Arogya Setu App India launched Aarogya Setu mobile App for helping augment the efforts of limiting the spread of COVID19. Objective of enabling Bluetooth based contact tracing, mapping of likely hotspots and dissemination of relevant information about COVID19. Those who are…
The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) This agreement would facilitate exchange of geospatial information between India and United States for both military and civilian use. BECA The agreement pertains to exchange of Geospatial-Intelligence information for use by the governments…
Mission Karmayogi Mission Karmayogi – the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB). Mission Karmayogi aims to prepare the Indian Civil Servant for the future by making him more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent, and…
Vivad se Vishwas scheme Vivad se Vishwas scheme is a direct tax scheme announced in Budget 2020, for settling tax disputes between individuals and the income tax department. The objective to reduce pending income tax litigation, generate timely revenue for the…
Kisan Suryodaya Yojana Prime minister Modi launched the ‘Kisan suryodaya yojana’ in his home state Gujarat,Aimed at providing day-time electricity to farmers in the State for irrigation and farming purposes. PM Modi said ,”Farmers should save water and adopt the…
Issues of Stubble Burning Stubble burning is intentionally setting fire to the straw stubble that remains after grains, like paddy, wheat, etc., have been harvested. The practice was widespread until the 1990s when governments increasingly restricted its use. Why farmers…
Dasara Festival Mysore Dasara is the “Nadahabha” or the state festival of the state of Karnataka.It is celebrated for 10 days and concludes with Vijayadashami. COVID-19 was the running theme of this year’s mysuru Dasara. The world famous Jamboo Savari (Mysore…
India-UN India was among the select members of the United Nations that signed the Declaration by United Nations at Washington on 1 January 1942. As a founding member of the United Nations, India strongly supports the purposes and principles of the…
Cybersecurity and Cyber Crime Cybersecurity spends in India is rising rapidly because of the massive digitization movement, especially in payments, and the case of internet use on mobile. Cybersecurity means securing cyberspace from attack and economic espionage. Cybersecurity Cyber Space:…
Critical Tiger Habitat – As per the report on tiger census that was released ahead of International Tiger Day on July 29 2020-India has seventy percent of the world’s tiger population and 50 tiger reserves in the country presently. Tigers…