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MANAS PLATFORM Subject: Governance Context: Recently, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has virtually launched the MANAS Platform. Concept: About MANAS Platform The MANAS platform stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System. It was endorsed as a national program by the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council […]
NCSC Subject: National Organisations Context: National Commission for Scheduled Castes starts online complaints portal. Concept: NCSC is a constitutional body that works to safeguard the interests of the scheduled castes (SC) in India. Article 338 of the constitution of India deals with this commission: It provides for a National Commission for the Scheduled […]
QUAD Subject: International Relations Context: Navies of the ‘Quad’ can swing together to tackle any threat in Indo-Pacific: Top Indian & US commanders. Concept: It is a four-nation alliance of India, Australia, USA and Japan which was established in 2007. It is often dubbed as an “Asian” or “mini” NATO, and is viewed […]
MONKEYDACTYL Subject: Environment Context: Researchers have described a pterosaur species with opposable thumbs, which could likely be the earliest-known instance of the limb. Concept: The pterosaur species were reptiles, close cousins of dinosaurs and the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight. They evolved into various species; while some were as large […]
NOTIFIED DISASTER Subject: Disaster Management Context: Declare Covid-19 pandemic a natural calamity to allow use of disaster funds: Uddhav Thackeray to PM Concept: Disaster Management Act, 2005 provides for the effective management of disaster in India. Overall responsibility: The Disaster Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs has the overall responsibility for […]
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN COURTS Subject: Polity Context: Ambedkar had proposed Sanskrit as official language: CJI Bobde Concept: Article 348 (1) of the Constitution of India provides that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High court shall be in English Language until Parliament by law otherwise provides. Under Article 348 (2), […]
ONE NATION ONE CARD Subject: Governance Context: Delhi starts rolling out Union govt’s ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme. Concept: About the scheme: One Nation One Ration Card (RC) will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants can access PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice. Benefits: No poor person […]
INDIAN RHINO VISION 2020 Subject : Environment Context : The ambitious Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020) came to a close with the release of two rhinos — an adult male and a female — in Assam’s Manas National Park transported from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 185 km east. Concept : Designed in […]
REGISTER OF INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS OF NAGALAND (RIIN) Subject: Governance Context: An apex body of Naga tribes has asked the Nagaland government not to be hasty with the exercise to prepare the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), seen as a variant of Assam’s National Register of Citizens. Concept: Launched in July 2019. […]
RADCLIFFE LINE Subject: Security Concept: The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat till international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir, dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries. Radcliffe divided India into three halves: West Pakistan, East Pakistan and India. It was named after the chairman of […]