Contents1 What is the News?2 What are marsquakes?3 What is the Insight Mission?4 What is InSight doing on Mars?5 What are the other characteristics of Mars? What is the News? NASA has reported that its InSight Mars lander has detected the largest quake ever observed on another planet. What are marsquakes? On Earth, quakes are… Continue reading Explained: What is a ‘marsquake’, and what causes it?
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Explained: What are the Protected Mobility Vehicles that the Army wants to purchase?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Protected Mobility Vehicles(PMV)?3 What are the technical specifications of PMVs?4 Does India produce PMV vehicles? What is the News? The Army has floated a Request for Information (RFI) to purchase Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) for high-altitude areas and for deserts and plains. What are Protected Mobility Vehicles(PMV)? The… Continue reading Explained: What are the Protected Mobility Vehicles that the Army wants to purchase?
Second Global Covid-19 Summit – India to expand genome sequencing network to neighborhood: PM Modi
What is the News? The Indian Prime Minister has addressed the Second Global Covid-19 Summit. What is the Second Global Covid-19 Summit? Organized by: United States (as first COVID Summit Chair), Belize (as CARICOM Chair), Germany (holding the G7 Presidency), Indonesia (holding the G20 Presidency) and Senegal (as African Union Chair). Aim: To galvanize new… Continue reading Second Global Covid-19 Summit – India to expand genome sequencing network to neighborhood: PM Modi
Explained: What’s causing high inflation and where?
News: India’s retail inflation rose by 7.79% in April, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Inflation in food items rose by even higher — 8.38% in April — according to the MoSPI’s Consumer Food Price Index. However, the biggest jump was registered in fuel prices, which rose… Continue reading Explained: What’s causing high inflation and where?
What is tomato flu? Who does it affect?
What is the News? Tamil Nadu has ramped up surveillance at its borders in the wake of “tomato flu” cases being detected in Kerala. What is Tomato Flu? Tomato Flu got its name from the tomato-shaped blisters it causes on the body. Vulnerable Population: The flu is affecting children below the age of five in… Continue reading What is tomato flu? Who does it affect?
The good cop
Context: There have been the National Police Commission, the Ribeiro and Padmanabhaiah committees, and other commissions which directly alluded to police reforms. In addition, the Malimath Committee and the Second Administrative Reforms Commission indirectly expressed requirements for police reforms. The Supreme Court acknowledged the requirement of police reforms in Prakash Singh judgment of 2006. Contents1… Continue reading The good cop
Heading for GSTExit
News: Recently, Britain witnessed Brexit because loss of some sovereign freedom in return of the economic gains of a common European market was capitalised. India may also see the “GSTExit” if the trust and faith between the centre and the state is not revived in the Union-states relationship. Importance of GST The GST untangled disparate… Continue reading Heading for GSTExit
89% children between 6-23 months don’t get adequate diet: NFHS
What is the News? The National Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) has released data on the gap in Child Nutrition. What does NFHS say about Child Nutrition? Minimum Acceptable Diet: Around 89% of children between the formative ages of 6-23 months do not receive a “minimum acceptable diet’’. This is only marginally better than the 90.4% recorded… Continue reading 89% children between 6-23 months don’t get adequate diet: NFHS
NFHS-5 data shows literacy and delivery of services, not religion, influences fertility
What is the News? The National Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) has released data on the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) in India. What does NFHS-5 say about the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) in India? Total Fertility Rate(TFR): India’s total fertility rate(TFR) has declined from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2.0 in 2019-21. Note: The TFR is the average number of… Continue reading NFHS-5 data shows literacy and delivery of services, not religion, influences fertility
Explained: Making sense of exchange rate
News: Indian rupee hit an all-time low exchange rate of 77.6 against the US dollar. Contents1 What is the exchange rate?2 How an exchange rate is determined?3 What are the factors determining the supply and demand of currency?4 What is RBI’s role in exchange rate determination? What is the exchange rate? The exchange rate tells… Continue reading Explained: Making sense of exchange rate
