7th International Day of Yoga

7th International Day of Yoga

7th International Day of Yoga Seventh International Day of Yoga (21st June 2021) is being celebrated by the Ministry of Culture at 75 cultural heritage locations across the country. Key Points Proposed by India: The idea of International Day of Yoga (IDY) was proposed by India during the opening of the 69th session of the […]

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BASIC countries:

BASIC countries:

Basic countries:   What is a BASIC?   The four countries’ agreement, which was signed on November 28, 2009, led to the formation of the BASIC group. They consist of Brazil, South Africa, India, and China, four sizable newly industrialised nations. Meaning of the grouping:   The signatory countries share a same perspective on the

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CHANGPA TRIBE

CHANGPA TRIBE

CHANGPA TRIBE :   A semi-nomadic Tibetan group known as the Changpa can be found primarily in Jammu and Kashmir and the Changtang region of Ladakh. A lesser number was largely relocated in order to create the Changtang Nature Reserve and now lives in the western parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region. There were 500,000

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NATO SUMMIT

NATO SUMMIT

  NATO SUMMIT: Context: NATO Summit was held recently in Brussels. It brought together the leaders of all 30 Allied nations. Outcomes of the meet: The heads of the NATO countries said they “remain firmly committed to NATO’s founding Washington Treaty, including that an attack against one Ally shall be considered an attack against us

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National Food Security Act (NFSA)

National Food Security Act (NFSA)

National Food Security Act (NFSA) Notified on: 10th September, 2013. Objective: To provide for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantities of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity. Coverage: 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the

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World-Sickle-Cell-Day-2020

World Sickle Cell Disease Day 2021

World Sickle Cell Disease Day 2021 To commemorate the World Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Day on 19th June, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MOTA) flagged off mobile vans under the Unmukt project for strengthening screening and timely management of SCD in tribal districts of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a

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Sarna Dharam Code Of Adivasi identity and eco nationalism

Sarna Dharam Code: Of Adivasi identity and eco-nationalism Experts on Adivasi culture about the recent resolution passed by the Jharkhand Assembly, asking for a separate religion code for tribals The Jharkhand State Assembly, in a special session sent a resolution to the Union government asking for a separate religion code for the tribal population in the

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