Prabuddha Bharata

Prabuddha Bharata is the Ramakrishna Order’s monthly journal initiated by Swami Vivekananda in the year 1896. It played a critical role in spreading India’s ancient spiritual wisdom. Some eminent personalities like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo ..

National Marine Turtle Action Plan

The Environment Ministry released the ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’ along with ‘Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines’ recently for conservation purposes. It contains ways and means to respond to stranding, entanglement, injury or deaths of marine mammals and turtles. These ..

Green India Mission

Launched in 2015, Green India Mission is the Central Government’s afforestation initiative aimed at protecting, restoring and enhancing the country’s forest cover. It also focuses on carbon sequestration and emission reduction. Its objective is to increase forest cover on 5 ..

British National (Overseas) Passport

British National (Overseas) Passport is a visa scheme that allows the holders of British national overseas status to live and work in the United Kingdom for up to 5 years. It is to be implemented from January 31. This initiative ..

Thailand’s abortion law

Thailand’s abortion law was amended recently the parliament to legally permit abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Before this, the law imposed up to 3 years prison term for anyone undertaking abortion and up to 5 years for ..

Corruption Perception Index, 2020

Corruption Perception Index, 2020 was recently released by the NGO Transparency International. The index ranks countries according to the estimated levels of corruption in the public sector based on the views of experts and business people. India fell by 6 ..

A68a

A68a is the world’s largest iceberg that broke away from the Larcen C ice shelf in 2017. When it initially got separated from Antarctica, it measured 5,800 square kilometres, almost three times the size of Delhi. This Antarctic ice suffered ..

Atmanirbhar Formation Flight

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is to showcase its products in “Aatmanirbhar Formation Flight” – which will be part of the aerobic display during the 13th edition of Aero India 2021. The 3-day Aero India 2021 event is to be held from ..

Tibetology

Tibetology refers to the study of all aspects involving Tibet, like history, religion, language, culture, politics etc. In a bid to curb Chinese propaganda amid the border standoff at the Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army is considering promotion of Tibetology ..

India Justice Report

The Second edition of the India Justice Report was released recently. It assesses Indian states’ capacity to deliver justice by comparing several parameters across four pillars of justice delivery system, which includes judiciary, police, prisons and legal aid. Maharashtra retained ..