Myanmar airstrikes target rebel camp near border, panic in Mizoram village Subject: International Relations Residents of Mizoram’s Farkawn village, within 2 to 5 km of Camp Victoria, panicked when they heard sounds of the bombing. People working on the Indian side of the river Tiau, which demarcates the international boundary, fled to their […]
India seeks to bids to set up green hydrogen plants Subject :Environment India will invite bids for subsidies for setting up green-hydrogen manufacturing and utilization hubs, fertilizer and steel plants based on the fuel, and factories for making electrolysers, two government sources told Reuters. The bidding process is part of a first phase […]
Women seek scrapping of Section 17 of CrPc Subject :Polity A women’s group demanded the repeal of Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure along with AFSPA Act. Section 197 of CrPc As per provisions of section 197 of CrPc, a sanction is required from the competent authority to prosecute public servants […]
Will not try curative plea in Bhopal gas leak case like a suit, says SC Subject :Polity A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court made it clear to the government that it will not “try” the curative petition of the Centre like a suit, by reopening a $470 million compensation settlement finalised with […]
Office of Registrar General of India following obsolete criteria to define ST’s Subject : History Context: The Office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) is following the set of criteria set out by the Lokur Committee nearly 60 years ago to define any new community as a Scheduled Tribe as per the […]
Kumarakom, Beypore find place in Centre’s Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Subject : History Two more tourism destinations in Kerala have made it to the list of places selected for the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme of the Union Ministry of Tourism. As per an office memorandum released by the Union Ministry of Tourism, Kumarakom in […]
Water crisis: World to lose 26% storage by 2050 to trapped sediment, says new UN report Subject: Geography Context: About 50,000 large dams across the world will lose 24-28 per cent water storage capacity by 2050 due to sediment trapped in them, a report by the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and […]
Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides Subject: Geography Context: Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands of people evacuated homes downhill from California’s wildfire burn scars amid atmospheric river storms drenching the state in early January 2023. Atmospheric river storms: Atmospheric […]
‘Shamlat’ lands hold key to Dalit empowerment; alleviation of rural poverty in Punjab Subject: Polity Village common land: The concept of village common land dates back centuries in rural Indian tradition. The Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgement, Jagpal Singh & Ors v/s State of Punjab & Ors (2011) defined these […]
What is NOTAM and why its failure led to grounding of thousands of US flights Subject: Science and Technology Context: Thousands of flights were grounded in the US early Wednesday after a major glitch in the computer system. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that flights were grounded due to the failure […]