In News Recently, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority announced a change in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the year 2023 in accordance with the Drugs (Price Control) Order, 2013, or DPCO, 2013. About The Union Health Ministry maintains a National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) which satisfies the priority health care needs of the […]
In News Recently, the Prime Minister addressed the One World TB Summit and announced initiatives for elimination of Tuberculosis by 2025 . About One World TB Summit is organised by the Ministry of Health to take forward the Indian vision of ‘One Earth, One Health’ . To achieve the goal of elimination Of TB by […]
In News An agreement was signed recently between China and the Central American country of Honduras to establish diplomatic ties, after Honduras ended its diplomatic ties with Taiwan. About China has never recognized Taiwan as an independent political entity, arguing that it was always a Chinese province under its “One China” policy. Despite the policy […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 3 For private campuses, Institution of Eminence tag gift-wrapped in red tape (Polity and Governance) Know about Institutions of Eminence scheme, its features, and significance. GS 2 8 Protest turns black, torn papers hurled at the speaker (Polity and Governance) What […]
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 PPF, Sukanya Samriddhi interest rate hike unlikely (Polity and Governance) Know about Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) GS 3 9 A shared G20 vision for the ocean commons (Economy) What is the Blue Economy? Significance, […]
Context India’s G20 presidency would play an important role in promoting individual and collective actions to facilitate the transition towards a sustainable blue economy. G20 countries & significance of oceans The G20 countries together account for around 45% of the world’s coastlines and over 21% of the exclusive economic zones (EEZs). The oceans are the […]
In News Recently Lebanon saw mass Confusion after its government decided to delay DST by a month. About Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again. The daylight saving time is followed in over 70 countries on various dates. India […]
In News National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna CPSE, under Ministry of Mines and country’s leading manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, has successfully developed a Bauxite Certified Reference Material (CRM) naming as BARC B1201 in joint collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). This is the first of its kind CRM in […]
In Context The Environment Ministry has taken various measures for the Conservation and protection of Great Indian Bustards. Some important steps in this regard are as follows The Great Indian Bustard is listed in Schedule-I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Important habitats of Great Indian Bustards are designated as National Parks/ sanctuaries. The […]
In News A team of marine biologists during routine monitoring of marine litter in some of the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands, have stumbled upon a piece of rock made from plastic. About The rock which was discovered on a beach on Aves Island is the first such find from India. Known as Plastiglomerate, the […]
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