Turkiye and Iraq agree on military pact against Kurd separatists Sub: IR Sec: Places in news Context: Turkiye and Iraq agreed on a military cooperation pact that will see joint training and command centres against Kurdish separatists, with Baghdad saying it will ban the PKK as a party. The pact follows signs of a […]
The improbable 800 km journey of Stonehenge’s centre stone, and why that matters Sub: History Sec: Ancient India Context: Latest geochemical analysis suggests that the six-tonne monolith Altar Stone partially buried at the heart of Stonehenge was brought to its present location from Orcadian Basin, 800 km away in the far north of […]
Why climate change poses an existential threat to Panama Canal Sub: IR Sec: Places in news Context: The first ship passed through the Panama Canal on August 15, 1914, exactly 110 years ago. Now, the Panama Canal is facing existential threat due to climate change. About Panama Canal: The 82-km long artificial waterway […]
Why the Worst of Food Inflation May Be Over Sub: Eco Sec: Inflation Recent Trends in Food Inflation: Retail food inflation remained above 8% from November 2023 to June 2024. The year-on-year increase in the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) fell to 5.4% in July 2024, down from 9.4% in June 2024. The […]
SEBI Hits a Wall on ₹76000-Crore Worth Dues in FY2023-24 Sub: Eco Sec: Capital Market Difficult to Recover (DTR) Dues: SEBI has marked dues worth ₹76,293 crore as Difficult to Recover (DTR) at the end of FY2023-24. This amount is 4.1% higher than the ₹73,287 crore recorded in the previous year. DTR dues […]
How can traffic which causes air pollution be controlled? Sub: Env Sec: Pollution The Severity of Air Pollution in India: Recent reports highlight that 83 of the world’s 100 most polluted cities are in India. Air pollution has resulted in the deaths of 2.1 million people, second only to China. Over 99% of […]
Dengue control: the unrealised promise of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes Sub: Sci Sec: Health Dengue Burden in India: Dengue poses a significant threat to India’s economy, with direct costs amounting to approximately ₹28,300 crore annually and the loss of 5.68 lakh years of young life each year. Existing vector control measures, including the use of […]
Daily Prelims Notes 16 August 2024 Table Of Contents Dengue control: the unrealised promise of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes How can traffic which causes air pollution be controlled? SEBI Hits a Wall on ₹76000-Crore Worth Dues in FY2023-24 Why the Worst of Food Inflation May Be Over Why climate change poses an existential threat to […]
Al-Shabaab: growing from Somalia’s ruins Sub: IR Sec: Places in news Context: Recently, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a Hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. This was followed by a shooting at civilians. The strike was subsequently claimed by al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, which has waged a war […]
Huge reservoir of water under Mars, seismic data indicates Sub: Science and Tech Sec: Space Context: An immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the surface of Mars within fractured igneous rocks, holding enough to fill an ocean that would cover the entire surface of Mars, according to seismic data […]