iNCOVACC #GS-03 Science and Technology, #GS-02 Healthcare For Prelims iNCOVACC iNCOVACC is an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Bharat Biotech, American company Precision Virologics and the Washington University School of Medicine. Codenamed BBV154, it had received permission for restricted use in November. The nasal […]
Cervical Cancer Vaccine #GS-03 Science and Technology, #GS-02 Healthcare For Prelims Cervical Cancer: Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix (the lowermost part of the uterus) and results in the formation of a malignant tumour there. Cervical […]
Taliban and Shariah Law #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Taliban The word Taliban means “students” in the Pashto language which is the language of ethnic Pashtuns. The organisation was founded in September 1994, by Mullah Mohammad Omar and 50 students in his hometown of Kandahar. […]
Kurdistan #GS-02 International Relations Context: Turkey has launched a military offensive against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) on the Syrian border towns For Prelims Who are Kurds Kurds have been termed as the world’s largest stateless ethnic group and have an […]
Line of Actual Control (LAC) #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Line of Actual Control: The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian–controlled territory from Chinese–controlled territory in parts of Indo-China border. LAC originally referred only to the boundary in […]
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) 2010 #GS-02 Governance For Prelims Provisions of the Act: The act makes it mandatory for all NGOs to receive foreign funds in a designated bank account at the State Bank of India’s New Delhi branch was inserted. All NGOs seeking foreign donations have to open a designated FCRA account at the SBI branch. No funds other than […]
Assam Accords #GS-02 Citizenship For Prelims and Mains: Assam Accords: The Assam Accord was signed in 1985 by the Centre and the Assam government with the All Assam Student Union (AASU) and the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad. This accord was reached to end the […]
Big Tech and the need in India for ex-ante regulation #GS-02 Governance, #GS-03 Economy For Prelims Competition Commission of India (CCI): The CCI is a statutory body which acts as the competition regulator in India and is responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, of 2002. […]
Yemeni Civil War #GS 02 International Relations For Prelims: Yemen: Yemen officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast […]
Conflicts on Judicial appointments #GS-02 Indian Judiciary For Prelims National Judicial Appointments Commission: NJAC was a constitutional body proposed to replace the present Collegium system of appointing judges. It was to be responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in […]