Source: Down to Earth Relevance: Ways to tackle marine plastic pollution. Synopsis: Plastic waste contributes to pollution on a major scale. Some solid steps are required to handle it. Plastic waste Data The extensive use of plastic in India has reached a critical point, which should concern everyone. The Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Annual… Continue reading How India can face the tidal wave of marine plastic?
Courts, protect media: IT rules attack media’s core freedom. Judges should see legal challenges to rules in that light
Source: Times of India Relevance: New IT rules are aimed at regulating media and address the Challenges to internal security. Synopsis: New IT rules that apply indiscriminately to all digital content are facing a slew of legal challenges from news agencies. News agencies and the IT Rules: Recently, in a petition brought by the National Broadcasters… Continue reading Courts, protect media: IT rules attack media’s core freedom. Judges should see legal challenges to rules in that light
Did central planning end in July 1991?
Source: Business Standard Relevance: Understanding issues involved with central planning Synopsis: Regulation in India has often tilted towards central planning. There is too much control vested with regulators in India, RBI’s recent decision to ban the storage of customer card data is just one such example. Market economy vs central planning In a market economy,… Continue reading Did central planning end in July 1991?
Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific
Source: The Hindu Relevance: India-Italy-Japan trilateral and Indo-Pacific are important topics in International Relations Synopsis: India-Italy-Japan trilateral cooperation has the potential to improve Indo-Pacific. India in Indo-Pacific: One of the signs of India’s growing centrality in the Indo-Pacific strategic architecture is its burgeoning engagement with key western nations. The growth of India’s weight in Indo-Pacific affairs… Continue reading Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific
A ride to safety
Source: The Hindu Relevance: Teachers and their health are essential for the development of education in India. Synopsis: Teachers has to be included in the vaccination campaigns as a front line worker. Contents1 Teachers during the pandemic:2 Recognising teachers as front line workers:3 Need to recognise teachers as front line workers:4 About the UNESCO-UBER Collaboration: Teachers… Continue reading A ride to safety
Constitutional crisis in Uttarakhand – Explained
Source: The Hindu, Indian Express Relevance: Understanding the recent constitutional crisis in Uttarakhand Synopsis: Uttarakhand Chief Minister resigned recently. Various constitutional issues involved and the probable future course of action by Election Commission of India Contents1 Background2 Constitutional position3 Can ECI hold by-polls (elections) in this case?4 Has the EC ever certified that an election… Continue reading Constitutional crisis in Uttarakhand – Explained
SAMVEDAN 2021: IIT Madras and Sony India team up to host national level hackathon
Source: PIB Contents1 What is the News?2 About SAMVEDAN 2021:3 About IIM-PTF:4 About NM-ICPS:5 About Cyber-Physical Systems(CPS): What is the News? IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation(IITM-PTF) in collaboration with Sony India has organized a national-level hackathon named ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’. About SAMVEDAN 2021: SAMVEDAN 2021 aims to inspire citizens to use… Continue reading SAMVEDAN 2021: IIT Madras and Sony India team up to host national level hackathon
Rare superluminous supernova shining with borrowed energy source spotted
Source: PIB What is the News? Indian researchers have spotted a rare superluminous supernova that shines with the energy borrowed from an exotic type of neutron star with an ultra-powerful magnetic field. What are Superluminous Supernova? A super-luminous supernova is a type of stellar explosion with a luminosity 10 or more times higher than that… Continue reading Rare superluminous supernova shining with borrowed energy source spotted
GIS Enabled Land Bank gaining popularity
Source: PIB What is the News? According to the Ministry of Commerce, the India industrial land bank system has been integrated with industry-based GIS systems of 17 states so far and will achieve pan-India integration by December 2021. About India industrial Land Bank System: India Industrial Land Bank System(IILBS) was launched by the Department for… Continue reading GIS Enabled Land Bank gaining popularity
Joint Communication signed to secure rights of forest dwellers
Source: Indian Express What is the News? The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has signed a Joint Communication to secure the rights of traditional forest dwellers and to ensure proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act,2006. Why was this Joint Communication signed? The Government of India had… Continue reading Joint Communication signed to secure rights of forest dwellers
