Portals for a ‘Modernized Media Landscape’
- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting launched 4 new media-related portals to streamline media-related services under its umbrella.
- The four new portals are
- Press Sewa Portal: for automation of the process for newspaper registration.
- NaViGate Bharat Portal: single platform with an interactive user interface for government videos
- National Register for Local Cable Operators: To streamline regulatory processes in the cable television sector in the future.
- Transparent Empanelment Media Planning and eBilling System for Central Bureau of Communication: to enhance transparency and efficiency in media planning processes.
- Tags :
- Press Seva Portal
- media-related portals
Energy Charter Treaty
- The UK to leave 'Outdated' Fossil Fuel Friendly Treaty ie. The Energy Charter Treaty.
- About Energy Charter Treaty
- It provides a multilateral framework for energy cooperation that is unique under international law.
- It entered into legal force in April 1998.
- It is designed to promote energy security through the operation of more open and competitive energy markets while respecting the principles of sustainable development and sovereignty over energy resources.
- Currently, there are 53 Signatories and Contracting Parties to the Treaty.
- Tags :
- Energy Charter Treaty
- Energy cooperation
Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) Scheme
- State Government of Odisha extends KALIA scheme by 3 years.
- About KALIA Scheme
- Objective: To provide financial assistance to small and marginal farmers (SMF) including sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and landless agricultural households (LAH) in the state.
- Comprehensive welfare solution conceived as a Direct Income Transfer (DIT).
- Excludes medium and large farmers.
- Other benefits: Scholarship for Children of KALIA beneficiaries, Livelihood packages for landless households, etc.
- Synchronized with PM-KISAN to provide annual benefit of ₹10000 to SMF (₹6,000 from PM-KISAN and ₹4,000, from KALIA).
- Tags :
- KALIA Scheme
- Farmer income
Grey – zone Warfare
- At Raisina Dialogue 2024, India’s Chief of Defence Staff talked about Grey-zone warfare.
- Grey – zone warfare
- Involves military actions which are below a particular threshold to invite a response.
- Seeks to exploit operational space between peace and war to change the status quo.
- About Raisina Dialogue
- India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics.
- Hosted by Observer Research Foundation in partnership with Union Ministry of External Affairs.
- Theme of 2024 edition: Chaturanga: Conflict, Contest, Cooperate, Create.
- Tags :
- Grey - zone Warfare
- Raisina Dialogue