Bioterrorism A bioterrorism attack is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants. These agents are typically found in nature, but it is possible that they could be…
Time use survey National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has been conducting socio-economic surveys employing scientific methods since 1950. Time Use Survey (TUS), which will collect data on time dispositions of household members, is an area of survey introduced in response…
National Recruitment Agency The National Recruitment Agency or NRA is an independent body that will conduct examinations for government jobs. The decision to set up the NRA was approved by the Union Cabinet on August 19, 2020. The agency will conduct…
Keoladeo National Park The Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park is formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is in Bharathpur District of Rajasthan. It is an important wintering ground of Palaearctic migratory waterfowl and is renowned for its…
IndARC IndARC is India’s first underwater moored observatory was deployed on 23 July 2014 at 78o 56′ N and 12o E in the inner Kongsfjorden where the depth is ~180 m. The Ministry of Earth Sciences evolved a unique moored observatory…
India- Maldives relations As close and friendly neighbours, India and Maldives share ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious and commercial links steeped in antiquity and enjoy cordial and multi-dimensional relations. India was among the first to recognise Maldives after its independence in…
Myopia Myopia or shortsightedness is turning out to be an epidemic across india, and indeed even more in Southeast Asia. At this rate, by 2050, 64 million children in urban India may have myopia The inability to see the distant objects…
The Plight of Slums Eighty lakh children grow in India’s urban slums, and live a life of poverty, amid squalor and harsh living conditions. The slums and other informal settlements where about 49% of its population resides. This population, accounting for around…
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…