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At the 17th Asia Media Summit, via video conferencing, the I&B Minister said that Indian media ensured that COVID awareness messages, important government guidelines and free consultations with doctors reached everyone in the country.   Importance of media:   Awareness: During COVID, the Indian media played a very important role in educating the people about theRead more

There are several reforms and governance initiatives that have successfully steered India to its current strength. Contribution of Digital India program Today, India has the world’s fastest-growing and most vibrant startup ecosystem with close to 70,000 registered startups and around 100 unicorns, with a unicorn coming up every week. GST regime: Thanks to the mostRead more

1) Gait analysis: it is defined as a manner of walking or moving on foot. Gait analysis is a technique in podiatry medical care and the treatment of the foot, which is used to evaluate and diagnose conditions that affect walking and posture. For a crime analysis, experts compare the gait of a person seenRead more

1) Security categories: In India, the category covers are X, Y, Y-plus, Z, Z-plus, and SPG (Special Protection Group). X Category: The protectee gets one gunman. Protectees in the Y category have one gunman for mobile security and one (plus four on rotation) for static security. Y Plus category: It receives the cover of two gunmen (plusRead more

1) Foreigner’s Tribunal: these are quasi-judicial bodies established as per the Foreigners’ Tribunal Order, 1964 and the Foreigners’ Act, 1946. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, and has empowered district magistrates in all States and Union Territories to set up tribunals (quasi-judicial bodies) to decide whether a personRead more

1) Turing Test: it is a method of inquiry in artificial intelligence (AI) for determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being. This test is named after Alan Turing (1912-1954), an English computer scientist. He described it calling the ‘imitation game’. If an wvaluator is unable to distinguish betweenRead more

1) Indus Waters Treaty: it is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank signed in Karachi in 1960. According to this agreement, control over the water flowing in three “eastern” rivers of India — the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej was given to India The control over the waterRead more

1) Colour- Coded Weather Warning:  It is issued by the IMD whose objective is to alert people ahead of severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause damage, widespread disruption or danger to life. 2) Kalamkari: it is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile produced in Isfahan, Iran, and in theRead more

1) Masked Aadhar: Masked Aadhaar numbers are created by substituting the first eight digits of the Aadhaar number with characters such as “xxxx-xxxx,” leaving only the final four digits exposed. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Sunday withdrew an advisory issued by the Aadhaar agency which cautioned people to not share a photocopy ofRead more

1) Ranajana Prakash Desai committee: Appointed by Uttarakhand to examine ways for implementation of uniform civil code, including a review of laws of marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. Also, the head of the Delimitation commission 2) Akruti: The programme AKRUTI-KRUTIK-FORCE: is an initiative from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. The scheme aims to create structured and scalableRead more