Transfer of High Court Judges Subject – Polity Context – 15 High Court judges transferred Concept – To know about Transfer of High Court Judges, please click here.
Moody’s upgraded India’s sovereign rating outlook Subject – Economy Context – Moody’s gives ‘stable’ rating to India Concept – Asserting that India’s downside risks from negative feedback between real economy and financial system are receding, ratings agency Moody’s changed India’s sovereign rating outlook from ‘negative’ to ‘stable’, while affirming the country’s foreign-currency and […]
Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Subject – Science and Tech Context – First Nobel for climate science Concept – The Nobel Prize Committee said the Physics Prize this year was given for “ground-breaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems”. SyukuroManabe shared one half of the prize with Klaus Hasselmann, another climate scientist, […]
Monsoon set to travel with the sun to the southern hemisphere Subject – Geography Context – Monsoon set to travel with the sun to the southern hemisphere Concept – The monsoon travels with the sun and will now follow its seasonal trek to the southern hemisphere, putting the Bay of Bengal into another […]
Landslides Subject – Disaster Management Context – Frequent landslides in the Himalayas Concept – Reckless construction of hydropower projects has made earthquake-prone Himachal Pradesh more vulnerable to landslides. What is Landslide? A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth, down a slope due to the action […]
The anti-defection law Subject – Polity Context – The Calcutta High Court has given West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee a deadline of Thursday, October 7 to pass an order in the defection case involving MLA Mukul Roy. Concept – The anti-defection law punishes individual MPs/MLAs for leaving one party for another. It […]
Public Debt Subject – Economy Context – In its recent research report, Morgan Stanley forecasted that India will be included in global bond indices in early 2022 and this will result in investment inflow of $170-250 billion into the Indian sovereign bond market during the next decade Concept – Before Independence, the borrowing […]
Sri Lanka’s inorganic transition to organic farming Subject – Agriculture Context – In April, President Rajapaksa announced that only organic farming would be allowed in Sri Lanka, aiming to become the first country to do so. Concept – To know about Organic Farming, please click here.
Sabarmati River Subject – Geography Context – Dying Sabarmati: Polluting units to be named, shamed and prosecuted, says Gujarat HC Concept – Industrial units found to have discharged pollutants into the Sabarmati river in Gujarat will not be provided water and power. They will also be penalised, named and shamed, the Gujarat High […]
14% coral reefs lost since 2010 Subject – Environment Context – Climate change: 14% coral reefs lost since 2010, says study Concept – In the last decade, the world lost about 14 per cent of its coral reefs, according to a new report. Ocean-acidification, warmer sea temperatures and local stressors such as overfishing, […]