Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently proposed to extend the term-liquidity facility of ₹50,000 crore offered…

Why in News? India has recently approved two more vaccines under emergency use authorisation and an antiviral drug, Molnupiravir. About…

Why in News? The WHO recently issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, or Covovax, the anti-Covid vaccine being…

Why in News? The Government of India is getting $1 billion loan from the World Bank to support its COVID-19…

Why in News? Telangana Chief Minister has recently suggested that the helicopter money can help states to come out of…

Why in News? The doctors around the world have recently noticed a raft of clotting-related disorders in Covid-19 patients, which…

Why in News? The researchers from the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, have developed a Biosensor that can…

Why in News? All Opposition parties have been unanimous in their criticism of the government’s recent move to suspend the…

Why in News? In the global war against the COVID-19, emerging economies, many belonging to BRICS, have reached out to…

Why in News? World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros A Ghebreyesus and others highlight a few critical issues over the…

Why in News? The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it has approved $1.5 billion loan to India to help fund…

Why in News? Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been trying to boost the liquidity in the financial system. It…

Why in News? Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in a letter to Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has…

Why in News? The Central government has promulgated an Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to make attacks…

Why in News? Researchers are now looking at Stem Cells as a cure for Covid-19 Patients. Highlights: Key scientific groups…

Why in News? According to a report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the quality of water in the…

Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed the States not to use the COVID-19 rapid…

Why in News? While covid-19 has infected more than 2 million and killed nearly 150,000 people globally, antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…

Why in News? With the pandemic forcing everyone to seriously consider e-learning tools and resources, now is a good time…

Why in News? Central government organisations involved in construction, were instructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to ensure…

Why in News? According to a WHO Information Note — ‘Tuberculosis and COVID-19’, there is a need to maintain TB…

Why in News? More than 50,000 Civil Defence volunteers are working at the grassroots level in various roles and capacities…

Why in News? The government has decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, Non-hotspots and Green Zones.…

Why in News? The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cause a -3% change in global output in 2020, much worse…

Context: According to a study, global carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry could fall by a record 2.5bn tonnes…

Why in News? Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently issued an advisory for using pooled samples for testing…

Why in News? Supreme Court has recently passed orders in a suo-motu hearing on measures taken to decongest prisons, correction…

Why in News? The Ministry of Commerce has clarified that the contributions to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or the…

Why in News? There have been rising concerns about theFalse Negative Tests in the scenario of this COVID-19 Pandemic. There…

Why in News? The Centre showcased the Agra model at the daily COVID-19 briefing, and it is also being shared…

Why in News? US President Donald Trump has planned to put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health…

Why in News? Recently, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has warned of a Nationwide Shortage of Medicines and Medical Devices. About…

Why in News? Kerala has gone a step ahead and won Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) approval for the…

Why in News? With the influx of thousands of migrant labourers into their villages, the houses in villages, which are…

Why in News? The UN Women has urged member-states to include prevention of violence against women in their action plans…

Why in News? The nation-wide lockdown that began on March 25 has helped to contain the spread of COVID-19. However,…

Why in News? US President Donald Trump threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the…

Why in News? The Government of India has announced that it had rescinded its earlier ban on the export of…

Why in News? Owing to a recent news report on a Tiger being infected with COVID-19 in New York (Bronx…

Context: Multiple reports have surfaced, primarily from Europe and the United States, from physicians and ear, nose and throat specialists,…

Why in News? The Union Cabinet has approved a 30% cut in the salaries of all Members of Parliament for…

Context: The Union Health Ministry has announced that India has now stepped out of the local transmission phase and moved…

Why in News? The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) public guidelines to manage a large outbreak and guidelines on…

Why in News? Experts say that the pandemic can be slowed only by a lockdown as well as by ensuring…

Why in News? Since many schools have been shut since early March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even before the…

Why in News? The government has tested an application that triggers e-mails and SMS alerts to an authorised government agency…

Why in News? Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, the United States Food…

Why in News? As India faces the danger of community spread of the Novel Coronavirus and a spike in Hospital…

Why in News? According to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the strict enforcement of 21-day lockdown due to…

Why in News? The Health Ministry has asked the public sector unit to make about 10,000 ventilators. Bharat Electronics Limited…

Why in News? Sixty-two Cantonment Boards spread over 19 States/Union Territories, across the country, with a population of approx. 21…

Why in News? India is all set to join the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial which aims at rapid…

Why in News? The Korean Model, a vigorous regime of “trace, test, treat”, has shown remarkable results in controlling the…

Why in News? Recently Indian government has initiated few digital initiatives in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. This is how…

Context: While the nations around the globe are fighting against the deadly virus, India’s fight against the COVID-19 outbreak has…

Why in News? Finance Ministry has announced several measures aimed at alleviating the growing economic stress in the country in…

Why in News? The National Task force for COVID-19, constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has suggested…

1. World Tuberculosis Day Context: Recently, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day has observed on 24th March every year to raise public…

Context: On the light of one of the greatest crisis, Pandemic COVID-19 across the globe, there are different stages of…

Why in News? The rising wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in India has forced the corporate world in the country…

Context: In case if a person gets infected by COVID-19, he/she must have a comprehensive health insurance plan to cover…

Why in News? The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently said that the COVID-19 pandemic will drastically increase global unemployment,…

Why in News? Contact tracing is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to a…

Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to infuse ₹10,000 crore liquidity in the banking system…

Why in News? Guidelines by the World Health Organization, to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, specify that one of…

Why in News? India has highlighted the ‘One Health policy’ to tackle the zoonotic diseases after it is facing the…

Context: All states and Union Territories have been directed to invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act,…

Why in News? The Centre recently brought masks and hand sanitisers under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (EC Act) in…

Why in News? Scientists across the world are trying to develop a line of treatment and a possible vaccine for…

Why in News? The cabinet secretary has recently announced that all states and Union Territories should invoke provisions of Section…

Why in News? WHO has recently announced COVID-19 as pandemic amidst of increasing outbreak in various countries. What is COVID-19?…

Why in News? WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made it abundantly clear that WHO will not declare COVID-19 a pandemic…

Why in News? The World Health Organization officially announced COVID-19 as the name for the disease caused by the novel…