Source: Indian Express Relevance: Infrastructure development, Inland waterways Synopsis: Recently, Parliament passed a new law to bring uniformity in the rules and regulations governing inland waterways and navigation on them. The Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 replaces the century-old Inland Vessels Act, 1917. Background Read here: Indian Vessels Bill 2021 Issues with the 1917 Act The 1917 Act was seen as a purely consolidating… Continue reading Connecting India by inland waterways
The Criminalisation of politics and Supreme Court – Explained, pointwise
Introduction Recently, the SC issued few important directives to prevent the criminalisation of politics. The state governments withdraw cases against MPs and MLAs frequently. To curb that, recently, the Supreme Court held that a criminal case against an MP or MLA can be withdrawn only after getting the consent of the State High Court concerned.… Continue reading The Criminalisation of politics and Supreme Court – Explained, pointwise
[Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – August, 2021 – 1st week
Hello everyone, We are posting a Compilation of the 9 PM current affairs brief for the 1st week of the Month of August. Click on the following link to download 9 PM Compilation for the Month of August, First Week About 9 PM Current Affairs Brief: The idea behind the 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief… Continue reading [Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – August, 2021 – 1st week
Expand food basket under PDS, says WHO scientist
Source: The Hindu What is the News? The World Health Organisation(WHO) chief scientist has attended a seminar titled “Ensuring food and nutrition security in the context of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic”. Key Highlights from the Seminar: Expand Public Distribution System(PDS): Currently, the Public Distribution System(PDS) in India is taking care of food insecurity… Continue reading Expand food basket under PDS, says WHO scientist
What happened during NASA’s first attempt to collect Mars samples with the Perseverance rover?
Source: Indian Express What is the News? NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars and attempting to collect its first rock samples. However, no rock samples were collected during the first attempt. About Perseverance rover: The perseverance rover mission is a part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic… Continue reading What happened during NASA’s first attempt to collect Mars samples with the Perseverance rover?
Scientists develop soft robotic actuators using porous carbon nanoparticles from waste onion peels
Source: PIB What is the News? A team of Indian Scientists have developed soft robotic actuators using porous carbon nanoparticles from waste onion peels. What are Soft Robots or Actuators? Soft robots or actuators is the specific subfield of robotics dealing with constructing robots from highly compliant materials similar to those found in living organisms.… Continue reading Scientists develop soft robotic actuators using porous carbon nanoparticles from waste onion peels
Revisit the idea of ‘aging out’ India’s coal plants
Source: The Hindu Synopsis: It is right to let old coal capacity fade away in due course, but age shouldn’t be used as the sole criteria for it. The focus should be on doing detailed analysis and weeding out the needless capacity in the pipeline, to derive long-term economic and environmental benefits. Background: The government… Continue reading Revisit the idea of ‘aging out’ India’s coal plants
Fighting the climate change – India’s way ahead (On IPCC report)
Source: TOI, Indian Express, Business Standard 1, Business Standard 2 Relevance: Fighting the climate-change crisis. Synopsis: India is already taking many steps to combat climate change, but it needs to do more to ensure climate-adaptation and mitigation are at the heart of every government policy. Steps taken by India INDC Targets: India is well on… Continue reading Fighting the climate change – India’s way ahead (On IPCC report)
Transition from fossil fuels in India is a matter of politics, communities, federalism & jobs
Source: TOI1, TOI2 Relevance: Issues involved in transitioning from coal-based industries to a clean energy model Synopsis: In light of the recently released IPCC report, it is clear that India needs an energy transition towards cleaner energy sources from the current coal-based scenario, but it must be done in a way which secures an equitable… Continue reading Transition from fossil fuels in India is a matter of politics, communities, federalism & jobs
Expiry of safeguard duty: Boon for solar developers, bane for manufacturers
Source: Business Standard Synopsis: The decision of the center to impose a basic customs duty from April 2022 and the expiration of the existing safeguard guard duty will result in higher solar imports. This move will benefit solar plant developers, but create more problems for domestic manufactures. Background: Indian solar cell and module makers may… Continue reading Expiry of safeguard duty: Boon for solar developers, bane for manufacturers
