Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand, already battered by natural calamities including cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides across its mountainous regions, is now facing a new and terrifying phenomenon: widespread land subsidence in Chamoli’s Nanda Nagar. Land subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth’s surface. This geotechnical phenomenon occurs when the ground loses its […]
Tag: 4th Sep 2025
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025: Iceland has once again secured its position as the most peaceful country in the world, as per the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI). Highlights of GPI 2025: It is the 19th edition of the GPI. It finds that global peacefulness continues to decline and that many of the leading factors […]
Securities Appellate Tribunal
Securities Appellate Tribunal: US-based trading firm Jane Street Group recently filed an appeal in the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in the alleged market manipulation case. The SAT is a statutory body established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. As a quasi-judicial body, […]
Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card
Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card: Less than 40% of India’s projected population of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) have been issued a Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, which enables access to government benefits, data show. A UDID card is a single document of identification for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). It is the universal ID that is […]
Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling
Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling: The Union Cabinet recently approved a Rs.1,500 crore Incentive Scheme to develop recycling capacity in the country for the separation and production of critical minerals from secondary sources. Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling is part of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM), which is aimed at […]
Graphite Spyware
Graphite Spyware: The Trump administration has unfrozen a stalled Biden-era contract with Paragon Solutions, a Graphite spyware company founded in Israel. Graphite is designed to gain remote access to a mobile phone and essentially take control of it. The user of the spyware can access the mobile user’s photos, read their messages, and track their […]
Solar Orbiter Mission
Solar Orbiter Mission: According to a new study the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter Mission has traced the origin of Solar Energetic Electrons (SEEs) emerging from the Sun. Solar Orbiter Mission is a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA which was launched in 2020. It explores the Sun and heliosphere from […]
Senna spectabilis
Senna spectabilis: Kerala has carried out India’s first science-based, community-driven eradication of Senna spectabilis which could restore south India’s forests. Senna spectabilis is an invasive species native to tropical America. Common names: Popcorn Bush Cedar, Archibald’s Cassia, Calceolaria Cassia, Golden Shower, Scented Shower, Fetid Cassia. It forms dense, sterile thickets, choking out native plants, altering […]
Wet and Dry Lease of Aircrafts
Wet and Dry Lease of Aircrafts: Wet and dry (aircraft sans crew) leases are increasingly being adopted by airlines in order to overcome the shortage of new aircraft globally that has grown acute since the pandemic because of supply chain challenges. In a wet lease, airlines acquire a fully operational aircraft along with a crew […]
Equity Derivatives : SEBI
Equity Derivatives : SEBI SEBI has come out with a new framework for monitoring intraday positions in equity index derivatives, a move aimed at preventing risks caused by large exposures. Derivatives are financial contracts that derive value from an underlying asset. Derivatives allow traders to bid on the direction of the underlying asset’s price change […]
