BRICS and New Development Bank
Established in 2015 by BRICS countries, the New Development Bank is a multilateral development bank aimed at mobilising resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other EMDCs.
SpaDeX Mission
ISRO completed the docking process of the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) satellites. India has become the fourth country to achieve the feat.
Feminisation of agriculture
The feminisation of agriculture refers to the increasing participation of women in agricultural activities. But how can this shift translate into greater decision-making power and economic independence for them? Women contribute around 63 per cent of the agricultural labour force in India, yet they lack access to key resources such as land ownership, finance, and
Genome India Project
Recently, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has made the genome data of 10,000 individuals publicly accessible, under the Genome India Project (GIP)
Schemes related to girl child
Must-know schemes related to the girl child NPS Vatsalya scheme, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Mission Poshan 2.0, Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao.
Indus River system and Indus Water Treaty
The Indus Water Treaty was signed by India and Pakistan on September 19, 1960 to determine the distribution of the waters of the Indus and its tributaries. But what is a river system, and which rivers form the Indus River system? The 64-year-old Indus Water Treaty is again in the news amid India’s push to renegotiate
Tariff war
A tariff war is an economic conflict in which each country levies an additional tax on the other’s exports. Resulting in trade wars which might impact global trade.
Lal Bahadur Shastri and Tashkent Declaration
Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second prime Minister of India, was born on October 2, 1904, in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (formerly known as Mughalsarai)
Earthquakes—Why is the Himalayan zone seismically active?
An earthquake is an intense shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth’s surface. It happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
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Geographical Indication & Intellectual Property Rights
A Geographical Indication (GI) is a tag used on products that originate from a specific geographical area and have qualities or a reputation that are characteristic of that region.
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