Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Electric Vertical Take off and Landing(eVTOL) Aircraft?3 What is the significance of eVTOL?4 What are the challenges with eVTOL?5 What about bringing eVTOL aircraft to India? What is the News? The Union Civil Aviation Minister has said that the Government of India is exploring the possibility of inviting… Continue reading The status of eVTOL: soon to be reality?
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State of Environment Report 2022: Rivers facing heavy pollution:CSE
What is the News? The State of Environment Report 2022 has been released. What is the State of Environment Report 2022? Released by: Center for Science and Environment (CSE). Purpose: The report is an annual compendium of environment-development data and is derived from public sources. What are the key findings of the report? Heavy Pollution… Continue reading State of Environment Report 2022: Rivers facing heavy pollution:CSE
Modinomics and the long distance to the finish line
News: Recently, the National Statistical Office (NSO) announced that the fourth quarter GDP growth rate of the FY 2021-22 stands at 4.1% compared to fourth quarter figures for the previous year, 2020-21. What are the important considerations in terms of the Indian Economy? Some Indian economists believe that the Indian economy has been consistently declining… Continue reading Modinomics and the long distance to the finish line
The IPEF holds promise but there are perils too
News: Recently, the US President Joe Biden has established the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) which is said to be a new version of a “pivot to Asia”. Contents1 Background2 Objectives3 Features4 Significance5 What are the associated issues? Background The US President had first spoken about it in October 2021 during the East Asia… Continue reading The IPEF holds promise but there are perils too
Gradual engagement – India should maintain with Afghanistan a policy of engagement rooted in realism
News: India has sent a multi-member team of senior diplomats to Afghanistan for the first time since the Indian Embassy in Kabul was evacuated in August 2021 following the arrival of the Taliban in the Afghan capital. The MEA has said that the visit is only to help coordinate India’s humanitarian assistance for the Afghanistan… Continue reading Gradual engagement – India should maintain with Afghanistan a policy of engagement rooted in realism
Control and delete
News: Recently, the Government has planned to set up a panel that can overturn content moderation decisions made by social media platforms. The idea has been proposed as an amendment to the IT Rules 2021. The IT Rules, 2021 will be amended to constitute one or more appellate committees which will have the final word… Continue reading Control and delete
New India needs free and quality higher education
News: New York University’s NYU Grossman School of Medicine has become the first major American medical school to announce that it will pay the tuition fees for all its students admitted in its MD programme, regardless of their financial needs, from the 2021–22 academic year. Contents1 The Nordic Model2 Importance of Free Education as learned… Continue reading New India needs free and quality higher education
New opportunities for e-waste recyclers
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the key provision of the Draft Rules?3 How will the CPCB verify that the e-waste has been collected and recycled?4 What are the issues highlighted by the experts with these draft rules? What is the News? The Environment Ministry has recently released the Draft Notification for Electronic Waste… Continue reading New opportunities for e-waste recyclers
Keep eco-sensitive zone of 1 km around forests: Supreme Court
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Eco-Sensitive Zones(ESZ)?3 What is the purpose of declaring ESZ?4 Mandatory ESZ around Protected Areas5 Mining should not be permitted around Protected Areas What is the News? The Supreme Court has directed that every protected forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive… Continue reading Keep eco-sensitive zone of 1 km around forests: Supreme Court
US and India working to build on gains from trade forum
What is the News? Officials from US and India are looking at what can be achieved at this year’s U.S. India Trade Policy Forum(TPF) session, likely to be held in November,2022. What is the U.S. India Trade Policy Forum(TPF)? Established in: 2005 and reconstituted in 2014. Aim: To help smooth out differences in trade and… Continue reading US and India working to build on gains from trade forum
