March 2021

National Social Assistance Programme ●The National Social Assistance Programme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India. ●It provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions. ●Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development ●NSAP comprises of five schemes, namely: 1)Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS). … Read more

New Umbrella Entities(NUE) ●NUE will be a non-profit entity that will set-up, manage and operate new payment systems, especially in the retail space such as ATMs, white-label PoS; Aadhaar-based payments and remittance services. ●It will develop new payment methods, standards and technologies as well as operate clearing and settlement systems. ●Only those entities that are … Read more

International Women’s Day ●In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. ● A woman named Clara Zetkin (Leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day. ●She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the … Read more

Amyloid plaques ●Amyloid plaques are aggregates of misfolded proteins that form in the spaces between nerve cells. ●Amyloid plaques consist primarily of a 40–42 amino acid peptide called amyloid-β (Aβ) that is aggregated in fibrils that contain a high β-sheet structure. ●These abnormally configured proteins are thought to play a central role in Alzheimer’s disease. … Read more

Ural mountains ●The Ural Mountains or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. ●The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.  Dtrack ●Researchers … Read more

Arnab Manoranjan Goswami vs State of Maharashtra, 2020 ●The Supreme Court observed that courts should ensure that criminal law does not become a weapon for selective harassment of citizens.  ●The Supreme Court noted, high Courts need to consider while deciding to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution for grant of bail.   Chabahar Port … Read more

NHAI ●The National Highways Authority of India is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1977 and is responsible for management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India. ● It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.  … Read more