About IRDAI Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is a statutory body set up for protecting the interests of the policyholders and regulating, promoting and ensuring orderly growth of the insurance industry in India. The powers and functions …
About The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan” (PMSMA) with an aim to provide fixed-day, free of cost, assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care universally to all pregnant women in their 2nd / 3rd …
Iodine deficiency Iodine is an essential component of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which regulate metabolism and are crucial for fetal and infant development. Found in foods and iodized salt, iodine exists in several forms, including sodium …
Quad grouping The grouping of four democracies – India, Australia, US and Japan – known as the quadrilateral security dialogue or quad, was first mooted by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007. Quad was revived in 2017. The …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) to provide connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country. It aims to achieve its objective through …
About Air Quality Index (AQI) AQI is a number, which is a measure of air quality. The higher the AQI, the worse the air. The colour-coded AQI index was launched by the Government of India in 2014, and it helps …
About NATO Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 31 countries from North America and Europe. Established in the Cold War as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, NATO’s fundamental goal is …
About DigiLocker DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India programme. Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally …
About NHRC The National Human Rights Commission is a statutory organisation established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993. The Act also created Human Rights Commissions at the levels of the various States. NHRC was established …