Contents1 What is the News?2 What is a 5G Testbed?3 What is 5G?4 What is 5Gi Technology? What is the News? The Prime Minister has inaugurated India’s first 5G testbed facility. What is a 5G Testbed? The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras. Purpose:… Continue reading PM inaugurates country’s first 5G testbed
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The UN report that highlights India’s vulnerability to drought
News: Recently, the Droughts in Numbers, 2022 report was presented by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contents1 What is the Drought in Numbers Report? 2 What is UNCCD’S COP15? 3 What are the findings of the report? 4 Other aspects What is the Drought in Numbers Report? The report is a collection of data on the… Continue reading The UN report that highlights India’s vulnerability to drought
Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release
News: Recently, the Supreme Court ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. How was he released? The Supreme Court has invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India. Why was he released? The mother of the convict, vast sections of public… Continue reading Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release
Delimitation fallout needs no political
News: India’s electoral democracy is going to observe the delimitation of the constituencies for the Lok Sabha. This will be based on the population figures returned by the next decennial Census post 2026. Arrangements made in the Constitution of India Article 82 of the Constitution of India provided for a periodic, Census-linked re-arrangement of constituencies… Continue reading Delimitation fallout needs no political
Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers
Contents1 What is the News?2 Why was this a case for the Governor and not the President?3 Why did the Supreme Court invoke Article 142?4 What was the Centre’s argument on this issue? What is the News? The Supreme Court invoked its extraordinary powers to do complete justice under Article 142 of the Constitution and… Continue reading Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers
Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Endosulfan?3 Effects of Endosulfan4 Ban on Endosulfan What is the News? The Supreme Court has slammed the Kerala government for State’s inaction in providing relief to the Endosulfan pesticide exposure victims. This also amounts to a breach of the Supreme Court’s 2017 judgment which had ordered the State… Continue reading Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Boon to ban: How the wheat export story changed in two months
News: On May 13, the government effectively banned the export of wheat. Why were wheat exports banned? On May 4, the government revised down its wheat production estimates from 111.32 million tonnes (MT) to 105 MT for the crop year ending June. – 18 MT of wheat were procured till May 14 of the ongoing… Continue reading Boon to ban: How the wheat export story changed in two months
Improving cold chain systems
News: The pandemic showed us that there were weak links in the supply chain, especially in the cold chain. This means that vaccines alone do not save lives. It requires a strong service delivery network, What are the factors that can lead us to a sustainable vaccination programme? A key factor is cold chain management… Continue reading Improving cold chain systems
A concerted effort in re-imagining museums
News: On the occasion of International Museum Day on May 18, the Ministry of Culture allowed free of cost admissions to all museums which are under its ambit for a week. Contents1 Advantages of making free admission into the museums 2 What transformational shift has been visible with respect to our perspectives of our heritage? 3 What… Continue reading A concerted effort in re-imagining museums
A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options
Relevance: Global and Asian Geopolitics, India-China Relations, India-Russia relations News: The confrontation between Russia and Ukraine is now raging on with no end in sight, and with its long-term implications yet unknown. What are the consequences for India? India’s initial phase of diplomatic rush is over. Its geopolitical options are shrinking as the war drags… Continue reading A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options
