Sea weed farming Subject : Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has done geo-referencing of 342 farming sites in the country over 24,167 hectares of seaweed cultivation. Concept: “Seaweed” is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as […]
Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) Subject: International Relations Section: International organization Concept: The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)is a network of 114 central banks and financial supervisors that aims to accelerate the scaling up of green finance and develop recommendations for central banks’ role for climate change. The NGFS was announced at […]
Overcoming the Aryan-Dravidian divide Subject: History Section: Art and culture Context: Many eminent scholars, both local and international, have written about the Dravidian movement’s colonial origins The Dravidian movement The Dravidian movement in British India started with the formation of the Justice Party on 20 November 1916 in Victoria Public Hall in Madras […]
Assembly sittings Subject: Polity Section: State Legislature Context: Kerala tops in holding Assembly sittings in 2021. Content: Kerala, which slipped to the eighth slot in holding Assembly sittings during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, returned to the top spot in 2021, with its House sitting for 61 days, the […]
Daily Practice Sheet 30 July 2022 Daily Facts Polity Kerala Assembly holds 61 sittings in 2021, the highest in the country. Kerala assembly convened for 61 days, followed by Odisha (43) and Karnataka (40) during the period. Kerela assembly promulgated 144 ordinances despite holding sittings for 61 days, highest in the country Daily […]