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Human-animal conflict increased in Wayanad Subject :Environment Context: In the latest in a series of wild elephant attacks in Kerala, a daily worker, was attacked by a rouge elephant at Sulthan Bathery town adjacent to the Wayanad wildlife Sanctuary. About Human animal conflict https://optimizeias.com/human-animal-conflict/ Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary: Established in 1973, the sanctuary is now an […]
SC junks PIL challenging UCC committees in Gujarat and Uttarakhand Subject :Polity Context: The Supreme Court junked a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the decision of the Gujarat and Uttarakhand governments to set up a committee for introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Gujarat and Uttarakhand had decided to form committees for the […]
CBDC-R users to hit 50,000 by Jan-end on better acceptance Subject :Economy Context: The number of retail users of CBDC-R is expected to touch 50,000 at the end of this month. Currently, this number stands at around 16,000. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched a pilot project for e₹-R on December 1 […]
DGCA raps Air India for not reporting two more incident Subject: Polity Context: Air India did not report a second peeing incident to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) when a male passenger urinated on a vacant seat and the blanket of a female co-passenger on a Paris-Delhi flight. Directorate General of […]
Indians abroad: History, spread, remittances Subject :International relations Context: The Prime Minister of India recently inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), saying that Indians living abroad are brand ambassadors for the country on foreign soil. History of the Indian diaspora ‘Girmitiya’ arrangement: The Indian diaspora has grown […]
Opposite parties flay EC’s remote voting plan Subject :Polity Context: At a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, the parties questioned the EC’s logic in remote voting plan which would increase voting percentage. Remote Voting Plan It will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to the […]
Governor’s Address to the State Legislature Subject :Polity Context: Governor of Tamil Nadu, R N Ravi, skipped certain portions of the text of his customary address to the state’s legislature. As a result, the Chief Minister of the state, M K Stalin, moved a resolution demanding only the original printed speech in Tamil […]
Ozone layer to recover in 4 decades but aerosol injection may undo gains: UNEP Subject: Environment Context: The successful phasing out of banned substances as envisioned by the Montreal Protocol has set the stage for a complete recovery of the ozone layer by the 2060s, a United Nations-backed panel of experts said at […]
Mini-grids: Africa’s new tool to improve energy access, empower livelihoods Subject: Science and Technology Context: Africa Mini-grids Program (AMP) is a specialised support initiative that was started to provide electricity at economies of scale, promote increased commercial investment with new growth opportunities and novel business models to some of the poorest African countries. […]
Joshimath crisis: What is land subsidence and why does it happen? Subject: Geography Context: Almost a week after cracks appeared in many roads and hundreds of houses in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, authorities on Sunday declared it a landslide and subsidence-hit zone. What is land subsidence? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), subsidence […]