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Why Ukraine Gave up its Nuclear Arsenal? Key Points: Ukraine has totally de-nuclearized between 1996 and 2001. Ukraine’s decision to give up nuclear weapons came after consultations with the United States and Russia, as well as substantial security assurances from the three founding members of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) — the United States, Russia, andRead more

How Dependent is India on Russia’s Weapons? New Delhi has been trying to walk a fine line, negotiating its relationships with the United States and other Western nations on one side, and the historically deep and strategic ties with Russia on the other, even as its stand is becoming incrementally critical to Russia as itsRead more

Reading New Climate Report Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released the second part of its sixth assessment report. This second part of the report is about climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation options. The report: •The first part of this report, on the physical science of climate change in 2021.Read more

3 seas initiative:  The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) is a regular cooperation format that brings together 12 European Union member states between the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea: Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The partners of the 3SI are the UnitedRead more

NPA:  Non-Performing Assets is a loan or advance wherein interest or installments of principal remain overdue for a period of 90 days. Classification of Non Performing Assets: 1. Sub-standard: When the NPAs have aged less than 12 months. 2. Doubtful: When the NPAs have aged more than 12 months. 3. Loss assets: When the bankRead more

POCSO: Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act was enacted to protect the children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography with due regard for safeguarding the interest and well-being of children and was amended in August 2019 to provide more stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for sexual crimes against children. POCSORead more

MSP: The MSP is the rate at which the government purchases crops from farmers, and is based on a calculation of at least one-and-a-half times the cost of production incurred by the farmers. The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) recommends MSPs for 22 mandated crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane.Read more

JCPOA: The JCPOA was the result of prolonged negotiations from 2013 and 2015 between Iran and P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States). The JCPOA obliged Iran to accept constraints on its uranium enrichment program verified by an intrusive inspection regime in return for a partial lifting of economic sanctions. GalliumRead more

Chilka Lake: The Odisha government has proposed to ban movement of mechanised fishing boats in the Mangalajodi area of the Chilika lake, an important haunt of migratory birds, to provide the winged guests an undisturbed ecosystem for six months every year. Mangalajodi is recognised as globally important for the conservation of birds. Migratory birds arriveRead more

Convention on Migratory Species: Bonn Convention is a name of the international treaty on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals, that was adopted in Bonn, Germany in 1979. It came into force in 1983. The convention is simply known as Bonn Convention or CMS (Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species) which is anRead more