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Cope India Exercise Subject : Defence Concept : The `Cope India’ exercise between India and US from April 10 to 21 will “further enhance operational capability and interoperability between the two air forces”. Background Cope India began in 2004 as a fighter training exercise held at Air Station Gwalior, India. The exercise has […]
Centre ‘appropriate’ party to respond to plea on disqualified lawmakers, says EC Subject : Polity Section: Elections Concept : The Election commission said it would be “appropriate” to have the Union government deal with the disqualification issue. A petition has been filed in SC that an MP or an MLA who has either […]
Demand for Scottish Independence Subject : International Relations Section: Msc Concept : Recently, the British Prime Minister rejected a call from the new First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, to hold a second referendum for Scotland’s independence from the U.K. Historical background The independent Kingdom of Scotland was formed in the 9th century […]
Time to put a price on carbon emissions Subject : Environment Section: Climate Change Concept : Seeing the increase in carbon emission, it is time, starting with the biggest economies of the G20, to agree on valuing nature, including by pricing carbon events. India can take the lead, as president of the G20 […]
Ban on pesticides Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies More on the News: A recent notification by the central government going back on its decision to ban 27 pesticides identified as health hazards by an expert committee has been flagged […]
International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Subject: Environment Section: International Convention Context: International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence is being held in Oxford, the United Kingdom. More on the News: The International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence being held in Oxford, the United Kingdom from March 30-April 1, 2023 has […]
The war on Tigray wiped out decades of environmental progress Subject: Environment Section: Places in news Context: Two-year war and siege on Tigray region has set Tigray’s restoration back by decades. The conflict has had a devastating impact on both people and the environment. More on the News: As many as 600,000 people […]
Triple trouble for Gulf of Mannar islands, study finds Subject: Environment Section: Places in news Context: An invasive plant from South America is threatening to pulverise indigenous plants across the 21 islands where 96 species of birds have been recorded. More on the News: An alien invasive plant is threatening to pulverise native […]
Evolutionary lineages of the banded krait discovered through molecular methods Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: A recent study finds that the highly venomous banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is likely to be an assemblage of different species across Asia. More on the News: In recent years, genetic analysis methods have been increasingly […]
India has registered a global first of a plant fungus infecting human Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: A 61-year-old man from Kolkata has been recently diagnosed with an infection from Chondrostereum Purpureum, a deadly plant fungus, in what is said to be the first such known case in the world. More […]