References: A recent study reported that "son bias" is on the decline in India as the sex ratio at birth declined from 111 boys per 100 girls in 2011 to boys per 100 girls in 2019-21 the ratio became 108. Major findings of the report: National Scenario: ...
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), more than 1 lakh villages have declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF Plus). These villages are maintaining their ODF status and have mechanisms in place to manage solid and/or liquid waste. They will continue their cleanliness journey...
Refugee arrivals in India began with the partition of the country in 1947 and by the beginning of 2010, the number of refugees in Indian Territory had reached about 450,000. India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or its...
Indian Penal Code 1861: The main objective of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1861 was to 'use the police as a weapon of repression' and to strengthen the British hold on India. Prevention and investigation of crime was never the priority of the British. Most...
News: Recently, some parts of Kerala have reported cases of children below the age of five getting infected with tomato flu. Tomato Flu: This infection is named 'tomato flu' because red blisters appear on the patient's body which gradually increase to the size of a normal...
Recently National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) launched the second phase of Rural Entrepreneur Project in partnership with Sewa Bharti and Yuva Vikas Society. The objective of this initiative is to provide functional skills to the youth of India to enable them to multi-skill and...
Recently the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology launched India's first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) bus. Bisphenol-A pilot plant was also inaugurated at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), an important feedstock for production of epoxy resins, polycarbonate and other engineering plastics. Hydrogen Fuel Cell...
Recently the government has given Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Mithila Makhana. This move is expected to help the growers to get maximum price for their premium produce. Geographical Indication (GI) Tag GI is an indicator used to identify goods with special characteristics originating from...
Form and extent of work, political participation, level of education, health status, representation in decision-making bodies, access to property are some of the relevant indicators, which reveal the status of individual members in society. However, not all members of society, especially women, have equal...
The VideoLAN Client (VLC) media player website has been banned in India. Whereas VLC says that according to its data its website is banned in India since February 2022. VLC and the restrictions imposed on it: VLC: VLC gained popularity in India in the late 90s...
