Contents1 What is the News?2 What is State Energy and Climate Index-(SECI)?3 What are the key findings of the index?4 What is the significance of the index?5 What is India’s Performance in Global Energy Indices? What is the News? NITI Aayog has released the State Energy and Climate Index-(SECI) Round 1. What is State Energy… Continue reading Launch Event of the State Energy and Climate Index Round 1
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India’s learning poverty has shot up, says World Bank official
What is the News? According to the World Bank Official, India’s learning poverty has shot up from 54% (before the pandemic) to 70% (after the pandemic). What is Learning Poverty? According to the World Bank, Learning Poverty means being unable to read and understand a simple text by the age of 10. This indicator brings… Continue reading India’s learning poverty has shot up, says World Bank official
FAO: Food prices record high due to Ukraine war disruptions
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the World Food Price Index?3 Why is the World Food Price index at an all-time high?4 What about India and Food prices? What is the News? Food and Agriculture Organization’s(FAO) World food price Index averaged 159.3 points in March 2022 breaking an earlier record of 137.6 points scaled… Continue reading FAO: Food prices record high due to Ukraine war disruptions
Bengaluru joins global network of silk cities
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Global Silk City Network?3 Why was Bengaluru included in the Global Silk City Network?4 Which other Indian Cities are in line to join the Global Silk City Network? What is the News? Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to become a member of the Global Silk… Continue reading Bengaluru joins global network of silk cities
Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System and Pinaka Area Denial Munition Rocket Systems successfully flight-tested by DRDO & Indian Army
What is the News? Defence Research and Development Organization(DRDO) and the Indian Army have successfully flight-tested Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems. What is the Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System(EPRS)? Developed by: Pune-based DRDO laboratories – Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research… Continue reading Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System and Pinaka Area Denial Munition Rocket Systems successfully flight-tested by DRDO & Indian Army
Microbots: ‘Micro-swimmers’ may soon help with drug delivery
Contents1 What is the News?2 What have the researchers developed?3 How do these microbots swim?4 What is the significance of this development? What is the News? Researchers have found that it is possible to use light as a fuel to move microbots in real-body conditions for intelligent drug delivery. What have the researchers developed? Researchers… Continue reading Microbots: ‘Micro-swimmers’ may soon help with drug delivery
Explained: What Imran Khan’s ouster as Pakistan PM means for India
What is the News? Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote. What are the key takeaways from this? Pakistan Democracy: Pakistan’s flawed democracy is still seen as a “guided democracy”. No elected Prime Minister there has ever completed his or her five-year term. However, this is the… Continue reading Explained: What Imran Khan’s ouster as Pakistan PM means for India
Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are RNA Viruses?3 What did the researchers do?4 What did the researchers find out?5 What is the significance of these findings? What is the News? Researchers have identified more than 5,000 new RNA virus species in the world’s oceans. What are RNA Viruses? An RNA virus is a virus… Continue reading Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution
Good while it lasted – I: 6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Mass Extinction?3 What is causing the sixth mass extinction?4 What do various reports say about the rate of extinction of species? What is the News? The sixth mass extinction is underway and the earth is losing species at an unprecedented rate. Hence, this marks the beginning of the… Continue reading Good while it lasted – I: 6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans
First ever NTCA meeting outside National Capital held at Arunachal Pradesh
What is the News? The 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) was held in Pakke tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh under the chairmanship of the Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change. Note: This is the first time in history that the NTCA meeting happened outside Delhi. What are the key highlights from… Continue reading First ever NTCA meeting outside National Capital held at Arunachal Pradesh
