# New Frontier Highway   Arunachal Pradesh chief minister “Pema Khandu” has been pushing for the ambitious Frontier highway project along the “India-Tibet border “ It will ensure faster movement of troops if a war like situation arises other than civilian purposes. One of the problems in building this project is the state’s inability to […]

# Ayurveda post graduates   Post graduate students in ayurveda will now be trained and allowed to perform a variety of general surgery, like ENT, Ophthalmology and dental procedures. This decision comes after the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) amended the Indian Medicine Central Council (post graduate ayurveda education Regulations,2016 to include the regulation […]

# National population register   In response to an Right to Information(RTI) application the office of the registrar general of India(RGI) has said that the schedule of the ” National population register” is being finalised and the information about the expected date of the of the first phase of census 2021 is not available. It […]

# Gupkar Alliance   Gupkar alliance is a political alliance of five political parties mainly based in kashmir valley. It includes People’s democratic party(PDP) of Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference(NC) of Farooq Abdullah, Communist party of India(CPI-M), Jammu and Kashmir people’s conference, Awami National Conference. There is an ambiguity about the fact if congress party is […]

# Pollution in Delhi  # COVID-19   The air quality of Delhi improved to “poor” category from “severe” a day earlier due to stronger surface winds and less effect of stubble burning in neighbouring states. The health minister of Delhi Satyendar jain claimed that the peak of “third wave” of covid-19 is over in Delhi […]

# Government to govern OTT platforms   Central government brought “over the top” (OTT) platforms or video streaming service providers like netflix and hotstar and also digital news and current affairs content under the ambit of regulations of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. In a gazette notification issued on 11 november 2020 and signed by […]

# SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION # SCO SUMMIT   FACTS ABOUT SCO: Headquarters- Beijing MEMBER COUNTRIES- Russia, China, India, Pakistan Kazakhastan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajiskistan, Uzbekistan OBSERVER STATES: Iran, Afghanistan, Belarus, Mongolia A virtual summit of SCO is held on 11 NOV under the chairmanship of Russia attended by the head of states of all the member countries. […]