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“Project DANTAK” Completes 60 years in Bhutan

What is the News? Project DANTAK is commemorating its Diamond Jubilee i.e 60 years in Bhutan.  About Project DANTAK Project DANTAK was established in 1961 under the leadership of the Third King of Bhutan and then Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. Objective: It was established with the objective of developing roads, telecommunication networks and other… Continue reading “Project DANTAK” Completes 60 years in Bhutan

Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | 27 Apr, 2021

Read Previous Factly articles Article wise list of factly articles Contents1 “Exercise VARUNA 2021” – Indian and French Navy Conducted the 19th Edition2 “Cybercrime Volunteer Programme” – No Centralised list of Volunteers Maintained3 CSIR-CMERI Indigenously Developed “Oxygen Enrichment Technology”4 “Project DANTAK” Completes 60 years in Bhutan5 India 3rd Highest Military Spender in 2020: SIPRI6 “GloLitter… Continue reading Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | 27 Apr, 2021

CSIR-CMERI Indigenously Developed “Oxygen Enrichment Technology”

What is the News? CSIR-CMERI in association with MSME-DI has indigenously developed Oxygen Enrichment Technology. About Oxygen Enrichment Technology: It is a device that concentrates the oxygen from the air around us by selectively removing nitrogen to supply oxygen-enriched air. The concentrated Oxygen is delivered to the patients, having respiratory diseases, through an oxygen mask… Continue reading CSIR-CMERI Indigenously Developed “Oxygen Enrichment Technology”

“Cybercrime Volunteer Programme” – No Centralised list of Volunteers Maintained

What is the News? Union Home Ministry has said that it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme. The ministry also said that it is because the police is a “State subject” under the 7th Schedule of the Constitution. What is the issue? A Right to Information Act(RTI)… Continue reading “Cybercrime Volunteer Programme” – No Centralised list of Volunteers Maintained

“Exercise VARUNA 2021” – Indian and French Navy Conducted the 19th Edition

What is the News? The 19th edition of the Indian and French Navy bilateral Exercise VARUNA 2021 was conducted in the Arabian Sea. About Exercise Varuna: Exercise Varuna 2021 is a bilateral naval exercise between India and France. Initiated in: The exercise was initiated in 1993. Since 2001, the exercises are called ‘VARUNA’. Aim: The aim… Continue reading “Exercise VARUNA 2021” – Indian and French Navy Conducted the 19th Edition

A Crisis of Reverse Migration

Synopsis- As the Covid-19 curb expands, a crisis of reverse migration of labors from manufacturing centers to native places has appeared once again. Introduction- The second wave of COVID-19 brings a threat of national-wide lockdown. It triggered a mass migration of low-wage migrant workers from industrial centers and cities to their native places just like… Continue reading A Crisis of Reverse Migration

Need to Accelerate Vaccination drive

Synopsis: Need to address the issues that issues that are hampering India’s Accelerate Vaccination drive on a priority basis. Background Currently, India is vaccinating more than three million people per day and has administered more than 140 million doses of the vaccine as of April 25, 2021. However, only about 22.3 million (1.63% of India’s… Continue reading Need to Accelerate Vaccination drive

A Case of Declining Judicial Federalism in India

Synopsis: SC transferred all oxygen supply-related cases in various High Courts. It did so, in the name of prioritising uniformity across nations in the distribution of essential services. This step of SC is against Judicial Federalism in India. Background In Parmanand Katara v. Union of India (1989), the Supreme Court said that ‘the right to… Continue reading A Case of Declining Judicial Federalism in India

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