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What is the Great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter?

Great conjunction:- Source: The Indian Express News: After nearly 400 years, Saturn and Jupiter will be brought closest in the night sky by an astronomical event called the “great conjunction” and popularly referred to as the “Christmas Star”.  Facts:  What is Conjunction? It is the name given to any event where planets or asteroids appear to… Continue reading What is the Great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter?

9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – December 19, 2020

Good evening dear reader Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS 2 Child nutrition need attention Sixth Schedule discriminates against the non-tribal India and Bangladesh GS 3 MSP for other crops Climate mitigation What is Solar Winds Hack? Coal sector reforms to reduce CO2 emissions 9 PM for Preliminary examination FACTLY Child… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – December 19, 2020

Why Indian Economy is slowing down?

What are the issues facing Indian Economy? COVID pandemic has pulled down the global economy and India’s economy is one of the worst affected among them. In the first quarter of the financial year (April-June), India’s economy had contracted by an unprecedented 23.9%. Whereas in the second quarter, after a bit improvement, economy contracted by… Continue reading Why Indian Economy is slowing down?

Coal sector reforms to reduce CO2 emissions

News: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has conducted a webinar titled “Reducing CO2 footprints of India’s coal-based power sector”. Facts: Coal Sector: Coal Sector Emissions: India’s coal-based thermal power sector is one of the country’s biggest emitters of CO2.It emits 1.1 giga-tonne of CO2 every year; this is 2.5% of global GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions,… Continue reading Coal sector reforms to reduce CO2 emissions

What is Solar Winds Hack?

News: The ‘Solar Winds hack’, a cyberattack discovered in the United States, has emerged as one of the biggest ever targeted against the US government.In fact, it is likely a global cyberattack. Facts: SolarWinds Hack also called the Supply Chain attack is a cyberattack discovered in the United States. Instead of directly attacking the federal government or… Continue reading What is Solar Winds Hack?

Climate mitigation

Context: The fifth anniversary of the Paris accord provided the scope of a virtual global meeting. What steps has India undertaken to mitigate climate change post Paris Agreement? Renewable energy targets: Initially, India had set a target of 175 GW of installed renewables capacity by 2020 and a guarantee that by 2030, 40 per cent of… Continue reading Climate mitigation

MSP for other crops

Context: Need to extend MSP for other crops to promote crop diversification. How India achieved self-sufficiency in food grain production mainly in wheat and rice? Ship-to-mouth situation in India: In the early 1960s, near-famine conditions prevailed in India and some 10 million tonnes of wheat had to be imported from the US under the PL480 programme. Green… Continue reading MSP for other crops

India and Bangladesh

Context: Recent inauguration of an 11-km rail link between West Bengal and Bangladesh marks the slow but steady effort by Delhi and Dhaka to overcome the negative consequences of the Partition of the subcontinent. How economic dissociation started in the Indian subcontinent? The political Partition in 1947, which created Pakistan, did not immediately lead to… Continue reading India and Bangladesh

Sixth Schedule discriminates against the non-tribal

Context – The Sixth Schedule was incorporated to protect the rights of the minority tribals living within a larger state dominated by the majority. More in news Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) an influential students’ body in Meghalaya has put up banners labelling all Bengalis in the state as Bangladeshis. It is also spearheading an agitation for an… Continue reading Sixth Schedule discriminates against the non-tribal

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