Re-Wilding Of Abandoned Or Injured Animals Under The Lens.: The recent attempt of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) to reintroduce into the wild an abandoned nine-month-old cub named Mangala after rearing it in ‘captivity’ for two years has once again brought the controversial concept of ‘re-wilding’ of abandoned or injured animals under the lens. As per […]
Supreme Court on Kanwar Yatra
Kanwar Yatra: The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a report on the decision by the Uttar Pradesh government to allow Kanwar Yatra this year with certain restrictions, even as the Uttarakhand government had suspended the yatra amid fears of a possible Covid-19 outbreak. The Kanwar Yatra is a pilgrimage organised in the Hindu […]
IMD Doppler Radar in Mumbai
Doppler Radar: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) only Doppler radar in Mumbai, which surveys weather patterns and forecast, stopped working again , when the city was witnessing rainfall. In radars, a beam of energy– called radio waves– is emitted from an antenna. When this beam strikes an object in the atmosphere, the energy scatters in […]
Hubble Space Telescope Glitch
Hubble Space Telescope: NASA plans to fix a glitch that has stopped the Hubble space telescope from being used for science work for more than a month. The malfunction has been described as the most serious problem in a decade to face the legendary observatory, which is currently running in “safe mode”. The Hubble, launched […]
Environment Ministry’s Memorandum : EIA
Environment Ministry’s Memorandum Stayed: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has granted an interim stay on the operation of an office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The memorandum provided a procedure for the grant of post facto clearance to projects that have come up without environmental […]
Aatmairbhar Bharat : Self Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing
Conference On Aatmairbhar Bharat :Self Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had recently organised a conference on “Aatmairbhar Bharat – Self Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing”. India had one of the fastest rates of growth of Renewable Energy capacity in the world. It had pledged in COP-21 in Paris that by […]
What is Fit for 55 Package?
Fit for 55 Package: EU: The European Commission unveiled its ‘Fit for 55’ package of revised climate and energy laws on 14 July – aiming to align key EU policies with the new 55-percent net-emissions reduction by 2030. Key features: Cars with internal combustion engines will disappear from European showrooms by 2035. Steel producers and […]
Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club : Barred by RBI
Foreign Card Payment Network Companies Barred: RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred three foreign card payment network firms – Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club — from taking new customers on board over the issue of storing data in India. As many as five private sector banks, including Axis Bank, Yes Bank, […]
Women’s Reservation Bill
Women’s Reservation Bill: A political party has raised the demand of bringing the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill to Parliament, ahead of the monsoon session. The Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in May 2008 and was referred to a standing committee. In 2010, it was passed in the House and transmitted finally to the […]
Kisan Sarathi Platform : ICAR
Kisan Sarathi: The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) celebrated its 93rd foundation day and on the occasion, the Kisan Sarthi platform was launched. It was jointly launched by the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and the Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology. It is a digital platform to facilitate farmers to […]
