According to the recently released data by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), as many as 50 entities, or one-fourth of those disclosed in the Mauritius leaks, had India as their only country or one of the countries of activity....
The Centre informed Supreme Court that it is willing to form a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary to consider administrative measures for addressing “genuine, human concerns” faced by same-sex couples in their daily lives in areas such as banking, insurance, etc. The SC has suggested ...
In August 2018, the Union Health Ministry had instructed all the States to put a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) under their jurisdiction. Though Karnataka had banned the sale and production of e-cigarettes in June 2016, but illegal sale ...
A study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has given comprehensive estimates of disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition and the trends of its indicators in every state of India from 1990 to 2017.The estimates were produced as part of the Global Burden of ...
Q1. With reference to agriculture in India, how can the technique of ‘genome sequencing’, often seen in the news, be used in the immediate future? (2017) Genome sequencing can be used to identify genetic markers for disease resistance and drought tolerance in various crop plants. This techn...
GDP or Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all the goods and services produced within the physical borders of a country in a specified time period
Why in News?Recently, the researchers from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in an analysis has found that the Radioactive Discharges from Indian Nuclear Plants have been Minimal.The researchers analyzed the radiological data from six nuclear power plants in India over a period of 20 years (...
Goldfishwas one of the earliest fish to be domesticated and a relatively small member of theCarp family. Releasing it into thewild can lead to giant sizes, making them invasiveand harmful to native marine life, damaging fragile ecosystems. ...
In addition to energy generation, waste-to-energy can fetch significant other benefits like: Success in municipal solid waste management could lead to opportunities in other waste such as sewage waste, industrial waste and hazardous waste. Waste to Energy opportunities exist not just in India but...
The National Anthem of India Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Kolkata Session of the Indian Nati...