SUPREME COURT COMES DOWN ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Sexual harassment of women at workplace is an affront to their fundamental right to equality and a life with dignity, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment. Sexual harassment at the workplace is an affront to the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under Articles 14 […]
COVID-19 DECLARED PANDEMIC BY WHO, STATES TO BE ASKED TO INVOKE EPIDEMIC DISEASE ACT
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology, Prelims Why in news? The World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11 said that according to its assessment, COVID-19 “can be characterised as a PANDEMIC.” WHO has been assessing this outbreak round-the-clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by […]
SHARED ECONOMY AT $2 BILLION BY END-2020
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? The shared economy in India is estimated to be an about $2 billion industry by the end of the current 2020 year, according to a recent report by Maple Capital Advisors. What is Shared Economy? The sharing economy is a way of distributing goods and services that differs […]
THERMAL COAL IMPORTS FOR 2019 RISE 12.6%
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? India’s thermal coal imports rose 12.6% to nearly 200 million tonnes in 2019, government data reviewed by Reuters showed, reflecting the second straight year of growth in shipments of the fuel despite attempts by the government to cut imports. India’s Coal Imports Coal is among […]
OIL SURGES ON HOPE OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Focus: GS-III Economic development Why in news? Oil prices surged by around 8% on 10th March 2020, a day after the biggest rout in nearly 30 years as investors eyed the possibility of economic stimulus and Russia signalled that talks with OPEC remained possible. Joint Steps with Russia Russian Oil Minister Alexander Novak said he […]
LPG SCHEME PM UJJWALA YOJANA CLOSED, BUT ONLY 3 STATES HAVE GONE KEROSENE-FREE
Focus :GS-II Social Justice Why in news? A parliamentary committee has said only three States and five Union Territories have become kerosene-free. Government in September last met the target of eight crore LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on September 2020. Details of the report The report of the Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum, […]
EX-MINISTER SET TO JOIN BJP TODAY, LIKELY TO FILE NOMINATION FOR RS
Focus: GS-II Indian Polity, Governance, Prelims Why in news? Over 22 Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh had resigned from the Assembly on March 10, bringing the government into a political crisis. Following the resignation of Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia from the party, 13 MLAs and six Ministers owing allegiance to him, sent their resignations. What […]
TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India)
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) came into existence in 1987. It is a national-level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India. TRIFED has its registered and Head Office located in New Delhi and has a network of 13 Regional Offices located at various […]
GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH MAHUA-BASED ALCOHOLIC DRINK
Focus: GS-III Agriculture, Economic Development Why in news? The government is set to launch a mahua-based alcoholic beverage in the market for the first time. Called Mahua Nutribeverage. The beverage has a high nutritional value and relatively low alcohol content, at 5 per cent. It has been developed by IIT-Delhi after two years of research […]
COVID-19 OUTBREAK COULD HELP AGRI EXPORTS
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Agriculture Why in news? In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Centre has identified 21 agricultural products, including honey, potatoes, grapes, soya beans and groundnuts, in which Indian exports could benefit from trade restrictions against Chinese goods. Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on India’s agricultural trade report prepared […]