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Phytoremediation

In News Scientists have planned to use hyperaccumulator plants to remove toxic metals from soil using the phytoremediation process. Toxic heavy metals are absorbed by plants from where they make their way into our food chain thus affecting human life along with ecology. What is Phytoremediation? About: Phytoremediation is a bioremediation process that uses living […]

Increasing Dust Storms

In News Recently, over eight dust storms have hit Iraq, turning the skies orange and disrupting lives.  Climate change is blamed to be the driving force. About  Rising Frequency:  West Asia is no stranger to dust storms. They strike every summer and winter.  In recent years, however, their intensity and frequency have increased. Driving winds: […]

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

In News  Ministry of  Culture is commemorating the 250th Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy from 22nd May 2022 to 22nd May 2023 under the aegis of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. One of the most influential social and religious reformers of the 19th century, Ram Mohan Roy, was born on May 22, 1772. Raja […]

Performance Analysis of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)

In Context  In Q4 of FY22, for the first time the amount to be realised from the resolution process was lower than the liquidation value of assets. Why did the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) come into force ? Poor recovery of claims and inordinate delays in resolving bad assets were the problems that […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 6   MEA: Two bridges built by China in Pangong area occupied illegally (International Relations ) How will the second bridge being built by China across the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh have a bearing on India’s security?What are the necessary measures […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   29 phones tested for Pegasus spyware: SC (Cyber Security) What are the latest revelations regarding the Pegasus spyware? What is Pegasus? What was the controversy related to Pegasus Snooping? What do Indian laws outline? GS 3 1 FDI inflow […]

New Development Bank

In Context New Development Bank announced to set up its regional office in GIFT City (Gujarat), India. New Development Bank About: It is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). HQ: Shanghai, China Establishment:  Agreed by BRICS leaders at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, […]

Sowa-Rigpa

In News A National workshop on Sowa-Rigpa for the Sowa-Rigpa practitioners of North Eastern States is held in Gangtok, Sikkim. The National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa under the Ministry of Ayush in collaboration with the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) is conducting this workshop. The Ministry of Ayush intends to set up a 30-bedded Sowa Rigpa […]

Project WARDEC

In News  Recently ,The Army Training Command signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to develop a ‘Wargame Research and Development Centre’(WARDEC) in New Delhi.  About Project WARDEC It will be a first-of-its-kind simulation-based training centre in India that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to design virtual reality wargames. It […]

Central Advisory Board on Archaeology

In News  Recently ,the Government  reconstituted the Central Advisory Board on Archaeology(CABA) over seven years since its last meeting. About CABA It is meant to strengthen contacts between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and those in the field of archaeological research . The ASI re-constituted the board with the Culture Minister as the chairperson […]

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