In News The Parliamentary Standing Committee on heavy industry highlighted that Phase 2 of the FAME scheme to subsidize electric vehicles has achieved only 51.96 per cent of its target. About The Committee on Estimates (2022-23) for evaluation of electric vehicle policy under the the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries suggested an extension of the […]
In News Recently, the Women and Child Development Ministry informed the Parliament on the contribution of the MGNREGA scheme to the building of Anganwadi centres. About: The Ministry has Informed that 75% of the new anganwadi centres to be constructed in the current year will be built in convergence with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural […]
In Context The government adopted the Panchamrit principles to guide its foreign policy, in actively promoting India’s image as a rising global power. The fifth of these five principles is sanskriti evam sabhyata (cultural and civilisational links). More about the soft power diplomacy Meaning: Soft power is the capacity to influence other nations through the […]
In News Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in West Bengal’s Howrah district after violence erupted during Ram Navami celebrations. Similar clashes erupted in Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. Section 144 Section 144 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 empowers a district magistrate to issue orders to […]
In News Recently, Britain has decided to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) About Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is an 11-nation Indo-Pacific free-trade bloc. Its members are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Britain will be the first new member since the […]
In News The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) may soon be exempt from responding to queries under the Right to Information Act, the government informed Parliament. About The Department of Personnel and Training has reviewed a proposal from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to include CERT-in in the Second Schedule to the […]
In Context The Union Government has given full exemption from basic customs duty on all drugs and food for special medical purposes imported for personal use for treatment of all Rare Diseases listed under the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021. How does the new duty exemption work? The exemption has been granted by […]
In News Recently, Quality Control Orders (QCO) have been issued for cotton, polyester and viscose by the Bureau of Indian Standards. About: For ensuring availability of quality products to consumers, Quality Control Orders (QCOs) are issued by various Ministries/Departments of Government of India in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau […]
News Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, one of the closest allies of Russia. Tactical vs Strategic Nuclear Weapons Tactical nuclear weapons are small nuclear warheads and delivery systems meant to carry out a limited strike in a smaller area. On the other hand, strategic nuclear weapons are […]
In News Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director has visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant . About Zaporizhzhia is an important town in the Ukraine’s southeast that houses the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. It is about 40 km (25 miles) up the Dnieper River from the nuclear plant The Nuclear power plant […]
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