CONTEXT The rapid spread of COVID-19 has severely tested primary healthcare systems, which perform multiple functions, across the world. Maternal healthcare services, immunisation, health surveillance, and the screening and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have all been severely disrupted. WHAT …
About IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership union composed of both government and civil society organisations. IUCN has observer and consultative status at the United Nations. As the first global environmental union, it brought …
Competition Act, 2002 The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, prohibits anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control and Mergers and acquisitions), which causes or likely to …
About DDUGKY The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas in 2014. DDU-GKY is tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater …
PDS in India Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy subsidized foodgrain — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg, and coarse grains at Re 1/kg — from their designated Fair …
Why in News: Moderna, the Massachusetts-based American biotechnology company, has indicated that it may begin human trials for a vaccine for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). What is HIV? HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune …
How atomic energy works? Atomic energy can be released in two ways – either by breaking up heavy nuclei, like uranium, into smaller fragments, releasing a lot of energy in the process, or by fusing together light nuclei like hydrogen …
Why in News: Indian Postal Service has released a special cover of Kashmir’s famed hand-knotted carpet. Significance This comes as a boost for the J&K Handicrafts and Handloom Department’s efforts to push for the Geographical Indication (GI) certification, upscale the …