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Two-Child Policy: Is ‘Two Child Policy’ Required For India

Two-Child Policy Recently the Assam government announced Two-Child Policy. In this policy, people with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs from January 2021. Know Assam's Two-Child Policy: The policy seeks to bar those having more than two children from being elected or nominated to panchayat and other local bodies’ ... .Read more

Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS1 GS2 GS3 Security Society Social issues & Justice Environment Health and Family wellfare

Randomized Controlled Trial For Evidence- Based Policy Making

Evidence-Based Policy The Nobel Prize for economics this year has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for “their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". The economists advocated the use of randomized control trials (RCTs) to understand the impact of micro-interventions on poverty alleviation. ... .Read more

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Eradication of Polio-Management of Social sector services relating to Health

News: Eradication of Polio-Management of Social sector services relating to Health On World Polio Day (October 24), an independent commission of experts led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide. About Wild poliovirus There are three individual and immunologically distinct wild ... .Read more

Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS2 International Relations Health and Family wellfare

New Arrangements Made By Election Commission of India

New Arrangements has been made By Election Commission of India for Prompt and Accurate Dissemination of Results of Haryana & Maharashtra Assembly Elections and Bye-Elections to 51 Assembly Constituencies. Arrangements made An integrated ICT counting application: In a first, the Election Commission of India has deployed an integrated ICT counting appl... .Read more

Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS2 Polity

Guidelines Released For Evaluation Of Nanopharmaceuticals in India

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan released “Guidelines for Evaluation of Nanopharmaceuticals in India”, at an event in New Delhi. DO YOU KNOW? Nanopharmaceuticals are a relatively new class of therapeutic-containing nanomaterials that often have unique " nano proper... .Read more

Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS2 Polity Governance

India Signs Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement With Pakistan

Union Cabinet passed a resolution on 22 November 2018 to celebrate the historic occasion of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Devji in a grand and befitting manner, throughout the country and across the globe. A formal framework has been laid down for the operationalization of the agreement and the highlights of the agreement are: ... .Read more

Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS2 International Relations