Daily Prelims Notes 22 October 2022 Table Of Contents Great Indian Bustards now migrating to Pakistan Scorched-earth tactics RRB under EASE Reform What explains Delhi’s love affair with palm trees? Regulations of GM foods in India How to assess disasters: 8 Indian states adopt global standards Researchers study microbial interactions in International Space […]
A crisis is brewing in the coffee industry Subject : Geography Context: Coffee cultivation is becoming an increasingly loss-making proposition in India Concept: Geographical Conditions Coffee plant requires hot and humid climate with temperatures ranging between 15°C and 28 °C and rainfall from 150 to 250 cm. Frost, snowfall, high temperature above 30°C […]
Climate change could trigger viral spill overs, new pandemics: study Subject: Environment Context- According to new research, an effect of climate change may be seen in an increased risk of a “viral spillover” in some regions, which could trigger new pandemics in coming years. Climate change could shift the species range of certain […]
Researchers study microbial interactions in International Space Station Subject : Science and Technology Context- Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have studied the interactions between microbes in the International Space Station (ISS). The present study was motivated by the earlier observations of the dominance […]
How to assess disasters: 8 Indian states adopt global standards Subject : Environment Context- An international framework for assessing losses and damages in the aftermath of a disaster is now being used to evaluate the financial and social cost of local disasters in eight states in India. The framework helps get recovery and […]
Regulations of GM foods in India Subject :Science and Technology Context: In India, all GMOs including GE plants are regulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) as per rules notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. All activities related to GMOs and products are regulated as per “Rules for […]
What explains Delhi’s love affair with palm trees? Subject :Environment Context- Underneath the Lajpat Nagar flyover in South Delhi is a group of newly planted palm trees that are far away from what would have been their natural home – California in the United States. The species, Washingtoniafilifera, with fan-shaped leaves and a […]