Source: The post is based on the article “First public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort” published in “The Hindu” on 6th October 2023 What is the News? The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation(KTDC) will develop the caravan park and camp shelter at Bekal Fort. What is Bekal Fort?… Continue reading First public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort
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India expanding censorship regime, creating uneven playing field: study
Source: The post is based on the article “India expanding censorship regime, creating uneven playing field: study” published in “The Hindu” on 6th October 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Freedom on the Net report?3 What are the key findings of the Freedom on the Net report?4 What are the key findings… Continue reading India expanding censorship regime, creating uneven playing field: study
Retribution for the south, accolade for the north
Source: The post is based on the article “Retribution for the south, accolade for the north” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023. Syllabus: GS2- polity- Delimitation; issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure News: The article discusses how India’s political and financial systems, which are based on population size, put southern states… Continue reading Retribution for the south, accolade for the north
Keeping tabs on carbon with an accounting system
Source: The post is based on the article “Keeping tabs on carbon with an accounting system” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023. Syllabus: GS3- environment- climate change News: The article discusses the idea of a national carbon accounting system in India. This would track and manage all carbon emissions and transactions in the… Continue reading Keeping tabs on carbon with an accounting system
Govt. eases aircraft recovery rules
Source: The post is based on the article “Govt. eases aircraft recovery rules” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023 What is the News? Government has notified that the protection offered to a corporate debtor from recovery of dues under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 will not cover aircraft, helicopters and engines. This… Continue reading Govt. eases aircraft recovery rules
Let there be light
Source: The post is based on the article “Let there be light” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023 What is the News? The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron… Continue reading Let there be light
New defence indigenisation list has futuristic weapons, systems
Source: The post is based on the article “New defence indigenisation list has futuristic weapons, systems” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Swavlamban 2.0?3 What is a Positive Indigenisation List(PIL)?4 What does the fifth Positive Indigenisation List contain?5 What are the other initiatives launched at Swavlamban… Continue reading New defence indigenisation list has futuristic weapons, systems
2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Three share prize for discovery of quantum dots, now used in LEDs
Source: The post is based on the article “2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Three share prize for discovery of quantum dots, now used in LEDs” published in “The Hindu” on 5th October 2023 What is the News? The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I.… Continue reading 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Three share prize for discovery of quantum dots, now used in LEDs
Toilet use declining in rural India since 2018-19: WB paper
Source: The post is based on the article “Toilet use declining in rural India since 2018-19: WB paper” published in “The Hindu” on 4th October 2023 What is the News? Researchers at the World Bank and a faculty member of economics at Yale University have released a working paper on the progress of the Swacch… Continue reading Toilet use declining in rural India since 2018-19: WB paper
Circular migration: looking at both sides of the debate
Source: The post is based on the article “Circular migration: looking at both sides of the debate” published in “The Hindu” on 4th October 2023. Syllabus: GS1- population and associated issues; urbanisation, their problems and their remedies. News: The author discusses “circular migration,” where people move between countries for work and return home periodically, contrasting… Continue reading Circular migration: looking at both sides of the debate
