• India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army. The weapon is named “Asmi” meaning “Pride”, “Self-Respect” and “Hard Work”. Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune have…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Adverse events following immunisation Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health Context: • The government has drawn up strategic guidelines for implementing a vaccine programme covering 30…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Gross non-performing assets Mains level: Issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development Context: • Budget pays careful attention to how numbers will play out. The budgeted growth in nominal GDP will be…
Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: Special Marriage Act, 1954 Mains level: Society, communalism, diversity Context: • The Allahabad High Court judgment striking down provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 that make it mandatory for couples to publish a…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: NATO Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India Context: • India’s National Security Advisor (Ajit Kumar Doval) visited Kabul for 2 days. This was the first visit by a…
Mains Paper 2: International relation Prelims level: Global Britain, Global Broker report Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests Context: • UK-based policy institute also known as the Royal Institute of International…
• National Informatics Centre (NIC), along with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is jointly launching CollabCAD Software. What is CollabCAD Software? • CollabCAD is a collaborative network enabled and desktop CAD (Computer -Aided Design) software system. • It…
• India has expressed serious concern over the security situation in the Sahel and Lake Chad region in West Africa. India also condemned terrorist attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria and Lake Chad region and by Islamic State in West…
• Seaweed is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as well as in rivers, lakes, and other water bodies. • Seaweeds, found mostly in the intertidal region, in shallow and…
• Great Green Wall (GGW) is an African-led initiative, which aims to restore the degraded landscapes of the Sahel – one of the world’s most impoverished regions- snaking all the way from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the…
