Sahel Region Subject: International Relations Section: Regions in news Concept: The ongoing fighting in Sudan is forcing thousands to flee. The humanitarian emergency is spreading, creating a dangerous security situation in the Sahel region. About Sahel Region The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to […]
WTO IT Agreement Subject : International Relations Section: International Organization Concept : The WTO’s IT Agreement has done little for India’s IT services. India’s hardware sector was hit instead. Information Technology Agreement India is a signatory to the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) (now also known as ITA-1), a plurilateral agreement of WTO. As […]
People are complaining about Mercury in retrograde. But what does it actually mean? Subject : Science and Technology Section: Space technology Context: Humans found out retrograde motion was an optical illusion 500 years ago. However, the pseudoscientific practice of astrology continues to ascribe a deeper meaning to this illusion Concept: When we say […]
The law on polygamy among religious groups in India Subject :Polity Section: Constitution Context: ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the state government will move to ban the practice of polygamy through “legislative action”, and that an “expert committee” would be formed to examine the issue. Prevalence of polygamy The […]
Global warming Subject :Environment Section: Climate Change More on the News: The annual mean temperature of the world is known to have increased by 1.1 degree Celsius from the average of the 1850-1900 period. But this increase, as can be expected, is not uniform. It varies in different regions and also at different […]
Daily Prelims Notes 10 May 2023 Table Of Contents System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Extended Producer Responsibility improve circularity in India’s waste oil management Who was Samarth Ramdas and what was his relationship with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj? Rabindranath Tagore Minimising the threat from IEDs Persona non grata Same sex couple, live in partners not […]
EU in Israel cancels Europe Day event over Ben-Gvir: What is this day? Subject: History Section: World History Context: The European Union’s delegation in Israel Monday (May 8) cancelled its Europe Day diplomatic reception over the planned participation of far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Details: On the continent, the Russia-Ukraine conflict casts a long […]
Same sex couple, live in partners not included on surrogacy laws Subject :Polity Section :Constitution Concept : Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that live-in partners and same-sex couples cannot be allowed to avail of services under the surrogacy law. The Court has decriminalized same-sex relations and live-in relations however neither any […]
Persona non grata Subject : International Relations Section: International conventions Concept : A day after Canada announced it would expel a Chinese diplomat over allegations of involvement in a campaign to intimidate a Canadian politician, China on Tuesday (May 9) declared a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai as persona non grata. Persona non grata […]
Minimising the threat from IEDs Subject : Science Section: Defence Concept : On the 26th of April 2023, an improvised explosive device (IED) blast led to the death of about 10 security personnel in the Dantewada region in Chhattisgarh while they were on an anti-Maoist mission. Again on the 5th of May, five […]