India develops climate-resilient genome-edited rice varieties

Source: The post India develops climate-resilient genome-edited rice varieties has been created, based on the article “How did India develop genome edited rice?” published in “The Hindu” on 15 May 2025. India develops climate-resilient genome-edited rice varieties UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3-bio-technology Context:India has become the first country to develop rice varieties using genome editing.… Continue reading India develops climate-resilient genome-edited rice varieties

India needs urgent road safety reforms amid rising urbanisation

Source: The post India needs urgent road safety reforms amid rising urbanisation has been created, based on the article “The road to safety” published in “The Hindu” on 15 May 2025. India needs urgent road safety reforms amid rising urbanisation. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3- Infrastructures Context: India faces a severe road safety crisis… Continue reading India needs urgent road safety reforms amid rising urbanisation

Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice

Source: The post Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice has been created, based on the article “Principled criminalisation and the police as pivot” published in “The Hindu” on 15 May 2025. Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2-Governance – Justice Context: A recent Supreme Court judgment… Continue reading Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice

India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable

Source: The post India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable has been created, based on the article “The right to repair movement in India” published in “The Hindu” on 14 May 2025. India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Government policies and interventions… Continue reading India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable

Ecology is the permanent economy guiding true sustainable development

Source: The post Ecology is the permanent economy guiding true sustainable development has been created, based on the article “Ecology is the world’s permanent economy” published in “The Hindu” on 14 May 2025. Ecology is the permanent economy guiding true sustainable development. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Ecology and Environment Context: Sunderlal Bahuguna’s phrase “Ecology… Continue reading Ecology is the permanent economy guiding true sustainable development

Germanium (Ge)

News: India has formally raised concerns with China regarding export restrictions on germanium, a critical mineral essential for manufacturing semiconductors, fiber optic cables, and solar panels. Germanium (Ge) About Germanium (Ge) Germanium (Ge) is a chemical element classified as a metalloid and appears as a silvery-grey, brittle solid. This element lies between silicon and tin… Continue reading Germanium (Ge)

Global shipping agrees on hybrid emissions levy model

Source: The post Global shipping agrees on hybrid emissions levy model has been created, based on the article “How is shipping industry tackling emissions?” published in “The Hindu” on 13 May 2025. Global shipping agrees on hybrid emissions levy model UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Environment Context: The International Maritime Organization (IMO), through its Marine… Continue reading Global shipping agrees on hybrid emissions levy model

India must manage rising e-waste with urgency

Source: The post India must manage rising e-waste with urgency has been created, based on the article “India’s rising e-waste, the need to recast its management” published in “The Hindu” on 13 May 2025. India must manage rising e-waste with urgency. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3-Environment and Bio-diversity Conservation Context: India’s push toward becoming… Continue reading India must manage rising e-waste with urgency

Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose

Source: The post Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose has been created, based on the article “The educational landscape, its disconcerting shift” published in “The Hindu” on 13 May 2025. Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating… Continue reading Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose

Right to Know

News: The Supreme Court of India, on May 9, 2025, set aside a Delhi High Court order that had directed the Wikimedia Foundation to take down a Wikipedia page related to a defamation case. The judgment reinforced the importance of free expression, intermediary protection, and public discourse even in sub judice matters highlighting the judiciary’s… Continue reading Right to Know

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