Monthly Archives: March 2021

In News Recently, Freedom House has downgraded India’s status from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free‘ in its annual report, Freedom in the World 2021. About the Report It is an annual global report on political rights and civil liberties, composed of numerical ratings and descriptive texts for each country and a select group of territories. Coverage […]

In News: Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the Food Waste Index Report 2021. The index was prepared by using data from 54 countries and then extrapolated to the remaining countries. Key Findings The report estimated that 931 million tonnes of food were wasted in 2019. It has revealed that 17% of all […]

  In News: The DRDO successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The air-to-air missiles, which use SFDR technology, can achieve longer ranges as they do not require oxidisers, among other reasons. DRDO began developing SFDR […]

In News –External Affairs Minister made a strong outreach to Bangladesh  on his bilateral visit. The visits have been timed with celebrations to mark 50 years of the 1971 liberation war that led to the birth of Bangladesh. Key Points Both the countries are working so hard to expand relationships in all dimensions, ranging from […]

In News: The government has amended Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017, bringing insurance brokers within their ambit . Key Highlights Policyholders will now be enabled for making complaints electronically to the ombudsman and a complaints management system will be created to enable policyholders to track the status of their complaints online. Insurance brokers have been brought […]