What’s the news ? In October 2020, eight critically endangered Oriental white-backed vultures were released into the wild for the first time in India from the Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (JCBC) situated at the Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary in …
Exotic species Exotic species, often referred to as alien, nonnative, nonindigenous, or introduced species of Plants and Animals, are those that occur in areas outside of their natural geographic range. The presence of an exotic species may have a significant …
About the Portal The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently unveiled the e-shram portal which aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued …
About The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is said to have been constructed on the site of the Kashi Vishwanath temple which had been demolished by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1669. Background The Hindu faith’s …
About AFSPA Passed in 1958 for the North-East and in 1990 for Jammu & Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) gives armed forces special powers to control “disturbed areas”, which are designated by the government when it is …
About EMRS The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) was introduced in the year 1997-98 with an objective to provide quality middle and high-level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas in order to enable them to …
What is it? A ‘2+2 dialogue’ is used for installation of a dialogue mechanism usually between two countries’ defence and external affairs ministries. To put it simply, ‘two plus two dialogue’ is an expression used to indicate that two appointed …
CONTEXT The forthcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from November 1-12, 2021 is to re-examine the coordinated action plans to mitigate greenhouse gases and climate adaptation measures. Hence, in order to achieve the goal …
What’s in the news? The 5th edition of Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, EXERCISE KAZIND-21 culminated recently at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan. In the Joint Exercise which began on 31 August 2021, training was focused on Counter Insurgency/ Counter Terrorism …