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A short history of the demand for ‘Dravida Nadu’, its evolution Subject: History Section: Modern Context: DMK MP A Raja recently brought back into focus ‘Dravida Nadu’ or the idea of a separate Tamil Nadu, in the presence of CM MK Stalin The demand for Dravida Nadu The early 20th century agitations against […]
EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy to brand gas and nuclear plants as ‘green’ Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: EU has recently agreed to label investments in some gas and nuclear power plants as environment-friendly. What is EU taxonomy? It is a classification system, establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. It could […]
Why are temperatures within a city’s neighbourhoods different? Subject: Geography Section: Climate Urban heat islands or UHIs are metropolitan areas that are significantly warmer than the surrounding rural areas. Causes of Urban Heat Island Effect Disappearing green and blue spaces ( Vegetation and water bodies):the loss of tree cover in cities allows much […]
ED seeks to declare Devas Multimedia CEO fugitive economic offender in PMLA case Subject: Economy Context: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought permission from a special court in Bengaluru to declare the US-based founder and CEO of the now liquidated start-up firm Devas Multimedia Private Limited a fugitive economic offender. Concept: Fugitive Economic […]
Environment ministry Proposes to soften the provisions of the Environment Protection Act (EPA) Subject: Environment Environment ministry Proposes to soften the provisions of the Environment Protection Act (EPA) by replacing a clause that provides for imprisoning violators with one that only requires them to pay a fine. However, in case of serious violations […]
Three new ‘exotic’ sub-atomic particles discovered at CERN Subject: Science The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment — which is investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark”, or “b quark” — has observed three never-before-seen particles. It seeks to unlock the building […]
Karakalpak Protests Reflect the Shattered Promise of Mirziyoyev’s ‘New Uzbekistan’ Subject: IR A proposal to downgrade the autonomous region to a province set off massive protests. Karakalpakstan, which constitutes approximately 40 percent of Uzbekistani territory, is an ethnically diverse region populated largely by ethnic minorities – Karakalpaks and Kazakhs In the Soviet period, […]
Restoring Banni grasslands- Gujarat battles invasive tree species Subject: Environment Banni is the largest grassland of Asia situated near the Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. It is spread over 2,618 kilometres and accounts for almost 45% of the pastures in Gujarat. Two ecosystems, wetlands and grasslands, are mixed side by side in Banni. Banni […]
Nairobi flies are causing disease in Sikkim Subject: Environment It is also called Kenyan flies or dragon bugs, are small, beetle-like insects that belong to two species, Paederus eximius and Paederus sabaeus. Native to East Africa. Like most insects, the beetles are attracted by bright light. thrive in areas with high rainfall the […]
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Subject: IR Context: At the recently concluded summit of G7 leaders in Germany, United States President Joe Biden and his allies unveiled their $600-billion plan called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Intelligence (PGII) to build infrastructure projects in developing and middle-income countries. This is being seen as […]