About UNGA United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. It is one of the six principal organs which make up the UN. All 193 Member States of the UN are represented …
What is PMI? Purchasing Managers’ Index is an economic indicator which indicates the business activity & economic health of both the manufacturing and service sectors. PMI of India is published by Japanese firm Nikkei but compiled and constructed by IHS …
Steps Taken to Deal with Cyber Crime and Cyber Security The Government has launched the online cybercrime reporting portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in to enable complainants to report complaints pertaining to Child Pornography/Child Sexual Abuse Material, rape/gang rape imageries or sexually explicit content. …
About the corridor The crossing allows Sikh devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, 4.7 kilometres from the India–Pakistan border on the Pakistani side without a visa. It is in Kartarpur Sahib that Guru Nanak Dev had spent …
What is general consent? Unlike the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is governed by its own NIA Act and has jurisdiction across the country, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, …
Context State governments drive a majority of the country’s development programmes. States need resources to deliver these responsibilities and aspirations. Unfortunately, the financial capacity of the States is structurally being weakened. Through various means the Union government has substantially reduced …
Why in News? Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, have made a paper on barred galaxies. About the study Stars are scattered all around the galaxies, and the galaxies themselves are of different types: star-forming spiral galaxies and non-star-forming …
Why in News? A team from The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, have found that Water bears found in Bangalore have a protective fluorescent shield which helps it survive harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Speciality of Water Bears (tardigrades) No more …
Context COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem of child hunger and malnutrition Pressing issues related to malnutrition The report of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization in partnership with …
About: The ‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive’ (PRASHAD) was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in the year 2014-15 with the objective of integrated development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations. Objectives Rejuvenation and spiritual …