What is the News? The Indian President is on a visit to Turkmenistan. This is the first-ever visit of the President of India to independent Turkmenistan. What are the key highlights from the India-Turkmenistan meet? Agreements: The two countries signed four agreements, including in financial intelligence and disaster management, and agreed to expand bilateral trade… Continue reading India, Turkmenistan sign 4 MoUs for cooperation, agree to expand bilateral trade
Reviving butterflies in Delhi: Project on to create links via urban clusters for habitat connect
What is the News? Bombay Natural History Society(BNHS) has started working on a project to build butterfly corridors to revive the diminishing species in New Delhi. Butterfly Habitats Project in Delhi Started by: The Bombay Natural History Society(BNHS) in 2018. Aim: The project is focused on creating butterfly habitats and planting host plants for the… Continue reading Reviving butterflies in Delhi: Project on to create links via urban clusters for habitat connect
Competition Commission of India Revises Long Form for Merger & Acquisitions
What is the News? Competition Commission of India(CCI) has revamped the content and format of information regarding parties to a Combination. They need to file with the CCI when their post-merger market share exceeds a specified threshold. According to the revised format, parties to a Combination need to file a report to the CCI when… Continue reading Competition Commission of India Revises Long Form for Merger & Acquisitions
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 5th, 2022
Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 5th, 2022
Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer
News: Recently, the government has introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in the Lok Sabha. It seeks to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 which regulates how the police can gather data from convicted or suspected criminals. The bill has generated a lot of controversy. Contents1 What are the issues with the bill? 2 What… Continue reading Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer
India’s zinc-trade deficit with Korea tells why we need industry input on deals
News: India aspires to be the 3rd largest economy in the world by the year 2047. The government is working hard to make India self-reliant and play a bigger role in the global economy. In this context, Indian industry has been requesting the government to look into the existing trade pacts, especially India-South Korea CEPA… Continue reading India’s zinc-trade deficit with Korea tells why we need industry input on deals
Unlocking the potential of green hydrogen
News: The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has increased the prices of crude oil, natural gas and fertilizers, highlighting India’s vulnerability to geopolitical sanctions. Therefore, the Union Transport Minister’s statement on hydrogen-powered cars in Parliament has brought the green hydrogen economy into focus. Moreover, hydrogen is an important industrial gas. It is used on a large scale… Continue reading Unlocking the potential of green hydrogen
The carbon cost of data
News: Environmental scientists are beginning to worry about the harmful effects of data on climate. The impact is not exactly due to the data, but the servers, data farms and other hardware required for creating, storing and processing data for the increasingly digital life. Contents1 How the pace of generation of data has picked up?2… Continue reading The carbon cost of data
Protect the film archive. This can’t be done by handing it to a corporation
News: Recently, the government has merged the Films Division, Children’s Film Society, International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Directorate of Film Festivals, and National Film Archive of India (NFAI) with the NFDC (National Film Development Corporation of India). What are the achievements of the NFAI? Contributed to the growth of our film culture. It has… Continue reading Protect the film archive. This can’t be done by handing it to a corporation
Better early than late
News: Early intervention programme that prevents disabling conditions in newborn children, is better than one that tries to mitigate the effects once disability has set in. Contents1 What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?2 What is early intervention?3 Why early intervention is more effective?4 What are the challenges to early intervention?5 What is the way forward? What… Continue reading Better early than late
