Zika Virus Disease About: Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys. It was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Transmission:  ZVD is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes (AM), mainly Aedes aegypti. This is the […]

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has criticised Government of India over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the Babri Masjid verdict of the Supreme Court. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations with a membership of

Spyware Pegasus The recent digital security breach by a spyware called Pegasus compromisedbphones of multiple activists, journalists and lawyers in India. The spyware was ablento track multiple user applications like messages, emails, audio calls, browsernhistory, contacts including end-to-end encrypted data. The whole incident brought forward the issue of digital security and the ways to achieve

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) The ICDS is a government programme in India which provides food, preschool education, primary healthcare, immunization, health check-up and referral services to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.  The scheme was launched in 1975, discontinued in 1978 by the government of Morarji Desai, and then relaunched by