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International Monsoons Project Office

In News  The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) . About International Monsoons Project Office It was established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) under an agreement between the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and IITM, with the approval of the Hon’ble Minister of […]

Operation Ganga

In News  Recently,‘Operation Ganga’  was launched by the government of India to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine.  About ‘Operation Ganga’ Under this, India has already successfully brought back more than a 1,000 of its nationals from the country.  It has also set up 24×7 control centres to assist in the evacuation of Indians through […]

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

In News  Recently, Ukraine filed an application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). About  In its Application, Ukraine contends, “the Russian Federation has falsely claimed that acts of genocide have occurred in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts of Ukraine, and on that basis recognized the so-called ‘Donetsk People’s […]

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

In News The Chief Justice of India was addressing the ‘National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Disputes in India’ at the DRDO Auditorium. About Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her […]

World NGO Day

In News Each year World NGO Day is celebrated on February 27th. World NGO Day  About: It is an international day dedicated to recognize, celebrate and honour all non-governmental and nonprofit organisations, and the people behind them that contribute to the society all year around. History: The World NGO (Non-Governmental Organisations) Day assumed its official […]

Employees’ Provident Funds (EPF) Scheme

In Context  More subscribers left the Employees’ Provident Funds (EPF) scheme than the number of new people who joined in the past two years, suggested the latest numbers released by the Union Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. About  In 2020-21, 8.55 million new subscribers were added to the scheme, while 9.78 million subscribers exited […]

Munich Security Conference

In News The latest edition of Munich Security Conference assumed significance as it was here that the Ukrainian President appealed for help ahead of the Russian invasion. Background The security conference set up by an anti-Hitler German has come a long way over the last six decades. Munich gained a grim reputation during the 1973 […]

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

In News Recently, the Cabinet approved implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with a budget of ?1,600 crore for five years. About The National Health Authority (NHA) will be the implementing agency.  The pilot of the ABDM was completed in the six Union Territories of Ladakh, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, […]

Jordan

In News A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said that they had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. About Location It is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe within the Levant region, on the East Bank […]

Ukraine: A short history of its creation

In News  President Vladimir Putin described Russia’s southwestern neighbour Ukraine as a bogus country with no history, identity, or “stable traditions of real statehood”. Overview of Ukraine’s Area, demography, economy Ukraine is in the east of Europe and is bound by Russia to its northeast, east, and southeast, and the Black Sea in the south.  […]