What is the News? INS Satpura has entered Pearl Harbour in Hawaii Islands to participate in Rim of the Pacific(RIMPAC) exercise. Note: INS Satpura is an indigenously designed and built 6000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversary in air, surface and underwater. What is Exercise RIMPAC? It is one of the… Continue reading INS SATPURA ARRIVES AT PEARL HARBOUR IN HAWAII TO PARTICIPATE IN RIMPAC-22
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About the ban on single-use plastics: Plastic Challenge
News: The GoI notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021 in August last year. It prohibits 20 single-use plastic items by 2022. About the rules 2021 Various single-use plastic items will be banned from 1 July 2022, including ubiquitous plastic cutleries. However, plastic carry bags having a thickness of less than 120 microns will… Continue reading About the ban on single-use plastics: Plastic Challenge
Semiconductors: Heroes Of The New Digital World
News: The government has launched the Semicon India program to secure a semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in India. It will make India self-reliant on key items such as semiconductors. About the government initiative It provides attractive fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for companies to set up production across the value chain. Decoding chips: A chip essentially comprises… Continue reading Semiconductors: Heroes Of The New Digital World
Kaukab-i-Tali – The Adventures Of Emperor Jahangir’s Great Golden Coin
What is the News? The Centre renewing its efforts to trace two special coins minted during the Mughal period. About the two special coins One of them weighing about 12 kg is the biggest and heaviest gold coin ever minted in the world, and it was minted during the reign of Emperor Jahangir, who referred… Continue reading Kaukab-i-Tali – The Adventures Of Emperor Jahangir’s Great Golden Coin
Shooting messengers: Criminal defamation must go from IPC. Effective civil libel law is enough for protecting reputations
News: Recently, the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench has ruled that a newspaper fairly reporting information in the public domain without insinuation or innuendo cannot attract defamation charges. What is the case on Criminal defamation? The case involved a Marathi daily that had reported on a police FIR in 2016. The person booked in the… Continue reading Shooting messengers: Criminal defamation must go from IPC. Effective civil libel law is enough for protecting reputations
Why India Should Become A Rare Earths Powerhouse
Context: India has huge reserves of Rare Earth Elements, but is still dependent on imports. Rare Earth Elements are a group of 17 elements: scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium. Demand for Rare Earth Elements is on the rise for many critical applications… Continue reading Why India Should Become A Rare Earths Powerhouse
American Tragedy – Right to abortion judgment
News: Recently, the US Supreme Court overruled the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision. It eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. Implications of the US Judgement Globally It will strengthen the feeling that women’s rights that are decades in the making can disappear overnight. The US At the level of US healthcare, around half the states… Continue reading American Tragedy – Right to abortion judgment
Can Data Surveillance Prevent The Next Pandemic?
News: Bill Gates advocates “Outbreaks are inevitable but pandemics are optional.” According to him, the next outbreak may turn out to be even more deadly and destructive. He also mentions right now is the best time to start preparing for the next virus and prevent the next pandemic. About the status of some infectious diseases… Continue reading Can Data Surveillance Prevent The Next Pandemic?
Help Afghans
News: Recently, Afghanistan has faced a severe earthquake, which is supposed to have killed around 1,000-plus people in initial estimates. What are the major problems that are being faced in Afghanistan? Before Earthquake Afghanistan is already in the midst of a humanitarian crisis since Taliban’s takeover last year, Since Earthquake The earthquake has put Afghanistan… Continue reading Help Afghans
Do We Need Geoengineering & What Are The Risks?
News: With record-breaking heatwaves hitting many parts of the world, scientific circles have been debating whether countries should prepare to deploy geoengineering technologies to deal with such climate emergencies or not. What is Geoengineering? Geoengineering is an umbrella term for various experimental technologies designed to deliberately alter the climate system to reduce the impacts of… Continue reading Do We Need Geoengineering & What Are The Risks?
