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Israel used White Phosphorus bomb in Israel Subject :IR Section: International conventions Context: Israel used White Phosphorus bomb in Israel More about the news: The Human Rights Watch accused Israel of using white phosphorus bombs in the densely populated Gaza Strip in response to a recent Hamas attack. Israel’s Defense Forces denied using […]
Daily Prelims Notes 14 October 2023 Table Of Contents Israel used White Phosphorus bomb in Israel Questions of foetal viability and rights of unborn child The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum Government mulls partnerships to make semiconductor chips The afterglow […]
Daily Prelims Notes 13 October 2023 Table Of Contents Principle of Comparative advantage P20 Summit What war crimes laws apply to the Israel-Palestinian conflict Naik Yeshwant Ghadge Supreme Court said that we cannot kill child and need to balance out right of unborn child Putin visit Kyrgyzstan first foreign visit since arrest warrant […]
Overview of Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023 Report Subject: IR Section: Reports and Indices Details India’s Position: India has slipped four notches to 111 out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023. This is a decline from its position at 107 out of 121 countries in 2022. Child Wasting Rate: […]
OECD-Tax Deal Subject: IR Section: International Conventions Why in News? OECD Initiative: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has introduced a new multilateral convention to address tax challenges related to the digitalization and globalization of the economy. Two-Pillar Solution: The convention is a part of the Two-Pillar Solution, which includes Pillar […]
Decline in Banks’ Outstanding Credit-Deposit Spread in India Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy According to recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the net interest spread between outstanding loans and deposits of banks in India has experienced a significant compression, reaching an 8-year low in August 2023. The spread between the […]
Shifting to millets increases groundwater recharge more than drip irrigation in India’s northern plains: Study Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: Switching from rice to pearl millet (bajra) and sorghum during the Kharif season and shifting from wheat to sorghum (jowar) in the Rabi season could lower water consumption in the Indo-Gangetic Plains […]
NASA finds proof of carbon and water in asteroid Bennu samples Subject: Science and Tech Section: Space science Context: Initial studies on the samples collected in space and recently brought back on earth from the asteroid Bennu under the OSIRIS-REx mission have shown evidence of high-carbon content and water-bearing clay minerals, according to […]
Bio Hydrogen’s role in India’s green hydrogen pathway Subject: Science and Tech Section: Msc Context: Green hydrogen constitutes less than 1 percent of the world’s hydrogen production and usage, according to the September release of the Global Hydrogen Review 2023 by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Details: To align with the organization’s Net […]
‘Dhib’ & ‘Nimr’: Can Israel-Palestine’s Negev, Judaean deserts ever revive populations of world’s smallest wolf, leopard? Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: The Israel-Hamas war is impacting the iconic wildlife of the region, including the world’s smallest wolf and leopard. Dhib (Arabian wolf) and Nimr (Arabian leopard): The Arabian wolf (Canis lupus […]