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News: The Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) 2023 was produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) 2023 measures biases against women by enumerating how people feel about the roles that women play. It examined how people felt about women in four areas: politics, education, the economy, and physical …
Read MoreNews: The Central Government recently stopped selling rice and wheat to State governments through the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). The Food Corporation of India (FCI) sells excess stocks of rice and wheat in the open market via e-auction at pre-set rates as part of OMSS. During the lean season, it is important to increase …
Read MoreNews: After a laborious overhaul that lasted about two and a half years, INS Vikramaditya was recently put into service. A modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier named INS Vikramaditya joined the Indian Navy in 2013 and is already operational. It has been given a new name in commemoration of the fabled Indian ruler Vikramaditya. Prior to …
Read MoreNews: The Mizoram parachute gecko is a new species of gliding gecko that was just found by scientists. A recently discovered species of gliding gecko is called the Mizoram parachute gecko. One of the 14 geckos known to fly is the Mizoram parachute gecko, or Gekko mizoramensis. The Arakan Mountains are likely to have caused …
Read MoreNews: At The Oval, Australia defeated India in the World Test Championship championship game by a score of 209 runs. After New Zealand, Australia became the second team to earn the coveted Mace. India has now lost two finals in a row in the WTC. Nine teams play in the World Test Championship, a two-year …
Read MoreNews: Murali Sreeshankar, an Indian long jumper, finished third in the Paris Diamond League. On Saturday, Murali Sreeshankar placed third in the men’s long jump competition at the Paris Diamond League 2023 athletics in France with an outstanding 8.09m attempt. The Diamond League is an elite yearly international athletics series that consists of numerous track …
Read MoreNews: The Reserve Bank of India has announced four crucial measures to support 1,514 urban cooperative banks, including providing them an additional two years to reach their lending goals for priority sectors. There are four key measures: allowing UCBs to open up to 10% (a maximum of 5 branches) of the number of branches in …
Read MoreNews: Lakshadweep’s Nutri Garden initiative has become a resounding success. The Nutri Garden project is a way to grow nutrient-rich food all year long for a family by planting and harvesting it near or in residential homes. Growing nutrient-rich crops for individual or group consumption is a cost-effective strategy to advance wellbeing and well health. …
Read MoreContext: Recently, the Union Government imposed limits on stock of wheat that can be held by traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors. The objective here is to stabilise the price of the essential commodity by steadying supply. What are the limits? The permissible stock that traders/ wholesalers can hold is 3,000 metric tonnes. …
Read MoreContext: Three States, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana, have deferred a proposal, approved by the Centre’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), to test a new kind of transgenic cotton seed that contains a gene, Cry2Ai, that purportedly makes cotton resistant to pink bollworm, a major pest. This conflict shows that a broad acceptance of genetically modified …
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