In News The Ministry of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution has released a set of guidelines for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers on social media platforms. About The guidelines called ‘Endorsements Know-hows’ aims to ensure that the individuals do not mislead their audiences when endorsing products and services and that they are in compliance […]
In News Recently, Indonesian government unveiled the site of the country’s new capital to show the progress made on the city’s construction About The new capital Nusantara is located in East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo East Kalimantan is an area with immense water resources and habitable terrain on Borneo island which […]
In Context India’s carbon sink target is clearly much more ambitious and difficult than the other two that had been achieved about eight years before the deadline. Meaning of ‘carbon sink’ A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases – for example, plants, the ocean and soil. Protecting […]
In News Recently, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the National Assessment and Accreditation Council for discrepancies in its assessment processes. About NAAC The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established in 1994 as an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) with its HeadQuarter in Bengaluru. University […]
In Context On the occasion of ‘5th Jan Aushadhi Diwas‘, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare also inaugurated ‘NaMo Day Care Centre’ and flagged off four NaMo Mobile Healthcare Units. About The Department of Pharmaceuticals is celebrating Jan Aushadhi Diwas from March 1 to March 7, 2023, to create awareness about the Jan […]
In Context The government has recently imposed money laundering provisions on cryptocurrencies. About The Finance Ministry said the anti-money laundering legislation has been applied to crypto trading, safekeeping and related financial services. The notification said, Exchange between virtual digital assets and fiat currencies, Exchange between one or more forms of virtual digital assets, Transfer of […]
In News Recently, the Government accepted a Task force report to modernise India’s transmission system. About The Power Ministry set up a taskforce under the chairmanship of CMD, POWERGRID to suggest ways for modernization of the Transmission Sector and making it smart & future ready. The Task force report has recommended the following solutions to […]
In News Despite progress in closing the global gender gap overall, women and girls continue to be left behind in the digital world. More about the Digital gender gap Meaning: It is the inequalities between men and women in terms of access to information and communications technologies. The term “digital gender gap” was coined by […]
In News SWAMIH has so far provided final approval to about 130 projects with sanctions worth over Rs 12,000 crore. In three years since its inception in 2019, the Fund has already completed 20,557 homes and aims to complete over 81,000 homes in the next three years across 30 tier 1 and 2 cities. About […]
In Context The Gujarat government is in the process of setting up virtual traffic courts in the state under the One Nation, One Challan initiative. About One Nation, One Challan is an initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Aim: It aims to bring all related agencies, such as the traffic police and […]