About TRIPS The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1995, is a …
Why in the news? The National Board for Wildlife and Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change included the caracal in the list of critically endangered species. The recovery programme for critically endangered species in India now includes 22 …
About KVIC: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, ‘Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956’. It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Micro, Small and …
NEWS There has been mixed results as far as the metrics on scientific research are concerned. Though India has made progress in science and technology research since, but now there is a need to ponder about the problems that we …
NEWS Anti defection law has reduced legislators to being accountable primarily to the party and failed to preserve the stability of governments. CONTEXT The events in Puducherry (resignation by four ruling party MLAs) have again highlighted the absurdity of the …
Why in News? A kangaroo painting created over 17,000 years ago by Aboriginal artists has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock art. Aborigines Aboriginal culture dates back as far as between 60,000 to 80,000 years. This is when Aborigine’s …
Why in News? Google and Intel have teamed to develop cloud-based solutions for communication service providers to accelerate their deployment of 5G and network edge solutions. About the initiative Google said that partnering across the telecommunications stack will help it …
Why in News? The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is planning to take the help of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for airline mapping of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshwadeep to get a better picture …
What’s in the news? According to the latest GDP estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s economy resurfaced to growth territory in the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 (October-to-December), clocking a 0.4% rise in the gross …
What is postal voting? In this facility, a voter can cast her vote remotely by recording her preference on the ballot paper and sending it back to the election officer before counting. A restricted set of voters can exercise postal …