About the committee The 1267 sanctions committee of the UN, also known as the ISIL (Da-esh) and Al Qaida sanctions committee, oversees sanctions measures related to individuals, entities and groups. The committee can impose measures like asset freezes, travel bans …
What is the Muslim Brotherhood? The Muslim Brotherhood is a missionary movement founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, with offshoots throughout the Arab world. The movement initially aimed simply to spread Islamic morals and good works, but soon …
What are P-Notes? P-Notes or Participatory Notes are Instruments issued by a registered foreign institutional investor to an overseas investor who wishes to invest in Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board …
About the Report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) is an annual flagship report, jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the …
About BTIA India and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA), officially called a Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) since 2007 but have not been able to conclude it because of differences in some …
What’s in the news? When this century ends, India may no longer be a country of a billion, says a projection that appears in the online edition of the Lancet. The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. Highlights …
About Election Commission The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India. The Constitution of India (Article 324) has vested in the Election Commission of India the superintendence, direction …
About Indian Meteorological Organisation The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India established in the year 1875. Its headquarters is situated in New Delhi. It is the principal agency …
Pandemic- An Urban crisis The novel coronavirus pandemic has largely been an urban crisis so far, with megacities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai accounting for most of the COVID-19 positive cases. Indian cities are not only facing a …
What is a Cryptocurrency? A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. “Crypto” refers to the various encryption algorithms and cryptographic techniques that safeguard these digital …