The missions were launched under the broader National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on 30th June 2008, which was announced by the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change (PMCCC).
In a bid to create a comfortable and friendly environment for doing business, Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 has been introduced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing a post-Budget webinar via video conferencing on “Regulatory, Investment and EODB (Ease of doing business) reforms”, stated that the government is committed to the simplification of regulatory processes and introduced the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 legal provisions which are outdated to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country.
The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan programme was started to raise the standard of higher education. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan was a centrally sponsored scheme for upgrading state and union territory colleges. It covers government and government-aided institutions of the States and Union Territories. RUSA’s part one was launched in 2013, and RUSA 2.0 was launched in 2018. With the National Education Policy being introduced in 2020, the RUSA scheme has been renamed and transformed to Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA).
The COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point in global trade, economics, and geopolitics. The disruptions it caused in manufacturing value chains left industries struggling with backorders, supplier failures, and economic uncertainty. However, this crisis also accelerated the restructuring of supply chains, with strategies like ‘Friendshoring’ and ‘Nearshoring’ gaining prominence in Western political circles.
President Trump's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine and Hamas-Israel wars have faced significant obstacles, revealing the complexities of peacemaking. Despite his campaign pledge to resolve both conflicts quickly, negotiations have stalled.
In a rapidly shifting world order, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as the epicenter of geopolitical recalibration. As the post-Cold War unipolar moment fades, the 21st century has witnessed a resurgence of multipolarity — a system where multiple state actors assert influence in regional and global affairs.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on January 9th once in every two years to acknowledge the contributions made by the Overseas Indian community to the welfare and development of India. It is celebrated with different themes in different states of India each time. It commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to Mumbai, India on January 9, 1915. The PBD was first established in 2003, by the late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to engage with the overseas Indian community.