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 …
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 …