NEWS The U.S. misread the situation in Afghanistan, with the long war now leaving the Taliban at the height of their influence. CONTEXT The U.S. President Joe Biden has set the September 11 deadline for all American troops to …
What’s in the news? A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ministry of Culture and Tourism for Cooperation in Development of National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal in Gujarat. …
What is it? Floating agriculture is a way of utilising areas which are waterlogged for long periods of time in the production of food. The technology is mainly aimed at adapting to more regular or prolonged flooding. The approach employs …
About The National Biofuel Policy 2018 envisages an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2030. However, as the existing ethanol distillation capacity in the country is not sufficient to …
CONTEXT COVID-19 has made it clear that our traditional imagination of national security is no longer credible, as global security arrangements were insufficient in dealing with the current crisis. The growth of exponential technologies such as synthetic biology, artificial intelligence …
Why in News? Emails and passwords of hundreds of Union government officials have been exposed to hackers due to the recent data breaches of Air India, Domino’s and Big Basket. What are cyberattacks? A cyberattack is a malicious and deliberate …
CONTEXT A string of high-profile cyber attacks in recent months has exposed vulnerabilities in the critical infrastructure of even advanced nations. This has reinforced the need for improved defences against actual, and potential, cyberattacks by all countries across continents. AMERICA …
About CPI It is an index which measures the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services such as transportation, food and medical care. It is calculated by measuring price changes for each item in the …
PDS in India Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy subsidized foodgrain — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg, and coarse grains at Re 1/kg — from their designated Fair …