What’s in the news? The Parliament has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020. The Bill seeks to provide for the regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology services in the country. Highlights of the Bill Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) The …
About the Act The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 was recently passed by the Parliament. The Act defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple with the intention to hand over the …
What’s in the news? India and Japan will celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations this year. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 28th April 1952. To mark this historic occasion, India and Japan have decided to …
What’s in the news? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode, a move that would promote digital payments in semi-urban and rural areas. The framework incorporates feedback …
China’s new land border law went into force on January 1, 2022. It comes at a time when the border stalemate in eastern Ladakh remains unsolved and China has lately renamed many locations in Arunachal Pradesh as part of its …
About NMCG National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It acted as the implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the …
What’s in the news? Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis as inflation rises to record levels, food prices rocket and its coffers run dry. According to media reports, the meltdown faced by the government, led by …
What’s in the news? As per the Preliminary Data for December 2021, India’s merchandise export in December 2021 was USD 37.29 billion, the highest ever monthly achievement, which shows an increase of 37.0% over USD 27.22 billion in December 2020 …
India accounts for a fifth of the total childbirths in the world, with a maternal mortality rate of 113 per 1,00,000 live births. There was a 27 percent decline in pregnant women obtaining four or more ante-natal check-ups during the …