GatiShakti Sanchar Portal: The Ministry of Communications has launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals. GatiShakti Sanchar portal: The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission at the core, which are providing broadband infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance […]
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Karnataka’s Anti-Conversion Bill
Karnataka’s Anti-Conversion Bill: Karnataka state government has decided to take the Ordinance route to get clearance for the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021. The Bill, which was adopted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in its special session in December 2021, is yet to be introduced in the Legislative Council. Highlights […]
Amalthea : Jupiter’s Satellites
Amalthea : Jupiter’s Satellites According to recent findings, Amalthea appears to radiate out more heat than it receives from the sun, which NASA suggests may be due to Jupiter’s magnetic field or from tidal stresses. Amalthea is tidally locked to Jupiter in synchronous rotation — it always aligns with the planet along its long axis. […]
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terror Structure Meeting
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terror Structure Meeting: Counterterrorism teams from Russia, China, Pakistan and Central Asian countries will gather in Delhi ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terror Structure (SCO-RATS) meeting hosted by India from May 16 to 19. While both India and Pakistan have no bilateral engagement at present and have not attended […]
Excavations Of Iron In Tamil Nadu
Excavations Of Iron In Tamil Nadu: Carbon dating of excavated finds in Tamil Nadu pushes evidence of iron being used in India back to 4,200 years ago, the Tamil Nadu government announced on the basis of an archaeological report. Before this, the earliest evidence of iron use was from 1900-2000 BCE for the country, and […]
Global Food Policy Report: IFPRI
Global Food Policy Report: IFPRI The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change & Food Systems, showing India’s risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to Climate Change. Findings: India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase […]
Central African Republic (CAR) Became The Second Country To Adopt Bitcoin
Central African Republic (CAR) Became The Second Country To Adopt Bitcoin: The Central African Republic (CAR) became the second country after El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. The Union Budget 2022-2023 of India has also proposed to introduce a digital currency in the coming financial year. It was also announced that “any income […]
India Hypertension Control Initiative
India Hypertension Control Initiative: According to a project called the India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI), nearly 23% out of 2.1 million Indians have uncontrolled blood pressure. Managing blood pressure for 2.5 crore individuals can prevent up to five lakh deaths due to cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years. Hypertension: Blood pressure is the force […]
Foreign Exchange Reserves : RBI Added 16.58 Tonnes Of Gold
Foreign Exchange Reserves: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) added another 16.58 tonnes of gold to the country’s foreign exchange reserves in the last six months, bringing the country’s gold holdings to more than 700 tonnes (around 760.42). Gold was acquired by the RBI at a time when Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) left India, and […]
Shallow And Deep Ecologism
Shallow And Deep Ecologism: As India continues to grapple with the unrelenting heat waves, it becomes relevant to unpack two strands of environmental philosophy that reinvent the relationship between nature and humans — Shallow and Deep Ecologism. The concepts emerged in the 1970s, when Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss sought to look beyond the popular pollution […]
