Ancient Dance Drama “Ashtapadiyattam” It is “Gita Govindam” written by 12th century poet Jayadeva (considered the founding father and one amongst the pioneers of Bengali literature), in Guruvayur, Kerala Gita Govindam’s unusually wide appeal comes from the story of Sri Krishna and his love for Radha. Although the ‘Ashtapadiyattam’ in its original form is no... Continue Reading →
IN NEWS Objective: With a view to integrate farmers with bulk purchasers including exporters, agro- industries etc. for better price realization through mitigation of market and price risks to the farmers and ensuring smooth agro raw material supply to the agro industries Salient features of Model Contract Farming Act, 2018 are: The Act lays special... Continue Reading →
In news: On April 4, the Union Cabinet approved the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018, in order to protect and promote better human rights in India. The Bill intends to give the NHRC teeth as well as claws to act against human rights violations. Background: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been... Continue Reading →
In news: Recently, the government has put in place the draft of a new law – Digital Information Security in HealthCare Act (DISHA). The law is meant to protect digital health data. With healthcare providers’ growing dependence on IT, there’s all the more need for stronger data protection laws. Data leakages: The recent reports of... Continue Reading →
In news: The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem – a milestone, as the country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. Trachoma was the second leading cause of preventable blindness in Nepal in... Continue Reading →
In news: It aims to make school education an integrated whole from pre-school to Class-12. The programme will subsume three existing schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikskha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The programme will focus on quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students, bridging social and gender gaps in... Continue Reading →
In news: Recently, the Central government notified June 30 as the date by which all States have to do away with dilutions and bring in all incomplete projects within the ambit of RERA. This date is also the deadline by when permanent regulators have to be formed and for the websites of all States to... Continue Reading →
In news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first visit to Indonesia next week, the first by an Indian PM since 2013. PM Modi has been to half the ASEAN countries and the biggest of them, Indonesia, finally gets its turn. Modi’s summit with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, is an important... Continue Reading →
Key fact: The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up the country’s first national sports university in Manipur. The Manipur government has already allocated land for the proposed university. As of now, there are some institutes which offer various courses for athletes and coaches. A void exists in the sports environment of... Continue Reading →
Key poin: Higher education institutes can now offer certificate, diploma and degree programmes in full-fledged online mode. The decision was taken by the University Grants Commission. The certificate, degree and diploma would be given only for those disciplines which the institute has been offering the similar programmes/ courses at graduation level in regular mode (of... Continue Reading →
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