Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Chandrayaan-2?3 What is the discovery made by the CHACE-2 payload?4 What is the significance of this discovery? What is the News? Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2(CHACE-2), a payload onboard Chandrayaan-2, has made the first-of-its-kind discovery on the distribution of one of the noble gasses, Argon-40. What is Chandrayaan-2? Chandrayaan-2… Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 makes first observations of distribution of Argon-40 in Moon’s atmosphere
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Global stagflation risk
IMF had already reduced the global growth outlook due to the Omicron variant to 4.4%, now after the Ukraine crisis situation has become much worse. How Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting the global economic scenario? Read – Sanctions and their Effectiveness – Explained, pointwise Sanctions on Russia have led to a drastic fall of… Continue reading Global stagflation risk
Revive tax increases, stub out tobacco product use
Context: Apart from COVID-19 pandemic (which is reported to have killed half a million Indians over the past two years), tobacco is a silent killer in our midst that kills an estimated 1.35 million Indians every year. Impact of Tobacco Consumption Tobacco Related Death: 3,500 Indians die every single day, as estimated by scientific… Continue reading Revive tax increases, stub out tobacco product use
Clear signals: On India-China ties and the new global currents
News: The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi claimed that the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is aiming to create “an Indo-Pacific version of NATO”. His statement has deeper interpretations for India. Challenges in India-China Relations? Revival of QUAD (called as “Asian NATO” by China) having Australia, Japan, U.S. and India as member. However, apart from this, U.S.… Continue reading Clear signals: On India-China ties and the new global currents
Amendments proposed to make land pooling mandatory
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is land pooling?3 What is Delhi Land Pooling Policy?4 What are the amendments proposed to the Delhi Land Pooling Policy? What is the News? The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has said that amendments will be made to the Delhi Development Act, 1957, to speed up the… Continue reading Amendments proposed to make land pooling mandatory
Bangladesh, India, Nepal move ahead on motor vehicle agreement project
What is the News? India, Bangladesh and Nepal have finalized a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for implementing the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement(MVA). Note: Bhutan has decided to continue to stay out of the BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement(MVA). What is BBIN MVA? Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal(BBIN) had signed the Motor Vehicles Agreement(MVA) in 2015 at… Continue reading Bangladesh, India, Nepal move ahead on motor vehicle agreement project
Labour Ministry launches ‘donate a pension’ scheme
What is the News? Ministry of Labour and Employment has launched the “Donate a Pension” Scheme. What is a Donate a Pension Scheme? It has been launched under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Scheme(PM-SYM). Under this scheme, any citizen can donate the premium contribution under PM-SYM of their immediate support staff such as domestic workers,… Continue reading Labour Ministry launches ‘donate a pension’ scheme
Theyyam goes global with live webcast
What is the News? Kerala Tourism department has started live-streaming Theyyam performances to promote cultural tourism. What is Theyyam? Theyyam is a popular ritual form of dance worship in Kerala and Karnataka. It consists of thousand-year-old traditions, rituals and customs. The people consider Theyyam itself as a channel to a god, and they thus seek… Continue reading Theyyam goes global with live webcast
Reaping the potential of the female workforce
News: The large-scale adoption of digital and smartphone technologies and the increased need for personal care for the sick, elderly and children have opened up employment opportunities, especially for women. Contents1 Status of Participation of Women in the Workforce of India & Comparison with other Countries2 Why Women Employment is Very important?3 What are the… Continue reading Reaping the potential of the female workforce
Sealed Cover Jurisprudence is appalling
News: License of MediaOne a television channel in Kerala was cancelled by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the grounds of national security. Subsequently, the State High court also dismissed its appeal plea. However, the reasons for invoking national security were not disclosed. How this particular incident infringes upon several Fundamental Rights? It compromises… Continue reading Sealed Cover Jurisprudence is appalling
