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 …
CONTEXT Recently Germany officially apologised to Namibia for the massacre of the Herero and Nama people in 1904-1908 and called it a genocide for the first time. Around the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron asked Rawanda to forgive France …
NEWS Despite judicial verdicts, India’s sexual minorities face discrimination in employment, health issues and personal rights. CONTEXT It is of huge concern that in India, the queer community is still a stigmatised and invisible minority, while in the last two …