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1) Article 103: If any question arises as to whether a member of either House of Parliament has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1) of article 102, the question shall be referred for the decision of the President and his decision shall be final. Before giving any decision on anyRead more

1) Article 103: If any question arises as to whether a member of either House of Parliament has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1) of article 102, the question shall be referred for the decision of the President and his decision shall be final. Before giving any decision on anyRead more

1) Guillotine: In legislative parlance, to “guillotine” means to bunch together and fast-track the passage of financial business. It is a fairly common during the Budget Session in Lok Sabha. Parliament goes into recess for about three weeks after budget presentation, during which the House Standing Committees examine Demands for Grants for various Ministries, andRead more

Hamari Dharohar Scheme: It was launched in 2015 by the Minority Affairs ministry. The scheme has been formulated to preserve the rich heritage of minority communities of India. The scheme provides for curating rich heritage of minorities under the overall concept of Indian Culture which includes curating exhibitions, preservation of literature/ documents etc. Preservation ofRead more

One World TB Summit: It is being organised on World Tuberculosis Day at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi.This summit is being organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Stop TB Partnership (Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership is a UN hosted organisation).Various initiatives launched: TB-Mukt Panchayat initiative; the official pan-IndiaRead more

Aravalli Green Wall Project: The project is a major initiative to green the 5 km buffer area around Aravalli Hill.It is part of the Union Environment Ministry’s vision to create green corridors across the country to combat land degradation and desertification. The project covers the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. Some of theRead more

INS Androth:It is an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC).It is built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata for the Indian Navy. Primary Role: To conduct anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, low-intensity maritime operations, and mine-laying operations. It is also capable of full-scale sub-surface surveillance of coastal waters and various surface platformsRead more

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF):Recently, an Inter-Ministerial delegation from India led by the Department of Commerce participated in the second IPEF negotiating round in Bali, Indonesia. It is an economic initiative launched by United States in May 2022.IPEF has fourteen member states: Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines,Read more

1) Aragalaya: It is a Sinhalese word for “struggle”. It is being used widely to describe the daily gathering of people at Colombo that began with the demand that Gotabaya resign as President and make way for a new dispensation, even “a new system”. aragalaya also captures the struggle of individual Sri Lankans to findRead more

1) Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID): It is a public platform started by the WHO in 2008 for countries to share genome sequences. Created as an alternative to the public domain sharing model, GISAID’s sharing mechanism took into account the concerns of Member States by providing a publicly accessible database designed byRead more