BIMSTEC: A vision to Develop Bay of Bengal

On July 1, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Organizations  

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What is BIMSTEC? The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity. This sub-regional organization came into being on 6 June 1997 through the Bangkok Declaration. It

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Blockchain Technology: How it may revolutionize the future

On June 25, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Science & Technology  

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What is Blockchain Technology? The blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invention – the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved into something greater. Simply put, BlockChain is an encrypted, distributed database that records data. BlockChain is a growing number of records, which

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21st Century Women: creating a striking niche in Indian Defence Forces

On June 5, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Defence  

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Women have been working in Indian Armed Forces since 1888. The women have been primarily working as nurses until 1992. Since 1992 all wings of Indian Armed Forces allowed women in combat supervisory roles (officers) and support roles, except Indian Army. Females are not allowed to serve in combat units like the Infantry, the armored

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ISRO: Creating a new bulwark for India in outer Space

On May 30, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Science & Technology  

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ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization is a government agency with its headquarters in Banglore is responsible for India’s Space programmes. India’s space programme had a humble beginning when Jawahar Lal Nehru established Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in 1962. Vikram Sarabhai, now regarded as the father of India’s Space Programme was the

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Operation Vijay

On May 18, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Defence  

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Operation Vijay is the name given to two military operations in the history of independent India. The first Operation Vijay was the military action by which Republic of India took control of Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1962. The second Operation Vijay is more recent military action by India to clear

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Electoral Bonds

On May 6, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Socio-political  

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What are electoral bonds? Electoral bonds are a new and unique concept introduced by Modi government in a Finance Bill 2017. The idea behind the use of electoral bonds is to promote transparency in political funding and curb the usage of black money. The electoral bonds are in form of promissory notes that are payable

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E-Technology as a Helping Hand to Agriculture

On April 30, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Socio-economic  

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Agriculture in India is the core sector for food security, nutritional security, and sustainable development & for poverty alleviation. It contributes approx. 14 % of GDP. Milestones in agriculture development in India includes: Green revolution, Evergreen revolution, Blue revolution, White revolution, yellow revolution, Bio technology revolution and the most recent one is Information and communication

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Indo-Israel Relationship

On April 18, 2019   /   Current Affairs, International Relations  

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Indo-Israel relationship: Partner in Distress Today, the Indo-Israel relationship continues to reach new heights with growing ties between Israel and India. The relationship has moved beyond defence cooperation and is also focussed on economic and high end technology cooperation as well as boosting people-to-people linkages through cinema and tourism. Relations between Jerusalem and New Delhi

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UNSC Permanent Seat: What do we get?

On April 8, 2019   /   Current Affairs, International Relations  

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United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of United Nations created following World War II. The body was given the responsibility of ensuring international peace and security. It pursues its objectives through the powers vested in the council which include establishing of peacekeeping operations and imposing international sanctions. It is

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Model Code of Conduct: how does it ensure level playing field in Indian democracy?

On April 1, 2019   /   Current Affairs, Socio-political  

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With upcoming Lok Sabha Election of 2019, there is a lot of talk about the model code of conduct during the elections. We will discuss briefly what is model code of conduct? what does it imply and why is it necessary. What is Model code of conduct? It is a set of guidelines laid down

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