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Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1   BJP wins Karnataka, Congress Rajasthan; disputes delay Maharashtra and Haryana (Polity and Governance) How are the Rajya Sabha members elected? And What is the current composition of the Rajya Sabha? GS 3 1 Industrial production growth at 8-month high […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   RS election: BJP holds sway in Karnataka, Cong. in Rajasthan (Polity and Governance) How are Rajya Sabha MPs elected? Why are the polls important? GS 2 7 Online gaming: T.N. to promulgate ordinance (Governance ) Know about the Online gaming […]

TVS-2M nuclear fuel

In News  Recently ,TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom of Russia supplied the first batches of more reliable and cost-efficient nuclear fuel over the existing one, the TVS-2M nuclear fuel, to India for the Units 1 & 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) About  TVEL has fulfilled the agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India […]

Ancovax

In News  The Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare   unveiled India’s first Covid-19  the vaccine, called Ancovax, for animals.  About Ancovax  It can be used in dogs, lions, leopards, mice, and rabbits.  It is an inactivated vaccine developed using an infectious part of the Delta variant. In addition, it uses Alhydrogel as an adjuvant […]

Chelonoidis phantasticus

In News  Species of turtle named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island  thought extinct 100 years ago rediscovered recently . Researchers have reported the confirmation in a paper in Nature Communications Biology. About  It belongs to Chelonoidis phantasticus. Chelonoidis phantasticus means “fantastic giant tortoise”.  Commonly called the Fernandina Island Galápagos giant tortoise  The species was so […]

Sant Tukaram Temple

In News The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir in the temple town of Dehu in Pune district. About the Shila Mandir Shila refers to a rock: that is currently on the Dehu Sansthan temple premises, and that for centuries has been the starting point of Wari, the annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur. […]

World of Work Summit

In News Recently, the World of Work summit was organised by ILO in Geneva. About the summit Organiser: The International Labour Organisation. Theme: Tackling multiple global crises: promoting human-centred recovery and resilience. Aim: To discuss how to tackle the labour and social consequences of the food, energy and financial crises with human-centred approaches. Focus area: […]

Coal Action Plan for 2022-23

In News Recently, the Ministry of Coal, Government of India has finalised an Action Plan for 2022-23. Major Focused Areas of Plan The Action Plan broadly focuses on the following areas: Grey Hydrogen Just Transition/ Energy Transition Restructuring Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation. (CMPFO) Coal evacuation Benchmarking of Machines & Quantifiable Parameters (Output per hr/per […]

Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022

In News The Government of India (GoI) has questioned the parameters of the recently released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022. Environment Performance Index (EPI) The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health.  It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index by the World […]

Online Gaming

In Context The Tamil Nadu government has recently taken steps to promulgate an ordinance against online gaming. Legislation related to online gaming in India: Gaming: Law laid down by the Supreme Court in 1957 (Chamarbaugwala cases) — competitive games of skill are business activities protected under Article 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution. Rummy and […]

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