Monthly Archives: November 2021
SDG Urban Index by NITI Aayog
In News Recently, NITI Aayog under the Indo-German Cooperation releases the inaugural SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. SDG Urban Index About The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-Germany’s International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and BMZ collaboration focused on driving SDG localization in our cities, under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation. […]
Rani Gaidinliu
In News Recently, Union Home Minister virtually laid the foundation stone for the ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur’s Tamenglong district. About Museum Project The museum project was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in 2019. This would help in preserving and exhibiting artefacts related to the tribal freedom […]
Man-Animal Conflicts
In News Assam’s forest department is planning to collar at least five elephants in high-conflict habitats in the coming months. It is being described as a step to study and mitigate human-elephant conflict in the state. What are Radio Collars? Radio collars are GPS-enabled collars that can relay information about an elephants’ whereabouts. They weigh […]
Global Nutrition Report (GNR) 2021
In Context India has made no progress on anaemia and childhood wasting according to the 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021). About the Global Nutrition Report The Global Nutrition Report was conceived following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013 as a mechanism for tracking the commitments made by 100 stakeholders spanning […]
Indian Express
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 Platforms as publishers, penalties, checking electronic hardware may figure in draft data Bill (Governance) What are the key suggestions believed to have been pushed by the Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) after almost two years of scrutiny on the […]
The Hindu
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 3 1 We care more for a policy on MSP than PM’s apology: Tikait (Polity and Governance/Economy) What were the farm laws that have been repealed? what are the key provisions of 3 Farmers Bills and The Controversies Surrounding them, […]
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 2021
In News Pratham, a pioneering civil society organisation has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. It is awarded for its pioneering work over more than a quarter-century in seeking to ensure that every child has access to quality education, for its innovative use of digital technology to deliver education, for its programmes to […]
INS Visakhapatnam
In News Recently, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. About INS Visakhapatnam It is designed at the Directorate of Naval Design, the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, and built by the state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. It is the first of the stealth guided-missile destroyers being indigenously constructed under Project 15B. […]
UNESCO-ABU Peace Media Awards 2021
In News TV and Radio shows produced by Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively received multiple awards at the recently held ABU – UNESCO Peace Media Awards 2021 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. About All India Radio’s programme ‘Living on the edge – The coastal lives’ won an award in the category of ‘Ethical and […]
