What Is Diabetes Mellitus? Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into our body cells to be stored or used for energy. With …
What’s in the news? A new video by Jhatkaa.org, titled #SaalBhar60, calls on citizens to participate in a nationwide digital movement on June 5, World Environment Day, by sharing photos from their city demanding “Clean Air for All.” A corresponding …
About the scheme: The Institute of Eminence Scheme (IOE Scheme) was announced in 2016 to improve the ranking of Indian higher educational institutions at the global level. Under this scheme, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) will select 20 …
About the scheme It is a special micro-credit facility scheme for providing affordable loans to street vendors. The scheme is aimed at enabling the street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to COVID-19 lockdown. Street …
About the scheme The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme is the largest social security scheme in the world — guaranteeing 100 days of work to any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work …
About the initiative The SWADES- Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support- initiative aims to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission. This is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development …
About: World Environment Day has been celebrated since 1974 on June5, to mark the Conference on the Human Environment, or the Stockholm Conference, held from June 5-16. World Environment Day has helped UNEP to raise awareness and generate political momentum …
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) The Code creates time-bound processes for insolvency resolution of companies and individuals. These processes will be completed within 180 days (unless extended by a one time extendable period of 90 days). If insolvency cannot be …