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Scanty rainfall, low-water levels to affect kuruvai paddy yields this year, warn Tamil Nadu farmers Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Tamil Nadu farmers have warned of low paddy yields this year, claiming that kuruvai, or short-term paddy cultivation, on about 100,000 acres in delta districts has been hit due to a lack of […]
6 billion tonnes of sand taken annually from oceans, causing irreparable damage to benthic life Subject: Environment Section: Ecosystem Context: Some six billion tonnes of sand is being extracted annually from the floor of the world’s oceans, causing irreparable damage to benthic life, according to a new global data platform on sand and […]
Laws governing forests of Northeast India Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation Context: On August 22, the Mizoram Assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023, “to protect the rights and interest of the people of Mizoram”. Why are the Northeast states opposing the amendment? The amendment allows the diversion […]
Criminalizing wilful environmental damage is harder than it sounds Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation Maya Project of Mexico: Mexico’s ‘Maya train’ project, which aims to connect historic Maya sites with a route length of 1525 km, is being called a ‘Megaproject of death’ or ‘Pharaonic project’ because it imperils Yucatán peninsula of its […]
Aditya-L1 successfully undergoes the second earth-bound manoeuvre: ISRO Subject : Science and technology Section : Space technology Aditya-L1’s Second Earth-bound Manoeuvre Successful execution of the second Earth-bound manoeuver. Conducted from ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network), Bengaluru. Tracking by ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair. Performed on September 5, resulting […]
In C.R. Rao’s Life, the Importance of Building – And Nurturing – Institutions Subject : Science and technology Section : Msc Introduction Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, (10 September 1920 – 22 August 2023), commonly known as C. R. Rao, was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. In 2023, Rao was awarded the International Prize in […]
India that is Bharat and the Constituent Assembly Subject: Polity Section: Constitution Context; A political row has erupted after invites for a dinner to be hosted by the President for world leaders, during the upcoming G20 Summit, were sent out in the name of the ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the customary ‘President […]
India that is Bharat Subject : History Section: Ancient India Context: A political row has erupted after invites for a dinner to be hosted by the President for world leaders, during the upcoming G20 Summit, were sent out in the name of the ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the customary ‘President of India’. […]
India rejects UN expert’s remark on Manipur Subject : International Relations Section: International Organisation More about the news: India’s response came after a group of UN experts raised alarm about reports of ‘serious human rights violations and abuses’ in Manipur. India has termed comments on Manipur by UN experts as “unwarranted, presumptive and […]
Myanmar will not be allowed ASEAN leadership in 2026 Subject : International Relations Section: Groupings Context: Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026 More about the news: Southeast Asian leaders have decided that Myanmar will not take over the rotating leadership of their regional bloc as scheduled […]