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India-Netherlands Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM)

Context The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Invest India and the Embassy of the Netherlands formalized the India-Netherlands Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM). About Aims and Objectives:  To strengthen bilateral efforts to increase mutual investment activities. To support and develop business cooperation between companies in both the countries To serve as a platform […]

The Malthusian Trap

In News Thomas Malthus elaborated on a concept in his book – “An Essay on the Principle of Population”, which quite famously inspired Charles Darwin. More about the Malthusian trap About: The Malthusian trap or Malthusian check refers to the theory that as the human population grows there is increasing pressure on earth’s resources, which […]

QUAD will increase India’s Trade

In News Recently, Moody’s stated that India’s membership of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) would give it an opportunity to benefit from greater trade and investment flows. Moody’s Forecast: Key Points India is poised to become a growing destination market for goods from the other Quad countries, including commodities, machinery and chemicals. The U.S. and […]

National Service Scheme (NSS)

In News Recently, the President conferred the National Service Scheme NSS Awards for the year 2020-21. Background National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched during 1969, the birth centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi, in 37 universities involving 40000 students. NSS is an extension of the higher education system to orient the student youth to community service […]

Madhav National Park

In News  The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given the green signal to relocate five tigers from three national parks of the state to Madhav National Park (MNP). Madhav National Park(MNP) About: It is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh and is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills.  It was the hunting […]

Rotterdam Convention

In News  International trade of two new hazardous pesticides — Iprodione and Terbufos — has been recommended for “prior informed consent” (PIC) procedure under Rotterdam convention.  The PIC procedure is a mechanism for formally obtaining and disseminating the decisions of importing parties on their willingness to receive future shipments of hazardous chemicals. About  The 17th […]

Attorney General of India

In News  Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi has declined the government’s offer to be Attorney General (A-G) for India . About the Attorney General for India The Constitution of India places the post of the A-G on a special footing.  The A-G is the Government of India’s first law officer, and has the right of audience […]

World Environmental Health Day

In News Recently, World Environment Health Day was celebrated on September 26 which called for an urgent need to strengthen the One Health approach. About World Environmental Health Day The theme for this World Environment Health Day is: Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. There are 17 Sustainable Development […]

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

In News Recently, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully crashed into Dimorphous. About Humanity’s first planetary defence test:  With the collision, the test has been completed successfully in a mission that went exactly as planned without any hitches. Reason for test:  The impact should have nudged the asteroid slightly and subtly changed its orbit […]

Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)

Context The Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to enable support for its NavIC navigation system in new devices to be sold in India from next year. About Indigenous technology: NavIC is an independent stand-alone navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Reliable alternative: It acts as an alternative to the […]