Daily Prelims Notes 17 July 2023 Table Of Contents US sees India as an indispensable ally in friendshoring: Yellen India to push G20 to raise taxes on MNCs making ‘excess profit’ EU may be offered tariff sops on some ICT products New Panel to review ‘NSO data’ Nod for multi-role chopper by early […]
90 days of Sudan strife: Country saw decade’s displacement in just 10 weeks Subject :IR Section: Places in news Context: Some 2,231,523 internal displacements have been recorded in Sudan (as of June 28, 2023), since conflict erupted in one of Africa’s biggest countries on April 15, 2023, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring […]
Blaze ‘out of control’ as more people flee Spain’s La Palma Subject :IR Section: Places in news Context: At least 4,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages “out of control” on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma while Europe struggles to cope with a heatwave. Details: The forest fire is […]
Lightning not a natural disaster Subject :Geography Section: Physical geography Context: The Union government is not in favor of declaring lightning a natural disaster as deaths caused by it can be avoided through education and awareness. Details: India is among the only five countries in the world with an early warning system for […]