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President Droupadi Murmu advocates All India Judicial Service exam for Judges’ selection Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary The AIJS is a reform push to centralise the recruitment of judges at the level of additional district judges and district judges for all states. In the same way that the Union Public Service Commission conducts a […]
RBI supersedes Mumbai-based Abhyudaya Co-op Bank’s Board Subject: Economy Section: Monetary policy The Banking Regulations Act, enables RBI to supersede the board of directors of a bank for up to 12 months if it feels that the board is not working in the interest of shareholders and depositors. If such a step is […]
GPS spoofing Subject : Science and Tech Section: Space technology Context: Electronic warfare in the Middle East and Ukraine is affecting air travel far from the battlefields, unnerving pilots and exposing an unintended consequence of a tactic that experts say will become more common. Planes are losing satellite signals, flights have been diverted […]
In Mexico, ecologists going all out to save the iconic ‘water monster’ Subject : Environment Section: Species in news Context: Ecologists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls. About Axolotls: It is an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander. It is a paedomorphic salamander closely […]
Understanding Javier Milei and dollarisation, his radical policy to save Argentina’s economy Subject: Economy Section: External sector In the news: The self-proclaimed “libertarian” and “anarcho-capitalist” Javier Milei has become the President-elect of Argentina, one of the world’s biggest economies which has been grappling with high inflation of more than 100%. Milei wants […]
Producing more from less: How Indian agriculture has grown with limited ‘factors of production’ Subject : Economy Section: National Income Introduction: In agriculture, there are four “factors of production”: Land, water, labour and energy. Farmers use these factors or inputs to produce crops. For a given level of technology, the output produced by […]
Ahead of COP28, three UNEP reports paint a grim picture of climate reality Subject : IR Section: Reports and Indices Context: The leading theme of COP28 to the UNFCCC is ‘Global Stocktake’, which means the focus will be on checking what each country has done in terms of climate action vis-à-vis its promise. […]
Mylab and Ekincare to promote Serum Institute’s nasal flu vaccine among corporates Subject :Science and Tech Section: Health In the news: Diagnostics solutions provider Mylab is partnering with Ekincare to promote the nasal influenza vaccine NASOVAC-S4, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), among corporates. Ekincare: Ekincare is a corporate health benefits […]
EC tells Telangana govt to stop disbursal of Rythu Bandhu Subject :Polity Section: Elections Context: EC tells KCR govt to stop farm aide ,cite model code More about the news: The Election Commission of India revoked its “no objection” for disbursement under the Rythu Bandhu scheme in Telangana, accusing BRS Minister T Harish […]
Rat-hole mining Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: Uttarakhand tunnel rescue ops What is Rat hole mining: It is a method of extracting coal from narrow, horizontal seams, prevalent in Meghalaya. The term “rat hole” refers to the narrow pits dug into the ground, typically just large enough for one person to descend and […]