About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
Do Breathe Do Breathe by Michael Williams is about balancing life amidst stress, anxiety and pressures. Right balance helps one to achieve one’s dreams. This book explains how to maintain balance through deep-breathing, eating and thinking. Williams also discusses …
About Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat: The initiative ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October, 2015 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel to revive a sense of ‘nationhood’. The programme aims to …
Background In March 2020, to boost large-scale electronics manufacturing in India, the Union Cabinet approved three schemes with a total outlay of almost Rs 48,000 crore. The three schemes together will enable large-scale electronics manufacturing, a domestic supply chain ecosystem …
Last month, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that the Covid-19 pandemic would lead to a major increase in human trafficking. India’s Home Ministry responded by issuing an advisory to its state governments earlier …
What is it? The Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) was established in 2017 as a joint UK-India fund specifically designed to promote sustainable energy projects. The two countries have invested over £240 million of anchor capital into the fund, which …
Context: A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) analysis shows that hundreds of millions of people in India above the international poverty line of $1.90 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day cannot afford a healthy or nutritious diet. …
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted human life and the economy in an unprecedented way. Hypothesis about COVID-19 transmission It is not yet fully understood which species have contributed to the transmission of COVID-19 and how. However, according to experts, there …
About: AIM-iCREST has been designed to enable the incubation ecosystem across the country. Under the initiative, the Atal Innovation Mission’s (AIM) incubators are set to be upscaled and provided requisite support to foster the incubation enterprise economy, that will help …
What is Spear Phishing? Spear phishing is an email or electronic communications scam targeted towards a specific individual, organization or business. It is a targeted attempt to steal sensitive information such as account credentials or financial information from a specific …