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One health and AMR Subject – Environment Context – Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: FAO launches action plan 2021–2025 Concept – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched its Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR) 2021–2025 on November 19, 2021. The new plan aims to extend FAO’s capacity development assistance to […]
Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Subject – Environment Context – Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Zoonoses as a driver for antimicrobial resistance Concept – In recent years, the use, abuse and misuse of antimicrobials in both, the human and livestock sector, has resulted in large-scale antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among various pathogens and more so, in […]
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Subject – Environment Context – Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: OIE initiatives for responsible, prudent use of antimicrobials in animals in Asia-Pacific. Concept – The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) was established in 1924 in response to the need to fight animal diseases at global level. It […]
Rani Gaidinliu Subject – History Context – Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday virtually laid the foundation stone for the ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur’s Tamenglong district. Concept – A spiritual and political leader, Rani Gaidinliu, belonged to the Rongmei tribe. At 13, she became associated with freedom fighter […]
Matosinhos Manifesto Subject – IR Context – The European Space Agency (ESA) council on Friday approved a manifesto to accelerate the use of space in Europe “to tackle the urgent and unprecedented societal, economic and security challenges faced by Europe and its citizens.” Concept – The European Space Agency (ESA) council approved a […]
Kerala adoption row: DNA test Context: A lady complained against her parents, saying the newborn was forcibly taken and given for adoption and with the connivance of some officials. The baby was brought back from his foster parents in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday as directed by the Child Welfare Committee. It also ordered […]
CEPI and Disease X Context: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has today launched a call for proposals to invite funding applications for innovative platform technologies that can be used to develop vaccines and other immunoprophylactics to rapidly respond to future outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and unknown pathogens, known as “Disease […]
Domestic Workers’ Survey Subject – Economy Context – Domestic workers’ survey kicks of Concept – The first All- India Survey on Domestic Workers was flagged off by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav. The survey, being carried out by the Labour Bureau, was aimed at estimating the number of domestic workers at the national and State […]
Global State of Democracy Report 2021 Subject – Governance Context – Authoritarianism is on the rise, says report Concept – Released by: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Key findings of the report – The number of countries moving towards authoritarianism in 2020 was higher than that of countries going towards democracy. Democratically elected Governments are increasingly […]
Gallantry awards Subject – Defence and Security Context – President gives away Gallantry awards Concept – Gallantry Awards have been instituted by the Government of India to honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces, other lawfully constituted Forces and civilians. These gallantry awards are announced twice […]