US court asks India to pay $132 million to Deutsche Telekom in Devas Antrix case Subject: IR Section: Int organisation The United States District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed a $132-million award awarded to Deutsche Telekom against the Republic of India. The German company had petitioned the court to confirm this […]
Power threat to the bustard Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: The Supreme Court will review its April 2021 order to bury underground all power lines in the habitat of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), after the Centre found the order “practically impossible to implement” over long distances. Details: The court created […]
What Is Kuttanad Farming? Subject: Environment Section: Protected Area Concept: What is Kuttanad Wetland Agriculture System? Kuttanad Wetland Agriculture System is unique, as it is the only system in India that favours rice cultivation below sea level in the land created by draining delta swamps in brackish waters. As an approach to cope […]
Daily Prelims Notes 30 March 2024 Table Of Contents What Is Kuttanad Farming? Power threat to the bustard US court asks India to pay $132 million to Deutsche Telekom in Devas Antrix case Target of 25-cr. Smart meters by 2025 to be missed by long mile 1. What Is Kuttanad Farming? […]
Kalam-250 Subject: Science and tech Section: Space technology Context: Leading space-tech company Skyroot Aerospace on Wednesday successfully test red the stage-2 of its Vikram-1 launch vehicle at the propulsion testbed of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh What is Kalam-250? It is a […]
India top’s Internet shut down Subject: Polity Sec: For five straight years, India has topped the global list of countries imposing internet bans, with about 60% of all blackouts recorded in the world, between 2016 and 2022 having been in India. What does the law say? Indian States and Union Territories can impose […]
Ready proposal to demarcate Dulung-Subansiri elephant corridor, Union environment ministry tells Arunachal, Assam Subject: Environment Section: Protected Area Context: The wildlife division of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recently directed the forest departments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to prepare a proposal to notify the Dulung-Subansiri elephant corridor. […]
WHO launches ‘CoViNet’ — a global laboratory to monitor emerging coronaviruses Subject: Science and tech Section : Health CoViNet: Launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a global network of laboratories aimed at identifying and monitoring emerging coronaviruses that may pose future threats, expanding beyond just SARS-CoV-2 to include other coronaviruses […]