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City of Bakhmut Subject : International Relations Section: Places in news Concept : Ukraine’s President Vlodymyr Zelensky on the G7 platform has denied the claims Russia that said they have captured the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine. Bakhmut in Ukraine Bakhmut is a city in eastern Ukraine that has been at the centre […]
Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river Subject : Environment Section: Pollution Context: Over 4,000 volunteers under the NamamiGange initiative have been keeping a check on littering and poaching in the river to make sure that its flora, fauna are intact; in return, the Wildlife Institute of India […]
G7’s climate Wishlist, and the realities of efforts to cap warming Subject :Environment Section: International conventions Context: The G7 summit, hosted by this year’s Japanese G7 presidency, takes place in Hiroshima City, Japan from 19-21 May. G7 climate commitments: The G7 stressed on the need for a global peak in emissions by 2025. […]
World Bee Day: Climate change may be causing an apple crisis in Himachal and Kashmir this year; here’s how Subject :Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Climate change is causing bees, among nature’s primary pollinators, to die in Himachal Pradesh and the Kashmir Valley Concept: Almost 100 per cent of apple growers in Kashmir use […]
Withdrawal of Rs. 2000 notes by the RBI: Reasons, concepts Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy RBI issues and withdraws notes of various denominations under powers granted as per Section 24(1) of the RBI Act, 1934. Withdrawal is different from demonetization in that the currency in case of withdrawal still remains a legal tender, […]
Calcium 41 in radiometric dating Subject: Science and technology Section: Nuclear technology Concept : Recent study shows that Calcium-41 can be used the same way as Carbon-14 in carbon dating, but with several advantages. Radio Carbon Dating Carbon-14 – Radiocarbon (Carbon 14) is an isotope of the element carbon that is unstable and […]
No immunity for president as a contract party Subject : Polity Section: Executive Concept : The Supreme Court of India held that immunity cannot be claimed by the government from the application of law to a contract only because one of the parties to it is the President of India. It was also […]
WHO Launches Global Network to Detect Infectious Disease Threat Subject : International Events Section: International Events Concept : The World Health Organization has launched a global network to help swiftly detect the threat from infectious diseases, like COVID-19, and share the information to prevent their spread. About International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN): The […]
Fear of large predators drives mesopredators to safer areas Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity More on the News: Medium-sized carnivorous species — mesopredators like coyotes or bobcats — tend to move into human-dominated areas to avoid predation by larger carnivores, a phenomenon also known as the “human shield” effect. But this places the safety-seeking species […]
Forests have limited carbon sequestration potential Subject :Environment Section: Climate change More on the News: Researchers have investigated the natural limits to additional carbon accumulation in the biomass of forests in the hypothetical absence of all direct human forest management activities. Under current climatic conditions and the removal of all forest management activities, […]