Cooperative banks Subject – Economy Context – I-T freezes assets over `53 cr of Maharashtra-based co-op bank Concept – Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of […]
Kameng River Subject – Geography Context – Arunachal Pradesh river turns black, thousands of fish die; locals blame China: Report Concept – The Kameng River (previously named Bharali River, now called Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh and Jiabharali (Jia Bharali) in Assam) in the eastern Himalayan mountains, originates in Tawang district from the glacial […]
Darjeeling’s ‘Toy Train’ Subject – Economy Context – India moves to patent the over century-old logos of Darjeeling’s ‘Toy Train’ Concept – More than two decades after the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, India has finally registered the logos of the iconic ‘Toy Train’ internationally as its […]
The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020 Subject – Polity Context – Haryana notifies Act: 75% job quota for locals in private sector comes into force from January 15 Concept – The law effectively interferes with their constitutional rights to carry on their trade freely – Article 14 provides for equality […]
Green lending Subject – Environment Context – Green lending: World’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards Concept – Over 450 of the world’s banks have committed to a new initiative at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference which is designed to decarbonise their investments. Overseen by former Bank of […]
Indigenous Food System in Meghalaya Subject – Environment Context – An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience Concept – The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report on Indigenous People’s Food Systems co-published by FAO and the Alliance of Bioversity International, and CIAT includes the profiles of eight Indigenous Peoples […]
G20’s coal declaration Subject – Environment Context – G20’s coal declaration is cosmetic and too little, too late Concept – The G20 announcement to not invest in new coal across borders is a direct effort to climate-legitimise Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exact-similar announcement in September this year. This may have miniscule effects on […]
World Resources Institute (WRI) Report Subject – Environment Context – There has been a decline in climate finance during COVID-19: WRI report Concept – Climate finance being allotted by various developing countries for action on climate change has shown a decrease before and during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a recent study done […]
Kashmir Weed Subject – Environment Context – A Kashmir spring is protected by a local festival Concept – Panzath Nag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district supplies water for a trout fish hatchery and drinking and irrigation to a number of villages downstream. Derived from ‘Paanch Hath’ — Kashmiri numeral for five hundred — […]
Topic 1: Climate Justice: What? Why? And How? Source: Climate Just, UN org Topic 2: The Carbon inequality era Source: Oxfam