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New Regulatory Bodies to Cover Traditional Medicines

Why in News Recently, the Rajya Sabha passed the National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine (NCIM) Bill, 2019 and the National Commission...

19 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Real-time Train Information System

Why in News The Real-time Train Information system is being installed in locomotives to enable better tracking of train movement. The RTIS...

19 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

The Big Picture: Road Safety - Global Goals 2030

The given debate is about road safety and the global goals to curb road accidents by 2030. Recently, top government officials of more than 100...

18 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding

The National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) were released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2004. These are in...

18 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Anti-HIV Drugs for COVID-19

Why in News The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines on the ‘Clinical Management of...

18 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha about the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) while...

18 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Permanent Commission for Women in Indian Navy

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the right of serving Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers of the Navy to be granted...

18 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Use of Waterways for Reducing Transportation Cost

Why in News Recently, the Minister of State for Shipping has informed in the Rajya Sabha that significant savings in the cost of transportation are...

17 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Maharashtra: Top Performer in Organ Donation

Why in News Recently, Maharashtra surpassed Tamil Nadu and Telangana and became the top performer in the field of organ donation. Sensitisation...

17 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

ICMR to test for Community Transmission of COVID-19

Why in News The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced that it would start testing influenza patients without any travel history or...

17 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Why in News Recently, information related to the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) was given by the Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD). Key...

17 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Covid-19 and India

This article is based on “Smart-locking India” and “Virus, on balance: Dealing with coronavirus requires a clear public health...

16 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

New Website of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Why in News Recently, a new website of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy was launched. The Ministry website hosts KUSUM Scheme Portal,...

16 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on COVID-19

Why in News The Video Conference of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Leaders on COVID-19 was held recently. All the...

16 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

ROPAX Service

Why in News The Ministry of Shipping has launched a roll on-roll off cum passenger ferry service, called ‘ROPAX’, between Mumbai and...

16 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

AT-1 Bonds

Why in News Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a proposal to write-down Additional Tier-1 (AT-1) bonds as part of the SBI-led...

14 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

National Biopharma Mission

The National Biopharma Mission (NBM) is an industry-academia collaborative mission for accelerating biopharmaceutical development in the...

14 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Spanish Flu

Why in News As COVID-19 declared a global health crisis, parallels are being drawn with the Spanish influenza of 1918-19, which is considered the...

14 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Public Financial Management System (PFMS)

The Public Financial Management System (PFMS), earlier known as Central Plan Schemes Monitoring System (CPSMS), is a web-based online software...

14 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions

Masks and Hand Sanitizers Under EC Act, 1955

Why in News Recently, the central government has notified that masks (2 ply and 3 ply surgical masks, N95 masks) and hand sanitizers as essential...

14 Mar 2020 Government Policies & Interventions