About the NCPCR: The Commission for the Protection of Child Rights Act of 2005 was established in March 2007. It operates under the Ministry of Women and Child Development’s administrative supervision. A child is described as a person who is between the ages of 0 […]
About the NSG: The National Security Guard (NSG) is a counter-terrorism squad established in 1986 by an act of Parliament known as the ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986.’ The idea for such a force arose in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star (an Indian military […]
Context: It’s been a year since the armed forces of China and India clashed in Galwan. Background: India and China share a 3,440-kilometer-long (2,100-mile-long) border with overlapping territory claims. At three sites along the Line of Actual Control in 2020, Indian and Chinese soldiers were […]
Prelims Specific Topic The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has authorized a test kit to detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus’s Omicron form. OmiSure is the name of the kit, which is made by Tata Medical and Diagnostics. Omisure, an RT-PCR kit, had already been referred […]
Context: The fourth edition of Niti Aayog’s state health index for 2019-20 has been issued. The NITI Aayog, the World Bank, and the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry commissioned the “Health Index” as part of a report. In the most recent index, the following […]
What is Western Disturbance: It is an extra tropical storm that originates in the Mediterranean region and brings heavy winter rains to the Indian subcontinent’s northwestern regions. The westerlies drive a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern. Extratropical storms are a global phenomena that carry moisture in the […]
Context: The Centre wants the States to exchange more intelligence through the Multi Agency Centre (MAC), a single counter-terrorism grid run by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that was established after the Kargil war in 2001. Union Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the Directors General of […]
EWS QUOTA The 103rd Constitutional Amendment extended the 10% reservation in direct government recruitment and admission to higher educational institutions to “economically inferior” parts of all castes and communities, including Christians and Muslims, who were previously ineligible under existing quotas. Economically Weaker Section (EWS) is […]
Census: The census provides data on the country’s population’s size, distribution, socioeconomic, demographic, and other characteristics. In 1872, the Census was first conducted by British Viceroy Lord Mayo. It aided in the formulation of new policies and government programs aimed at improving the community’s shortcomings. […]
Context: Given India’s enormous geographical breadth, diverse topography, and favorable meteorological conditions, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has produced a draft National Air Sports Policy (NASP) to maximize the country’s potential for air sports. About the Draft National Air Sports Policy: Aerobatics, aeromodelling, ballooning, drones, […]