Collective Security Treaty Organisation: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has marked its 30th year, at anniversary summit hosted by Moscow recently. Collective Security Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance (six countries) that came into effect in 2002. Its origin can be traced to the Collective Security Treaty, 1992 (Tashkent Treaty). The headquarters is […]
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WEF Travel And Tourism Development Index
WEF Travel And Tourism Development Index: This index is the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index’s direct evolution, having been published biennially for the last 15 years. In the 2021 index, India has been ranked at 54th place in the latest edition. In 2019, India had ranked at 46th position. India topped within the South Asia […]
Restrictions On Sugar Exports
Restrictions On Sugar Exports: The central government has imposed restrictions on sugar exports from June 1st, 2022 to increase the availability of sugar in the country during sugar season 2021-22 (October-September) and also curb price rise. Usually, during the festival season of October – November, the demand for sugar increases, and therefore, the government is […]
Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy
Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) recently released the revised Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) and invited inputs on it before June 11th, 2022. NDGFP replaces Draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy, 2022. The Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) aims to enhance […]
Anangpal Tomar II
Anangpal Tomar II: The National Monuments Authority (NMA) (set up for the protection and preservation of monuments under the Ministry of Culture) has planned to erect a statue of Anangpal Tomar II somewhere in central Delhi and develop it into a tourist spot. Many believe he was the founder-king of Delhi. Anangpal II Belonged to […]
Demands For a Separate Bhil Pradesh
Demands For a Separate Bhil Pradesh: The demands for a “Bhil Pradesh” have of late begun to be raised again. Bhil Pradesh is a demand for a separate state for tribal people in western India. The demand is to carve out a separate state from 39 districts spread over four states: 16 in Gujarat, 10 […]
India’s ‘First Lavender Festival’ In Bhaderwah
India’s ‘First Lavender Festival’ In Bhaderwah: Lavender is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The flowers may be blue, violet or lilac in the wild species, occasionally blackish purple or yellowish. Lavender has been used over centuries in traditional medicine and cosmetics. Bhaderwah is a town in […]
Operation Namkeen
Operation Namkeen: Under Operation Namkeen, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 52 kg of cocaine, estimated to be valued at over Rs 500 crore in the international illicit market. In order to interdict the narcotic drugs, “Operation Namkeen” was launched by DRI. DRI, under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), […]
Project NIGAH
Project NIGAH: Delhi Customs Zone, a field formation under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, inaugurated project ‘NIGAH’ at Inland Container Depots (ICD) Garhi Harsaru, Gurugram. Project NIGAH is an initiative to track container by using ICTM (ICD Container Tracking Module) which will help in better visibility of the container movement inside the […]
Green Hydrogen
Green Hydrogen: At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said India will emerge as the leader of green hydrogen by taking advantage of the current energy crisis across the globe. The ‘green’ depends on how the electricity is generated to obtain the hydrogen, which does […]
