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Amendment Of Environment Impact Assessment Rules

Amendment Of Environment Impact Assessment Rules: The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has notified amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Rules Changes: Any project which is 100 km from the Line of Control, among other locations, will be exempted from an environmental clearance before construction. It will do away with the need […]

Pythagoras’s Theorem As “Fake News” : NEP

Pythagoras’s Theorem As “Fake News” : NEP A position paper by the Karnataka government on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has described Pythagoras’s theorem as “fake news”. It has referred to a text called the Baudhayana Sulbasutra, in which a specific shloka refers to the theorem. About Pythagoras: Evidence suggests that the Greek philosopher […]

SPRINT Challenges

SPRINT Challenges: PM unveiled ‘SPRINT challenges’, an initiative aimed at boosting the usage of indigenous technology in the Indian Navy. Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) in cooperation with the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), aims to induct at least 75 new indigenous technologies/products into the Indian Navy. The collaborative project is named SPRINT — Supporting […]

RBI Seeks Ban On Cryptocurrency

RBI Seeks Ban On Cryptocurrency: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended a ban on cryptocurrencies citing ‘destabilising effects’ for the country’s monetary and fiscal health. China has declared all cryptocurrency transactions illegal, effectively imposing a complete ban, whereas El Salvador has permitted Bitcoin as legal tender. At the moment, there is no legislature […]

Global Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction 2022

Global Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022 (GP DRR 2022) took place in Indonesia. The outcome was summarised in the Bali Agenda for Reilience Theme: From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development For All in a Covid-19 Transformed World. Global Platform was the first global gathering for […]

Varanasi Has Been Selected As The SCO Region’s First “Tourism And Cultural Capital

Varanasi Has Been Selected As The SCO Region’s First Tourism And Cultural Capital: Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit to be held in September 2022, Varanasi has been selected as the SCO region’s first “Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23. The SCO summit will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan where Iran and Belarus […]

Kerala’s Protest Against ESZ Notification

Kerala’s Protest Against ESZ Notification: Farmers in Kerala are protesting against Supreme Court’s order to establish Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs). The SC has directed to have a mandatory ESZ of minimum one kilometre measured from the demarcated boundary of every protected forest, including the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The Kerala State Assembly demands the Centre […]