Punishment for Online Bullying Subject – Governance Context – Taking cognisance of multiple complaints that photographs of Muslim women had been posted on one “Bulli Bai” mobile app for fake auctions, the police in Delhi and Mumbai have registered separate cases. Concept – Legal Provisions The police have invoked Sections 153A, 153B, 295A, […]
Rare Microbes that produce Oxygen in dark Subject – Science and Tech Context – Researchers from University of Southern Denmark have discovered that oxygen is also produced without sunlight, possibly deep below the ocean surface. Concept – Scientists say there would be no oxygen on Earth were it not for sunlight: the key […]
Synapses Subject – Science and Tech Context – NCBS: Zebrafish study reveals how the brain makes its connections Concept – Neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain connect by means of junctions known as synapses through which they transmit signals. Recent work by researchers at the National Centre of Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, has […]
Extension of Orang National Park Subject – Environment Context – Gharials to return to Orang National Park Concept – The gharial, wiped out from the Brahmaputra River system in the 1950s, could be the prime beneficiary of a process to expand an Assam tiger reserve that shed its “Congress connection” five months ago. […]
Behali Reserve Forest in Assam Subject – Environment Context – Five primate carcasses found in Assam forest Concept – Behali Reserved Forest, located in the Biswanath district of Assam is a patch of semi-evergreen forest in the foothills of Eastern Himalayas. This forest is anpart of the greater Sonitpur Elephant Reserve and was […]
Ayuraksha Kit Subject – Governance Context – Minister of Ayush, Sonowal bats for AYUSH immunity kit Concept – The Ministry of AYUSH has developed an Ayurvedic kit for increasing immunity to combat the variants of COVID-19. The Ministry has developed an Ayurvedic kit named Ayuraksha Kit comprising Chyavanprash, SanshmaniVati, AnuTaila and AyushKwath to increase immunity in […]
Inner Line Permit System (ILPS) Subject – Security and Defence Context – Plea in Supreme Court against ILPS in Manipur Concept – It is a concept based on the policy of exclusion drawn by colonial rulers in the form of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act (BEFR), 1873. The BEFR prohibits an outsider’s — “British subject or foreign citizen” — […]
Taxes on Tobacco Subject – Governance Context – Laws allowing simultaneous levy of GST, excise duty on tobacco products upheld Concept – In a setback to manufacturers of tobacco and tobacco products, the High Court of Karnataka has upheld that laws that allow simultaneous levy of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the […]
Southern States set for warmer winters, heavier and frequent rainfall: Study Subject – Environment Context – Southern States set for warmer winters, heavier and frequent rainfall: Study Concept – From warmer summers and winters to heavier and more frequent rainfall, signs of changes in the climate pattern are expected across all States in […]
GENERAL STUDIES 1 Population density Population densities in last 40 years have more than doubled. Maternal Mortality Rate India accounts for a fifth of the total childbirths in the world, with a maternal mortality rate of 113 per 1, 00,000 live births GENERAL STUDIES 3 MSME As the MSMEs contribute around 30 per […]