Context PARAM PORUL, a state-of-the artwork Supercomputer at NIT Tiruchirappalli was inaugurated under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). PARAM PORUL supercomputing facility is installed under Phase 2 of the NSM. Majority of the components are manufactured and assembled in India, alongwith an indigenous software program stack developed by C-DAC... .Read more
Updated on 27 May, 2022 GS3
Context The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education today released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report which assesses the health of school education system in the country by conducting comprehensive evaluation survey of children’s learning competencies at classes III, V, VIII and X with a cycle period of thre... .Read more
Updated on 27 May, 2022 GS2
Context Recently, the Inter-state Council (ISC) has been reorganized, with the Prime Minister as Chairman and Chief Ministers of all States and six Union Ministers as other members of the council. Ten union ministers will be permanent invitees of the council. The government has also reconstituted the Standing Committee of the Inter-state Coun... .Read more
Updated on 26 May, 2022 GS2
Context: A Vacancy of 5 months in the topmost office of the defense service hierarchy is a matter of public anxiousness. Who is the CDS: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is a post that acts as the single-stop advisor to the Government of India in the matters of India's military. The CDS is the head of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and is to be a four-star... .Read more
Updated on 26 May, 2022 GS2 Polity Governance
Context: In May 2022 The Supreme Court of India directed the Centre and States to suspend all pending trials, appeals, and proceedings with respect to the charges framed under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with the offense of sedition. Stand of Central Government on the Law of Sedition: The central government is on the stage of ... .Read more
Updated on 26 May, 2022 GS2 Polity Governance