF) It is an intergovernmental organization that designs and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crime. Recommendations of the FATF target Money laundering Terrorist financing Other threats to the global financial system The FATF …
CONTEXT The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could be slowly receding as per official estimate. The economy is also very gradually getting back to normal, with many States beginning to ease some of the restrictions imposed in their lockdowns. …
NEWS New Delhi needs to make new commitments, developing and deepening links in health, space and digital technologies. CONTEXT Africa is considered a foreign policy priority by India. The current Prime Minister designed a forward-looking strategy to deepen relations with …