DPN Topics
Stockholm Convention Subject :Environment Objective: The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Adopted in 2001, the Stockholm Convention bans or severely restricts production, trade, and use of twelve POPs known as the “dirty dozen.” Most of these chemicals are no longer manufactured or used in industrialized countries; however, the nature of POPs […]
Basel Convention Subject :Environment The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted on 22 March 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland. Basel Convention’s thrust at the time of its adoption was to combat the “toxic trade”. The Convention entered into force […]
Green customs initiative Subject :Environment The Green Customs Initiative, launched in 2004, is an unprecedented informal partnership of international organisations cooperating to prevent the illegal trade in environmentally-sensitive commodities and substances and to facilitate legal trade. Its objective is to enhance the capacity of customs and other relevant border control officers to monitor […]
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, top alert status triggered Subject :Geography In the news- Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, prompting authorities to raise the alert status to the highest level. Details about the eruption- Located on […]
In Kaziranga, Indo-French partnership bears fruit Subject :Environment In the news- The Kaziranga project is a part of a larger Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC) for which the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has committed funding of €80.2 million for a 10-year period, between 2014-2024. Measures to be taken under […]
World Soil Day: 5 December Subject :Environment About- It was recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in 2002. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has supported the formal establishment of WSD as a global awareness-raising platform under the leadership of the Kingdom of Thailand within the framework of the Global […]
The Great Barrier Reef is ‘in danger’: Australia pushes back Subject :Environment Context- A joint report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre (WHC) expressed concern about the status of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in Australia, recommending that it “be inscribed on the List of […]
Rice, integral to Madagascar, may be hastening the decline of its unique biodiversity; here is how Subject :Environment Context- Rice, the main food crop of Madagascar, could be hastening the deforestation and loss of biodiversity in the fourth-largest island of the world due to the practice of shifting agriculture, according to two exhaustive […]
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Context: Focus on gender equality, raising the marriageable age of women to 21, equal rights for daughters in ancestral properties, legal rights for LGBTQ couples and registration of live-in relationships. are some of the suggestions an expert committee, constituted by Uttarakhand to examine issues relating to the implementation of […]
Telecom imports under lens Subject : Economy Context: The government will devise a methodology to check imports from neighboring nations that are noncompliant with trusted source rules of the telecom sector, Minister for Communications and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Concept: India imports most of its Telecom equipment from China, South Korea […]