Background The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was reached between Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in …
What’s in the news? China has begun importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies from Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam and an offer of sharply discounted prices. India is the world’s biggest …
ISSUE: There has been massive eruptions against the Farms acts across the country. This has become a cause of concern for both the government and among the Farmer welfare activists. BACKGROUND: Government has recently introduced Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce …
ISSUE: The J&K government has now decided to implement the FRA (Forest Right Act), 2006 after long failure of erstwhile governments of Jammu and Kashmir to provide tribal population their Forest rights. This deprivation is one of the major causes …
ISSUE There has been much outrage expressed over the denial of sipper and straw to Father Stan Swamy. Swamy, the 83 year old activist suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in October for his …
Why in News: New research published in Diabetologia (journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some two thirds (65%) of women aged 20 years in India will likely …
Wildlife Institute of India Established in 1982 and stationed at Dehradun, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an internationally acclaimed Institution, which offers training programs, academic courses and advisory in wildlife research and management. It is an Autonomous Institution of …
About BrahMos Missile BrahMos is the supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India and NPOM of Russia as a Brahmos Aerospace joint venture, which became Brahmos Aerospace Private Limited. Brahmos is an amalgamation …
Recently, the PM announced that there are huge renewable energy deployment plans for India for the next decade which are likely to generate business prospects of around $20 billion per year. In his address after inaugurating the 3rd Global Renewable …