High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule: The Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government’s decision to increase the reservation quota from 50% to 65% for Backward Classes (BC), Extremely Backward Classes (EBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in educational institutions and government jobs. This move by the Bihar government has […]
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Reciprocal Exchange Of Logistics Agreement
Reciprocal Exchange Of Logistics Agreement: The India-Russia mutual logistics agreement named the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) is now ready for finalisation. It will facilitate military cooperation between India and Russia, including joint exercises, training, and disaster relief efforts. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) between India and Russia is a significant administrative […]
Indus Water Treaty
Indus Water Treaty: A Pakistani delegation recently arrived in Jammu as part of ongoing discussions concerning the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT). Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a treaty signed between India and Pakistan regulating the use and distribution of the Indus River system. It was signed by then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and former Pakistan […]
Kolar Gold Fields : Reviving Gold Mining
Kolar Gold Fields : Reviving Gold Mining The Karnataka government recently cleared a proposal of the Centre for reviving gold mining and auctioning of 13 tailing dumps at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) by the Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. (BGML). Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) is a mining area in the Kolar District of Karnataka, 100 km […]
Stryker Armoured Infantry Combat Vehicles
Stryker Armoured Infantry Combat Vehicles: India and the United States are in advanced talks for the joint manufacture of the latest generation of Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs). The Stryker is a family of eight-wheel-drive combat armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs). It is jointly developed by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) Canada and the […]
New Plant Species : Discovered
New Plant Species: Discovered Indian botanists and researchers have discovered two new species of plants from two bio-geographic hotspots of the country the Andaman and Nicobar islands and Arunachal Pradesh. Researchers discovered two new plant species namely Dendrophthoe longensis(from Andaman and Nicobar islands) and Petrocosmea arunachalense (from Arunachal Pradesh). Dendrophthoe longensis is an aerial stem-parasitic […]
Intergovernmental Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services
Intergovernmental Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services: The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been selected for the 2024 Blue Planet Prize. Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is an intergovernmental organisation established in 2012. It aims to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and […]
UNESCO Creative Cities Network
UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Kozhikode, a city in north Kerala celebrated for its rich cultural heritage, has been officially declared as India’s first UNESCO City of Literature under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a […]
Methane : New Study
Methane : New Study According to a new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, a significant portion of the methane gas released from the ruptured Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September never made it into the atmosphere. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is responsible for approximately […]
Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report 2023
Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report 2023: As per the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report, in 2023, the amount of gas flared worldwide rose by nine billion cubic meters (bcm) to 148 bcm, its highest level since 2019 . Gas flaring is the burning of the natural gas associated with oil extraction. The practice […]
