Measuring Food Insecurity What is Food Security? About FAO Measures of FAO Is an increase in child stunting and child wasting necessarily bad? Negative Aspects of FAO What is the Global Hunger Index (GHI)? Steps taken by the government to …
Are Ransomware Attacks Increasing In India? What is ransomware? Which agencies in India deal with cyber-attacks? Critical Information Infrastructure The Information Technology Act of 2000 defines “Critical Information Infrastructure” as a “computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction of which shall …
India, Bangladesh Establish Contact As More Kuki-Chin Refugees Are Expected To Enter Mizoram What is the issue? Kuki-Chin tribe What is India’s stand on refugees? Digital rupee pilot project Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the launch of India’s …
SARAS 3 Telescope Throws Light On The Nature Of Early Stars And Galaxies Recently, scientists have determined the properties of radio luminous galaxies formed just 200 million years post the Big Bang, a period known as the Cosmic Dawn thus …
Australia, Maldives Officials Did Not Attend China’s Indian Ocean Meet Highlights What are the issues? India Indian Ocean Region Association: India’s SARAS radio telescope gives clues to Universe’s 1st stars & galaxies Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru on 28 …
Longest mission of ISRO launched Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C54 carrying an earth observation satellite and eight nano-satellites successfully lifted off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. The PSLV rocket, which …
Loan write-off by banks Banks wrote off more than Rs 10 lakh crore in loans over the last five years, according to RBI data under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. While public sector banks reported the lion’s share of …
SC criticizes for the CECs’ brief terms The tenures of Chief Election Commissioners (CECs), which “slid” from over eight years in the 1950s to just a few hundred days after 2004, showed that the government only gives the independence of …
India’s first suicide prevention initiative The National Suicide Prevention Strategy, the first of its type in the nation, was unveiled by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The strategy includes multi-sectoral partnerships and time-bound action plans to reduce suicide …
India’s landmark child abuse law Ten years after the enactment of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which deals specifically with child sexual abuse, an analysis of POCSO cases across India has found gaps in its implementation …