FSSAI urges not to use newspapers for food packaging: Basics Explained

The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), India’s food standards regulatory authority, has advised food vendors and consumers to stop using newspapers for food packaging and storage due…

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Current account deficit amounted to 1.1% of GDP in First quarter: Basics Explained

As per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) India’s current account deficit (CAD) rosed to $9.2 billion in the first quarter(April-June) of 2023-24. It amounted to…

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Micro Plastic in Clouds: Basics Explained

Japanese scientists, in a study published in the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, confirmed the presence of  microplastics  in clouds, where they are likely affecting theclimate in ways that are not…

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Quad nations foreign ministers meet: Basics Explained

The foreign ministers of the Quad nations–Australia, India, Japan and the United States–met in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. reaffirmed their…

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Hoysala ensembles inscription, India’s 42 UNESCO heritage sites

The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala — the famed Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somananthpura in Karnataka have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…

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First WHO report details devastating impact of Hypertension: Basics Explained

In its first-ever report, the World Health Organization (WHO) shows approximately 4 out of every 5 people with hypertension are not adequately treated, but if countries can scale up coverage,…

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The Special Session of Parliament

The government has announced a ‘Special Session of Parliament’ from Sept 18-22. The Constitution does not mention the term “special session.”                However, Article 352 (Proclamation of Emergency) of the…

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Santiniketan in UNESCO World Heritage List: Basics Explained

Santiniketan, in West Bengal’s. where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore spent much of his life, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Santiniketan was a residential school established in…

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PM Vishwakarma: Basics Explained

Prime Minister today launched the PM Vishwakarma scheme. PM Vishwakarma is a new scheme and envisages to provide end-to-end holistic support to the traditional artisans and craftspeople in scaling up…

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Supreme Court on the National Judicial Data Grid portal: Basics Explained

With the Supreme Court of India joining the National Judicial Data Grid  (NJDG) portal, India now has  all three tiers of Indian judiciary on NJDG portal. Now one may access…

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