25 student suicides since 2018 are ragging-related, UGC says in RTI response Context According to data from the University Grants Commission (UGC), at least 25 students have committed themselves during the past five and a half years as a result of being subjected to ragging. […]
Public Health need not be led by Doctors Alone For Mains The need to change current system? In India, most of the time, heads of health services at national, whether, state or district levels are orthopaedic or cardiac surgeons or ophthalmologists who have no training […]
Seat belts, head restraints and safety regulations For Prelims About Seatbelts The three-point seat belt is a passive safety device which was engineered by Nils Evar Bohli. It was first incorporated into a car by Volvo in 1959. For Mains What are the reasons to […]
Japan’s Continuing Struggle with Gender Parity For Mains About Japan and Gender Japan ranked lowest (116 out of 146 countries) among the developed countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2022. Amongst the G7 group, most of the countries have ranked between […]
Not Centres of Learning Yet For Mains: About Anganwadi system The Anganwadi system is a part of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) which serves over 30 million children in the age group of 3-6 in 1.3 million centres across the country. The ICDS scheme is […]
SC hears EPFO Appeal on Pension Scheme For Prelims About EPFO – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), established under Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952. EPFO comes under the control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of […]