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Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1 Oil palm mission: Govt cleared despite red flags by top forestry institute (Economy) What is the Oil Palm Mission? Which areas have been marked for the Oil Revolution? What will be its impact on Economy, Environment and Society? What are the […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1 &6    Afghan Sikhs, Hindus among 392 airlifted from Kabul   In Afghan collapse, the fall of international relations   (IR) Need to know about Afghanistan Crisis, Implications of American withdrawal from Afghanistan, issues linked to it for the world […]

Place In News: Kartarpur

Pakistan has decided to allow fully vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur with strict COVID-19 protocols. Kartarpur Corridor It connects the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara in Narowal district of Pakistan with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab province. The corridor was built to commemorate 550th birth anniversary celebrations […]

Sainik Samman Pension Scheme (SSSPS)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Freedom Fighters Division) is the implementing agency. It is a Central Scheme for the grant of pension to freedom fighters and their families from the Central Revenues. The Scheme provides for the grant of pension to living freedom fighters and their families – if they are no longer alive, and […]

Kashmir’s Magic Carpet

Kashmir’s famed hand-knotted carpet, with its intricate and colourful floral patterns, adorned a special cover of the Indian Postal Service this week.  The inclusion of Kashmir’s hand-knotted carpet as a postal cover will help educate people about Geographical Indication (GI)tagging and reach a wide audience, upscale the dwindling trade, and restore its lost glory. Image […]

Madurkathi

Recently, two women from West Bengalhave been given the National Handicraft Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the development of Madur floor mats that are unique to West Bengal.  Madur is a mat made by weaving Madur Kathi. About Madurkathi Madurkathi is a rhizome-based plant (Cyperus tegetum or Cyperus pangorei) found abundantly in […]

National Monetisation Pipeline

In News  Recently, the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs announced the launch of the National Monetisation Pipeline.  The National Monetisation Pipeline book will also be released. The book has been prepared by Crisil Infrastructure Advisory, an arm of Crisil Objectives and Need The global pandemic led to the economic crisis in the country […]

Malabar Defence Exercise

In News The Quad countries are going to conduct Malabar naval exercises off the coast of Guam in the face of China’s growing military muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific. About  It is a trilateral naval exercise involving the United States, Japan and India as permanent partners. It began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and […]

Moplah Uprisings

In News Variyam Kunnath Kunhamed Haji, Ali Musaliar and 387 Moplah martyrs will be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle as per the recommendations made by a three-member panel. About the Issue The fifth volume of the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle was brought out by the Indian Council […]

Oil Bonds

In News  The Union Finance Minister recently repeated a refrain that the Centre had been unduly burdened by the cost of having to service ‘oil bonds’ issued by the previous government. Due to this, the government is unable to reduce excise duty and other Central levies on petroleum products so as to lessen the burden […]