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Assam cabinet approves 5 Muslim communities as ‘Indigenous’ Subject: Polity Five Assamese Muslim sub-groups are Gorias, Moriyas, Jolhas, Deshis and Syeds The ‘indigenous’ status to Assamese-speaking Muslim communities will distinguish them from Bengali-speaking Muslims, who migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Assam.
Nigeria’s latest lithium find: some key questions answered Subject: Geography The Geological Agency described the lithium as high grade because what’s been found has between 1-13 per cent oxide content. Normally exploration begins at levels as low as 0.4 percent. Grade (in per cent) is a measure of concentration of the lithium in the […]
Can planting trees mitigate climate change? Subject: Environment While trees are important carbon sinks, there is significant data that shows that the global potential for trees to mitigate climate change is grossly overestimated. Low survival of saplings, unsuitable planting sites, lack of good quality seeds, wrong trees planted in the wrong places and […]
Scientists strive to restore world’s embattled kelp forests Subject: Environment Context: Disappearing Kelp forest What are kelp forests? Kelp forests grow along more than one-quarter of the world’s coastlines, and are among the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But these critical habitats are disappearing due to warming oceans and other human impacts. Kelp forests […]
SC refuses to interfere with HC order on holding Goa panchayat polls Subject: Polity High Court of Bombay in its June 28 order quashed the state’s decision to postpone the polls. This is the fourth instance in the last two decades when the state government and the SEC (State Election Commission) have avoided […]
Dollar Appreciation and India Subject: Economy Context: The US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback’s exchange rate against six major global currencies, recently surpassed its 20-year high and is currently trading at over 105. Causes: Rise in Federal rate of interest-When inflation rises, interest rates in an economy generally catch up leading to […]
RBI measures to increase forex Subject: Economy Context: In the backdrop of global uncertainty and the continuing weakness of the rupee against the US dollar, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday unleashed a slew of measures to boost forex inflows. Details: The measures aimed at capital inflows and thus, increasing the forex […]
Just Stop Oil Subject: Environment Context: Unique way of protest Just Stop Oil: Launched earlier this year, Just Stop Oil describes itself as “a coalition of groups working together to ensure the government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production”. Led by organisers from climate groups Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain […]
Protecting Our Planet Subject: Environment It is an initiative by 9 philanthropic organizations who have collectively pledged $5 billion over ten years in support of the creation, expansion, management, and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water, and sea. It will fund High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC) […]
How Omicron evades antibodies in vaccinated and unvaccinated people Context: The current wave of Covid-19 highlights a high risk of reinfection by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Omicron Variant: The Omicron variant(B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) that was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa Omicron multiplies around 70 times […]