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Scholarship Amounts and Performance of Social Justice Ministry’s Schemes Sub: Schemes Sec: Education Context The House panel on Social Justice highlighted that the annual scholarship amounts offered to Scheduled Caste (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic, and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) students under various educational schemes are insufficient to cover […]
UNESCO Tentative List: Six New Sites from India Sub: Sci Sec: Art and Culture Introduction Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, announced in the Lok Sabha on March 17, 2025, that six sites have been added to India’s tentative list by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. This is a mandatory step […]
MENHIR Sub: History Sec: Art and Culture Context: The Mudumal megalithic menhirs in Telangana’s Narayanpet district are set to become the second UNESCO World Heritage Site in the state. They are among six Indian sites expected to be added to the tentative UNESCO list in 2025. What are Menhirs? A menhir is a […]
SC had favoured ‘linguistic secularism’ in 2014 order, said evolution of language was ‘organic’ Sub : Polity Sec: Federalism Supreme Court’s View on Linguistic Secularism In U.P. Hindi Sahittya Sammelan vs State of U.P. (September 2014), the Supreme Court emphasized that the evolution of both law and language in India is organic. The […]
Impact of Air Pollution on India’s Solar Power Generation Sub: Env Sec: Pollution Why in News A study conducted by researchers at IIT Delhi, published in Environmental Research Letters, highlights the adverse effects of air pollution and climate change on India’s solar power generation capacity. Details: India is the fifth-largest producer of solar […]
U.S. strikes on Yemen kill 31; Houthis hit back Sub: IR Sec: Places in news Context: The United States launched its first strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels since Donald Trump took office, resulting in the deaths of 31 individuals, with the U.S. President warning of severe retaliation if the Houthis continued their attacks […]
Daily Prelims Notes 17 March 2025 Table Of Contents U.S. strikes on Yemen kill 31; Houthis hit back Impact of Air Pollution on India’s Solar Power Generation SC had favoured ‘linguistic secularism’ in 2014 order, said evolution of language was ‘organic’ MENHIR 1. U.S. strikes on Yemen kill 31; Houthis hit […]
Daily Prelims Notes 16 March 2025 Table Of Contents Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Satellite Sustainability Efavirenz: A Potential Drug for Treating Chikungunya Anthropologists call for overhaul of criteria used for identifying STs Uniyala keralensis: A Newly Identified Plant Species Madhav National Park & Tiger Reserves in India 1. Impact […]
Madhav National Park & Tiger Reserves in India Sub: Env Sec: Protected Areas in news Location of Madhav National Park & Its Tiger Population Madhav National Park is located in Madhya Pradesh. It was declared the 58th tiger reserve in India on March 9. Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of tiger reserves […]
Uniyala keralensis: A Newly Identified Plant Species Sub : Env Sec: Species in news Context: A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district has been confirmed as a distinct species of the genus Uniyala. Researchers have named the new species, which is endemic to […]