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GS Paper-2, Govt. Policies Why in the News A recent attack on a 17-year-old girl with an acid-like substance in Delhi has once again brought back to focus the heinous crime of acid attacks and the easy availability of corrosive substances. About Prevalence of Acid Attack: As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) …
Read MoreGS Paper-1, Art and Culture Why in the News An Indian student claims to have solved Sanskrit’s biggest puzzle—a grammar problem found in the ‘Ashtadhyayi’. About Confusion in Interpretation of Ashtadhyayi: Ashtadhyayi delves deep into the language’s phonetics, syntax and grammar. It also offers a ‘language machine’, where you can feed in the root and …
Read MoreWhy in the News? According to a new study, a team of astronomers have found water worlds, two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star. What are the Key Findings? About the Exoplanets: These extraterrestrial worlds, known as Kepler-138c and Kepler-138d, were spotted by NASA’s Hubble and the now-retired Spitzer space telescope. It is the first …
Read MoreWhy in the News? Recently, a Kerala-based organisation, Thanal launched the Ikki Jathre or the Festival of Rice in tribal parlance whereby 300 climate-resilient varieties of traditional rice were planted at Panavally, Wayanad. Thanal initiated the Rice Diversity Block (RDB) at Panavally under the Save Our Rice campaign in 2009, with a collection of 30 …
Read MoreWhy in the News? Geographical Indication (GI) designation has been given to five agricultural products from Kerala: Attappady Attukombu Avara, Attappady Thuvara, Onattukara Ellu, Kanthalloor-Vattavada Veluthulli, and Kodungalloor Pottuvellari. The Alibag White Onion from Maharashtra, the Ladakh Raktsey Karpo Apricot, and the Tandur Redgram of Telangana also received the GI label recently. What are the …
Read MoreWhy in the News? Global methane emissions reached roughly 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 2020 from 9.9 ppb in 2019, the study published in the journal Nature noted. Reasons for the spike: Nitrogen oxide (NOx) can impact methane levels. In the troposphere — the upper part of the atmosphere — NOx combines with ozone …
Read MoreAbout the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: The sovereign gold bond was introduced by the Government in 2015. Government introduced these bonds to help reduce India’s over dependence on gold imports. The move was also aimed at changing the habits of Indians from saving in physical form of gold to a paper form with Sovereign backing. …
Read MoreWhy in the News? As per the latest Land Use Statistics-at a glance, the details of arable land in the country for the year 2009-10 to 2018-19 is available as follows; (in Thousand Hectare) Year Arable Land 2009-10 1,82,179 2010-11 1,82,010 2011-12 1,81,955 2012-13 1,82,086 2013-14 1,81,849 2014-15 1,81,829 2015-16 1,81,603 2016-17 1,81,133 2017-18 1,81,064 …
Read MoreWhy in the News? Recently, a revocation application under Section 34 of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Act, 2001 has been filed to revoke the registration granted to PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd., in respect of FL-2027 Potato Variety. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001: Enacted by …
Read MoreEvery year 16th December is observed by Indian Armed Forces and Bangladesh as Vijay Diwas (Bijoy Dibos) to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war and the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation. What are the Key Points about the Indo-Pak War for Bangladesh Liberation? Background: Pakistan right after India’s independence consisted …
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