Highlight the gender-specific challenges faced during disaster management. In this regard, discuss, how the disaster management cycle can be made more gender sensitive.

India is one of the countries with the highest vulnerability to disasters, according to the global disaster reduction and relief network. Disaster management includes specific gender-related challenges such as: Women are more vulnerable to disasters due to their confinement in ..

How victimisation survey can aid in addressing the shortcomings of crime data collection?

The crime reporting in India miss out on several key areas such as profile of victims, their personal characteristics, victim-offender relationship, FIR registration experiences, experiences of interacting with police, number of days and time taken in getting FIR registered, instances ..

How the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme will aid in strengthening the skill development ecosystem?

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore for introducing a two-year fellowship programme called Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme. Under the programme, eligible fellows in the age ..

What is Global Hunger Index? List the parameters of the Global Hunger Index.

The global hunger index is an annual report jointly published by Ireland’s Concern Worldwide and Germany’s Welthungerhilfe. The index maps hunger to ensure that the world achieves “Zero Hunger by 2030” — one of the Sustainable Development Goals laid out ..

What are the components assessed in the Qs India University rankings? Discuss the standings of Indian Universities in the 2020 Rankings.

The 2020 QS Indian University Rankings have been released. The rankings are the second edition of the standalone rankings for India’s higher education institutions and include public, private, higher education or deemed universities. Standing of Various Institutions The Indian Institutes ..

What are the findings of the Global Hunger Index 2019?

The ranking of India in the Global Hunger Index 2019 has slipped to 102nd position from 95 in 2018. Findings of the Report The top rank was shared by Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait with GHI ..

Many critical issues related to Intellectual property regime has been raised after Covid pandemic along with demand for liberalisation of public health related goods and services. Discuss.

After COVID, different nations, non-state groups and citizens have sought affordable access to patented vaccines and medicines developed to treat COVID. These nations include South American Countries, India, South Africa, etc. Issues raised regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): These drugs ..

In the light of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19, discuss the social composition of teachers in the Higher Education Institutions.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has released the All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19. The report is based on the survey which covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education based on the parameters ..

Why government is collecting data on SC, ST employee in Private Firms?

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has initiated a survey which requires establishments contributing to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) including those from the private sector to furnish information on the number of SC and ST employees in their ..

What are Fixed Dose Combination Drugs (FDCs)? Enumerate the concerns associated and despite all the harms why they are so popular in India?

A fixed drug combination is combination of two or more Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) combined in a single dosage form. Fixed dose combinations (FDCs) were declared irrational by a Health Ministry expert committee set up in 2014. Concerns associated: FDCs ..