Significance of MSMEs: With aroSund 63.4 million units throughout the geographical expanse of the country, MSMEs contribute around 6.11% of the manufacturing GDP and 24.63% of the GDP from service activities as well as 33.4% of India’s manufacturing output. They have been able to provide employment to around 120 million persons and contribute around …
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Introduction: Japan and China claim the uninhabited islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Tiaoyu in China, as their own, but Japan has administered them since 1972. The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands were formally claimed by Japan in 1895. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the island chain was controlled by the US until …
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Introduction: PM e-Vidya scheme which has been launched for multi-mode access to digital/ online education. Under the PM e-Vidya programme, there will be 12 DTH channels introduced, with one each dedicated to classes 1 to 12. E- Vidya: The main objective of PM eVidya program is to educate students through digital platforms so that …
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Introduction: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced major reforms for Public Sector Undertakings, as a result of which many sectors are likely to see large-scale consolidation and divestment of State-run firms. The government will soon announce a new PSU policy, which will focus on privatising PSUs in non-strategic sectors based on feasibility. The …
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Introduction: A solar eclipse takes place when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth. Country witnessed an annular solar eclipse on 21th June, 2020. This eclipse is a rare annular eclipse that occurs once in every one or two years, and coincides …
Introduction: In a bid to tackle malnutrition, government is developing an Atlas to map the crops and food grains grown in different regions of the country so that nutritious protein rich food in local areas can be promoted. The ministry of Women and Child Development in association with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …
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Introduction: Millions of people worldwide are living today with less water than they need, be it in the world’s most prosperous cities or agricultural heartlands. According to the UN, nearly a billion people lack access to basic drinking water. Women and girls spend an estimated 200 million hours hauling water every day. …
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Introduction: Chinese authorities plans to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature to enact a national security law that pro-democracy campaigners say is aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city. A motion to enable the drafting of the law which targets secession, sedition, terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong was brought before the …
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Introduction: India and Vietnam held delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House in Delhi. While the Indian delegation was led by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, his Vietnamese counterpart Dang Ngoc headed the Vietnam team. Dang was on a three-day visit to India. During the visit, Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet announced the operation of five new routes …
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Introduction: Around 15 million girls become victims of child marriage every year across the world. The United Nations says that more than 21% young women and 4% young men the world over were married before they turned 18. At present, 650 million girls and women alive were married before their 18th birthday. Massive efforts …
Aspect on how COVID19 affects children: Nearly 50 per cent of parents of children below five years of age have not been able to access immunisation services during the nationwide lockdown imposed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, says child rights NGO CRY. According to the study, access to immunisation suffered a huge setback …
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Introduction: Centre banned the Jamaats-e-Islami J&K (JeI), houses of dozens of workers and leaders of the group have been sealed by authorities at several locations across the Kashmir valley. Magistrates issued orders of sealing all institutions and properties linked to the JeI. The home ministry, on 28 February, had declared the JeI an unlawful …
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Introduction: Indian lenders want the government to provide up to $2 billion to set up a “bad bank” at a time when their heavy pile of soured debt is expected to double in size due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to media reports. The banks have proposed that the government set up an asset …
Introduction: For the first time in Catholic history, 190 global church leaders have gathered in the Vatican to address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse, described as the most serious crisis in the church since the Reformation What’s the summit about? The Vatican sexual abuse summit, officially the Meeting on the Protection of Minors …
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Introduction: India welcomed the power-sharing deal announced by Afghanistan between President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, which ended months of political discord triggered by last year’s disputed presidential election. The Ministry of External Affairs said India hoped the political agreement and creation of a council for national reconciliation will result in renewed …
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Introduction: Prime Minister Modi, who addressed the grand ‘Howdy,Modi!’ event in Houston, described data as the “new oil” and the “new gold”. He also indicated that India was in a strong position to lead the world in the industry 4.0 revolution, that relies on big data analytics and digital technology to improve manufacturing. Making …
Key observations made by the ICJ: Islamabad has violated Article 36 of Vienna Convention of Consular Relations, 1963, by not informing India about Jadhav’s arrest immediately after Pakistan Army had taken him into custody. India had been deprived of ‘right to communicate with and have access to Jadhav, to visit him in detention and to …
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Introduction: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently held a video conference with his counterparts from India, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan and South Korea on issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. Pompeo and his counterparts discussed the importance of international cooperation, transparency, and accountability in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and in addressing its causes. …
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Introduction: At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal. This set out a global action plan to limit global warming to well below 2OC and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5OC. But despite the global efforts, there are forecasts that the world …
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Introduction: HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of the world’s most serious public health challenges. Around 37 million people worldwide are living with HIV. Of these, 1.8 million are children under 15 years of age The remarkable research breakthrough that appears to have cured the anonymous “London Patient” of HIV is based …
