What’s in the news? The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have released a report titled “COVID-19 and Tourism: An Update”. Highlights of the Report The collapse of international tourism due to …
What is a semi slug? They are kind of snails but their shells are too small to fit them. It represents an intermediate stage of evolution, where it’s managed to develop a shell, but it’s far too small to fit …
NEWS India’s failure to honour adverse international judicial rulings hurts its image as an investment destination. CONTEXT Recently the Commerce Ministry reported that India attracted the highest ever FDI of $81.72 billion in 2020-21. However, several economists have argued that …
About The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015. NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional …
What’s in the news? The Gujarat Maritime University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Financial Services Centres Authority in GIFT City to promote the Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre (GIMAC). This will be the first centre …
About Nipah infection It is a viral infection caused by the Nipah virus (NiV). Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural host of Nipah virus. The disease was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak in Malaysia and …
Why in News: A new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-P (Prime) was successfully test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload …
Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 3.4 lakh square kilometres. It is found …
Background In the Union Budget 2021-22, the government proposed a disinvestment target of ₹1.75 lakh crore for this fiscal year. Out of the total ₹1.75 lakh crore, ₹1 lakh crore is to come from selling government stake in public sector …