Context As the country emerges from the lockdown, a proper ramping up of the transport system is needed. Public transport guidelines The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has released guidelines to tackle several social distancing and sanitisation concerns, and to …
About GST Council Goods & Services Tax Council is a constitutional body under Article 279A, for making recommendations to the Union and State Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax. The GST Council is chaired by the …
About Talamaddale The traditional art of ‘talamaddale’, an art form of coastal Karnataka, is a variant of Yakshagana theatre. The word Talamaddale is derived from the word ‘tala’ (Cymbal) and Maddale (the drum). While the Yakshagana has speech, dance and …
About GPAI GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, based on human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth. GPAI will be supported by a Secretariat, to be hosted by Organization …
What’s in the news? Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its report on nuclear warheads recently. SIPRI is an independent international institute based in Sweden, dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and …
About IITM The Institute was founded as the Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in 1962 at Pune, as a distinct unit of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). It is under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. IITM is a premiere research …
About: Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY) is a retail marketing led value addition plan for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), meant for forest-based tribes to optimize the tribal income locally. It seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of …
About : The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India’s premier nuclear research facility, headquartered in Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science, …
Why in News? The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered an increase of at least 1.5 times in domestic violence complaints since the nationwide lockdown. News in Detail: Between March 25 and May 31, the NCW received 1,477 complaints of …