What Is the DarkNet? The “dark net,” also known as the “dark web,” is a network of secret websites built over the internet which is encrypted. These are networks that are only available to a select group of people and …
About NDMA This Act was enacted in 2005 to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected with it. To deal with the purposes of this Act, an authority to be known as the National Disaster Management …
About: The Changthangi goat,also known as Pashmina goat or Changra goat, is an animal found in the cold, arid region surrounding Ladakh in Kashmir. The breed is raised mainly for it’s ultra-fine cashmere wool production. This cashmere wool is known …
About ECA The Essential Commodities Act (ECA) was enacted by the Central Government in 1955 to control and regulate trade and prices of commodities declared essential under the Act. The Act empowers the Central and state governments concurrently to control …
Background: Public Distribution System (PDS) was started in India in 1947 to distribute food items to the poor at subsidised rates. Later in 2013, it was revamped and strengthened with the enactment of the National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013. …
Context India, the world’s third largest crude oil importer has an existing storage capacity of 5.3 million tonnes at Visakhapatnam, Mangaluru and Paadoor, built at an investment of $600 million in the first phase. This is operational and can …
Context The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas. India and China have moved troops and ammunition on the LAC. What is the Background? US President Trump …
About: Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH since 2010. The PCIM&H has a primary mandate of publishing Pharmacopoeias and Formularies for drugs/formulations used in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani (ASU) and …
What’s in the News? The Union Cabinet has given its approval to rename Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. Background : The Kolkata Port is the first Major Port as well as the only riverine port of the country. …