Yearly Archives: 2023
Indian Express
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 1 1 India world’s most populous with 142.86 cr by mid-23:UN report (Population and Associated Issues) Where does India stand in the big population picture? And findings of recent UN reports in this context. GS 2 11 Imagination of us (Polity and Governance) […]
The Hindu
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 1 1 India’s population to edge ahead of China’s by mid 2023 says UN (Population and Associated Issues) What are the findings of recently released data by the United Nations in the context of India’s population? And its implications GS 2 6 […]
Plant ‘cries’: Recalling J.C. Bose
In News A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel reported that they had been able to pick up distress noises made by plants. More about News The researchers said these plants had been making very distinct, high-pitched sounds in the ultrasonic range when faced with some kind of stress, like when they […]
Seeds in Space
In News The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had sent two varieties of seeds, arabidopsis and sorghum to space. About This is the first feasibility study by these organisations to determine the effect of cosmic radiation, microgravity and extreme temperatures on plant genomes and biology. Impacts Increased radiation […]
Toque Macaque
In News Recently, Sri Lanka confirmed China’s request for importing 1,00,000 Toque macaques.
Russia-India bilateral ties and the Ukraine issue
In Context Recently, the Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation meet was held between India & Russia. Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation meet Surge in trade: India and Russia hailed the surge in bilateral trade (up by 2.6 times in the past year, and at about […]
R21 Malaria Vaccine
In News Nigeria made history with the approval granted a new malaria vaccine- R21/Matrix-M, which has been developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. It is the second country to do so after Ghana. About The R21, otherwise referred to as Matrix-M malaria vaccine, is the second vaccine […]
Nuclear Power
In News Germany has switched off its three remaining nuclear power plants as part of a long-planned transition toward renewable energy. Timeline for the Transition of Germany Followed by the disasters like at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Germany faced decades of anti-nuclear protests which pressured successive governments to end the use of a […]
Web3.0
In News Discussions around Web3 are increasing as it is considered as the internet for the next generation. Evolution of Internet Web1.0 Read-Only (1990-2004): In the 1990s and early 2000s, the internet consisted of static pages that users would casually read, or surf. It was read-only and internet users were just consumers of information. Example: […]
Editorial Analysis
- Rights, Justice, Action For India’s Women Farmers
- Protecting Women’s Rights Amid Conflict and Instability
- US & Israel’s Strikes On Iran: Strategic, Humanitarian and Global Implications
- Internationalisation of the Indian Rupee: A Gradual & Strategic Shift
- Bridging Funding Gaps For Sustainable Farming
