BRICS and New Development Bank
Established in 2015 by BRICS countries, the New Development Bank is a multilateral development bank aimed at mobilising resources for…
SpaDeX Mission
ISRO completed the docking process of the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) satellites. India has become the fourth country to achieve…
Schemes related to girl child
Must-know schemes related to the girl child NPS Vatsalya scheme, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Mission Poshan 2.0, Beti Padhao, Beti…
Genome India Project
Recently, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has made the genome data of 10,000 individuals publicly accessible, under the Genome India Project…
Feminisation of agriculture
The feminisation of agriculture refers to the increasing participation of women in agricultural activities. But how can this shift translate…
Indus River system and Indus Water Treaty
The Indus Water Treaty was signed by India and Pakistan on September 19, 1960 to determine the distribution of the…
Tariff war
A tariff war is an economic conflict in which each country levies an additional tax on the other’s exports. Resulting…
Lal Bahadur Shastri and Tashkent Declaration
Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second prime Minister of India, was born on October 2, 1904, in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya…
Earthquakes—Why is the Himalayan zone seismically active?
An earthquake is an intense shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth’s surface. It happens when two…
Geographical Indication & Intellectual Property Rights
A Geographical Indication (GI) is a tag used on products that originate from a specific geographical area and have qualities…