Background With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in 2020 as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as …
NEWS Over the last few decades, intellectual property rules have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare. BACKGROUND On October 2 last year, India and South Africa submitted a joint petition to the World Trade Organization …
About Sumatran Rhinoceros They are the smallest of the living rhinoceroses and the only Asian rhino with two horns and a thin coat of reddish-brown hair. They are more closely related to the extinct woolly rhinos than any of the …
How is Delhi governed? Delhi’s current status as a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly is an outcome of the 69th Amendment Act through which Articles 239AA and 239BB were introduced in the Constitution. The Government of National Capital Territory …
How is Delhi governed? Delhi’s current status as a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly is an outcome of the 69th Amendment Act through which Articles 239AA and 239BB were introduced in the Constitution. The Government of National Capital Territory …
NEWS To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives. SAUDI GREEN INITIATIVE This initiative aims at: raise the vegetation cover, reduce carbon emissions, combat pollution and land degradation, preserve marine life. …
CONTEXT The political and social handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have added to the persisting issues of food insecurity faced by millions. India, even prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has consistently been ranked poorly in all international rankings on …
Small Indian Civets Small Indian civets are known to occur in south and central China, Hong Kong, most of India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. They are recorded in semi-evergreen and deciduous forest, mixed deciduous …
Israel-Palestine Conflict Israel’s Arab minority comprises just over 20% of its population of 9.3 million, while at least 2.5 million Palestinians live in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and 3,50,000 in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. About 1.9 million Palestinians live in the …
About ADB The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was founded in 1966 with the primary mission of fostering growth and cooperation among countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. At present, ADB comprises 68 members (including India)- …