Global Innovation Index 2018 – India Ranks 57th

Global Innovation Index 2018   UPSC Mains General Studies Paper II Topic: Social Justice Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Download Global Innovation Index 2018 PDF    What is Global Innovation Index 2018? Global Innovation Index is jointly released by Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 is the 11th edition of theRead More

World Breastfeeding Week – August 1st to 7th

World Breastfeeding Week Observed from August 1 to August 7 World Breastfeeding Week is observed from August 1 to 7 every year. UPSC Mains General Studies Paper II Topic: Social Justice Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Who organises the World BreastFeeding Week?  World Breastfeeding Week is organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), WHO and UNICEF. What isRead More

Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed in Lok Sabha

UPSC Mains General Studies Paper II Topic: Constitution, Governance, Polity Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed in Lok Sabha Lok Sabha has passed the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018. What is the aim of Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018? Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018 seeks to replace the Central Council ofRead More

What is Grinika Programme?

UPSC Mains General Studies Paper II Topic: India and its neighbourhood- relations. What is Girinka Programme and Where it is being run? Grinika is a national social protection scheme of Rwanda to provide one cow per family The programme was initiated by President Paul Kagame in response to alarmingly high rate of childhood malnutrition and as way to accelerate poverty reduction and integrate livestock and crop farming. Under this programme, poorest residing in regionRead More

Iran Becomes India’s Second biggest Oil Supplier, Replaces Saudi Arabia

Iran becomes India’s second biggest Oil Supplier: Between April 2018 and June 2018, Iran was the second-biggest crude oil supplier to Indian state refiners It replaced Saudi Arabia as the second-biggest oil supplier to Indian state refiners. How did Iran become becomes india’s second biggest Oil Supplier in this period? Thanks to the steeper discounts offered by Iran on the oil, India almost doubled its imports from Iran between April 2018 andRead More

Government to create a new Cell to resolve Child Custody Disputes

A new Mediation Cell will be set up to resolve Child Custody Disputes   It will work under National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) It will resolve child custody disputes arising from cases of transnational marital discord. In Simple words, it will resolve the cases of children who were taken away by one of the spouses without the permission of the other due to marital discord from other countriesRead More