About: Mission Sagar-II, follows the first ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, and provided food aid and medicines. Mission Sagar-II, is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of …
About: Vaishwik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit is a collaborative initiative by S&T and Academic Organisations of India to enable deliberations on thought process, practices and R&D culture with a problem solving approach for well defined objectives. The VAIBHAV initiative aims …
About PMBJP Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses. Salient features of the Jan Aushadhi Scheme Making quality medicines available at affordable …
Why in News? The novel coronavirus mutation called D614G has become the dominant variant in the global COVID-19 pandemic. About the mutation When the virus enters an individual’s body, it aims at creating copies of itself. When it makes an …
About ICDS Launched on 2nd October, 1975, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme represents one of the world’s largest and unique programmes for early childhood care and development. It is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. …
About ED Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a specialized financial investigation agency under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, which enforces the following laws: – Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999 (FEMA) – A Civil Law, with officers empowered to conduct investigations …
Context The Third India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of India and the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defence took place in Delhi on October 26-27. Significance of the meeting The centrepiece of the dialogue was …
As the Union government gave its nod to bring reforms in the space sector by allowing private players participation, ISRO has released Draft of New Space Based Communication (Spacecom) Policy of India, 2020. Salient features of the policy There was …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced several amendments to land laws for the Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir (J&K), including the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act of 1970 and the J&K Land Revenue Act, …
What’s in the news? Recently, India and the U.S. signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) during the third 2+2 dialogue of defence and foreign ministers of the two countries. This is the fourth and the last of the …