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Facts in News

                                   Facts in News DSIR-PRISM Scheme The Union Science And Technology Minister has inaugurated a awareness event for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research – Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups and MSMEs (DSIR-PRISM) at IIT Delhi. PRISM is […]

Human Rights Report 2020

In News Released by the U.S. State Department, submitted each year to the U.S. Congress and contains a country-wise discussion of the state of human rights. Also, Freedom in the World 2021 report which was released in March 2021, had downgraded India’s status from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’. Major findings of the Report Concern about […]

Article 244 (A)

News The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution to safeguard the interests of the people in Assam’s tribal-majority districts. Background In the 1950s, a demand for a separate hill state arose around certain sections of the tribal population of undivided Assam. In 1960, various political parties of the […]

WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report

In News Recently, the World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Report 2021. Key Findings of the report Globally The countries with the largest gender gaps in economic participation include Iran, India, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The gender gap in political empowerment remains the largest: women represent only 26.1 percent of some […]

Inflation Targeting

In News The government has kept the inflation-targeting framework (4%, with a tolerance band of +/- 2 percentage points) for the RBI unchanged for the five-year period beginning 1 April 2021. Background The Central Government has notified 4 per cent Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation as the target for the period from August 5, 2016, […]

PLI for Food Processing Sector

In News Recently, The Union  Cabinet approved a ?10,900 crore-production linked incentive (PLI)  scheme for its food processing industry. Key Highlights Implementation This scheme will be implemented over six years till 2026-27 and the government expects it to aid the expansion of production capacities to generate processed food output worth ?33,494 crores. Coverage This scheme […]

The Indian Express

                                                  Indian Express Subject Page No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 6 Need double peace, inside and around Afghanistan: Jaishankar (International Relations) The Afghan peace process and India’s […]

The Hindu

                                      The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains  GS II 1 Surge in cases a cause for concern: Centre (Health) The surge in Covid-19 cases and possible reasons behind it. Also, know about […]

Facts in News

                                    Facts in News Asteroid Apophis It was discovered in 2004 and is 340 metres big. The asteroid has been named after Apophis, the ancient Egyptian deity of chaos and darkness. Earlier NASA classified it as a Potentially […]

50 Years of Bangladesh’s Independence

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has visited Bangladesh for celebrations of 50 years of the War of Liberation and also for Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the visit, two sides signed five MoUs covering areas such as connectivity, commerce, information technology and sports. Highlights of the Meeting […]

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