Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns

Source: The post is based on an article “Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns” published in The Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Infrastructure News: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given environmental clearance for the development of a project on the Great Nicobar Island. The project is… Continue reading Development of Great Nicobar: strategic imperative and ecological concerns

The geoheritage value of Ram Setu

Source: The post is based on the article “The geoheritage value of Ram Setu” published in The Hindu on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS – 3: Environmental Conservation. Relevance: About Ram Setu and Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP). News: The Supreme Court gave the Centre four weeks’ time to file a response clarifying its stand on… Continue reading The geoheritage value of Ram Setu

Judging A Decade Of POCSO

Source: The post is based on the article “Judging A Decade Of POCSO” published in The Times of India on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-2 – Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Relevance: About the implementation of the POCSO Act. News: On November 14, 2022, the POCSO Act completed… Continue reading Judging A Decade Of POCSO

Low crop yield in India: WHAT FARMING NEEDS: A GIANT TECH LEAP

Source: The post is based on the article “WHAT FARMING NEEDS: A GIANT TECH LEAP” published in the Livemint on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-3 – Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country. Relevance: About low crop yield in India. News: Low crop yield in India is a grave concern for Indian Agriculture. Contents1 How low… Continue reading Low crop yield in India: WHAT FARMING NEEDS: A GIANT TECH LEAP

Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back

Source: The post is based on the article “Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back” published in the Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-2 – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Relevance: About the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022.… Continue reading Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back

About transferring the judges: The Bar and the Bench

Source: The post is based on the article “The Bar and the Bench” published in the Indian Express on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS-2 – Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. Relevance: About transferring the judges of High Courts. News: The transfers of high court judges, especially from Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh High Courts… Continue reading About transferring the judges: The Bar and the Bench

Private-sector participation in space: Space for start-ups

Source: The post is based on the article “Space for start-ups” published in the Business Standard on 22nd November 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Awareness in the field of space Relevance: About the private-sector participation in space. News: The successful launch of Vikram-S, India’s first privately built rocket from start-up Skyroot, has focused on the opening up of space to… Continue reading Private-sector participation in space: Space for start-ups

Decoding The New PDP Bill

Source: The post is based on an article “Decoding The New PDP Bill” published in The Times of India on 21st November 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance Relevance: provisions of the new draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill News: The draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (PDP) bill has been recently released. This article discusses the… Continue reading Decoding The New PDP Bill

10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people

Source: The post is based on an article “10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people” published in The Indian Express on 21st November 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance Relevance: measures required to improve quasi-judicial agencies. News: There is a class of quasi-judicial agencies that are generally handled by the revenue authorities and are largely… Continue reading 10 steps to make quasi-judicial courts work for the people

Threat to federalism in agricultural education

Source– The post is based on the article “Threat to federalism in agricultural education” published in The Hindu on 20th November 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Issues and challenges pertaining to federal structure Relevance: Centre-state legislative relations News- The article explains the issues related to KUFOS judgement by Kerala High Court What is KUFOS judgement? It annulled… Continue reading Threat to federalism in agricultural education

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