Operation Calypso The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international drug smuggling racket with the seizure of consignment of cocaine couriered from Trinidad & Tobago to Mumbai. Codenamed ‘Calypso’, the operation spanning three days was carried out in Mumbai and Rajasthan’s Udaipur. Four persons have been arrested, and cocaine weighing 504 grams worth […]
Month: November 2020
Periodic Labour Force Survey – Current Affairs
Periodic Labour Force Survey Periodic Labour Force Survey is India’s first computer-based survey which gives estimates of key employment and unemployment indicators like the labour force participation rate, worker population ratio, proportion of unemployed and unemployment rate in rural households annually and on a quarterly basis for the urban households. The PLFS also gives the […]
Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States project approved for Union Cabinet – Current Affairs
Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States project approved The Union Cabinet approved the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project. The project aims to improve the quality of education in the country. At the national level, the scheme aims to strengthen data collected on retention, transition, and completion rates of students, set up a […]
National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, 2020-2025
National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, 2020-2025 The National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, 2020-25 was recently approved by National Board for Wild life. Vulture numbers saw a steep slide – as much as 90 per cent in some species. While the ministry has been carrying out a conservation project for vultures since 2006, the […]