What is it? E-Chhawani portal and mobile app was launched by the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi recently. The portal has been created to provide online civic services to over 20 lakh residents of 62 Cantonment Boards across the …
BACKGROUND On February 1, 2021, in the wake of the intensification in the farmers protest and reports of violent incidents on January 26, a number of Twitter accounts became inaccessible in India. It was unclear whether this was Twitter’s decision, …
About RTI Act, 2005 Under the RTI Act, 2005, Public Authorities are required to make disclosures on various aspects of their structure and functioning. This includes: (i) disclosure on their organisation, functions, and structure, (ii) powers and duties of its …
About PRAGATI The multi-purpose and multi-modal governance platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) was launched on 25th March 2015. PRAGATI also helps in monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India, as well as projects …
About India- Bangladesh border Currently, India shares the longest land border with Bangladesh, stretching over 4,096.9 km. This boundary falls in five Indian states—West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura—and runs through a diverse topography, including dense forests, hills, river, …
About: Shramshakti Portal is a National Migration Support Portal. It will record various data including demographic profile, livelihood options, skill mapping and migration pattern. It would effectively help in the smooth formulation of state and national level programs for migrant …
About the SKOCH Challenger Award The SKOCH Challenger Awards are distinctive for its approach of selection of awardees, which is not based on the nomination but on discovery. It is considered India’s Highest Independent Honour and is conferred after exhaustive …
NEWS The Wistron incident (recently its workers rioted at its iPhone factory outside Bengaluru) is an example of how exploitative labour practices could accompany businesses moving to India. BACKGROUND Apple has decided to place its Taiwanese supplier- Wistron Corp., on …
About PRAGATI: The multi-purpose and multi-modal governance platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) was launched in 2015. PRAGATI helps in monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India, as well as projects flagged by various …
What are OTT platforms? OTT stands for “over-the-top” and refers to the productized practice of streaming audio and video content to customers directly over the web. These platforms started out as content hosting platforms, but soon branched out into the …