Court can’t reduce minimum sentence given in Pocso Act Subject : Governance Section : Vulnerable population Concept : The courts have no power to reduce the minimum sentence prescribed in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on convicting the accused for committing sexual assault on children, the High Court of […]
Women officers in command soon Subject: Defence Section :Msc Concept: The Indian Army has initiated the process for the selection of women officers for command postings such as the rank of Colonel, which hitherto have been the domain of male officers. The vacancies for the Special No. 3 Selection Board were announced by […]
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’ Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India (C4IR) was established in October 2018 to focus on the role of emerging technologies across different sectors and to plug the challenges that will emanate as we go through this journey. Three pillars that […]
Recycled waste glass can help solve sand shortages Context: Waste glass — a by product of natural sand — can be an option to natural sand. Crushed waste glass may show geotechnical behaviour (properties) comparable to the sand. Alternative to sand: Using crushed waste glass as an alternative to traditional sand could offer […]
Rising demand for kewda oil a blessing for 200,000 people in Odisha’s Ganjam Kewda oil: Ganjam kewda (Pandanus fascicularis) oil is steam-distilled from the flower of the aromatic screw pine plant. It is registered under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 by the Government of India. The flower is […]
NHPC submits pre-feasibility report on Upper Siang hydroelectric project, as counter to China’s dam on Brahmaputra Subject :Geography Section :Mapping Context: National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has submitted a pre-feasibility report to the Central Electricity Authority of India for the ‘Upper Siang Multipurpose Storage’, India’s largest hydel power project to date to come […]
Hydrogen as fuel Subject: Science and technology About Hydrogen: Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, flammable gaseous Hydrogen is the lightest and the most abundant element in the universe and is what the stars are mostly made of. Hydrogen is so light that about 3 cubic meters of it is leaking out of […]
Nature Based Solution Subject: Environment Section: Conservation Context: Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity and human rights safeguards in current and future NbS projects have increased among Indigenous peoples and NGOs. About Nature based solutions: […]
Daily Practice Sheet 19 January 2023 Current Affairs Based GS 2: Polity Examine the learning crisis in India GS 3: Economy Make a case for widening of the tax base. [Reference: Business Line] What are SEZs? What role they have in development of manufacturing in India? Discuss the challenges suffered by them. GS […]