Hornbills Hornbills are a family of tropical and sub-tropical birds which are found extensively in Africa, Asia and Melanesia. Famously dubbed as the ‘Farmers of the Forest’, these frugivores (fruit-eating birds) help in seed dispersal of several endemic trees and …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) ADB is a multilateral development bank established in 1966. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines The largest shareholders of ADB are- Japan (15.6%) ,United States (15.6%), China (6.4%), and India (6.3%) Objectives It aims to promote …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that it can exercise its plenary power to do “complete justice” under Article 142(1) of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground that it had broken down irretrievably, without …
Law on Sedition (Section 124A) Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), deals with sedition. It was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay and included in the IPC in 1870. It states that ‘Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, …
What’s in the news? Under Operation Kaveri, the first flight carrying 360 Indian nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived at New Delhi. Under Operation Kaveri, the Government of India is working relentlessly to evacuate Indian nationals from Sudan and bring them …
What’s in the news? The Union Ministry of MSME has launched the revamped CGTMSE Scheme. CGTMSE has been provided with an additional corpus support of ₹9,000 crore in the Union Budget for FY 2023-24 to revamp its Scheme to provide …
About the Scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) addresses the old age income security of the working poor. It is focused on the unorganized sector workers. It encourages the workers in the unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement. The …
What’s in the news? The 7th edition of joint military exercise “AJEYA WARRIOR-23” between India and the United Kingdom is being conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from 27 April to 11 May 2023. Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR is a biennial …
About PMEGP Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a central sector scheme administered by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises since 2008-09. It is a major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at assisting first generation entrepreneurs for setting …