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Cyclone Sitrang

In News Recently, Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in southern Bangladesh taking the death toll to 35 and millions other remained without power in the country. It is the first tropical cyclone of the post-monsoon season of 2022. It also helped Delhi record its cleanest post-Diwali air since 2015.  About Cyclone Sitrang  The name Sitrang has […]

Partial Solar Eclipse

In News Recently, for the first time in over a decade, a partial solar eclipse was visible in several parts of India on October 25. It also marks the last solar eclipse of the year.  About Solar eclipse  What is a solar eclipse? During a solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and the […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   3 &10   Rishi Sunak takes charge: ‘I am not daunted, difficult decisions to come’   Accidental Prime Minister   (International Relations) Know about Rishi Sunak. What caused the UK’s economic crisis and what’s next? GS 2 8 Let’s not interfere […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s first non­white Prime Minister   (International Relations) Know about Rishi Sunak. What caused the UK’s economic crisis and what’s next? GS 2 1 Kerala Governor issues notices to two more V­Cs   (Polity and Governance) Know about […]

Sourcing Renewable Energy from Stubble

Context The beginnings of a renewable energy revolution rooted in agriculture is taking shape in India with the first bio-energy plant of a private company in Sangrur district of Punjab having commenced commercial operations recently. It will produce Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) from paddy straw, thus converting agricultural waste into wealth. Problem of Stubble It […]

Dharavi Redevelopment Project

In News Recently, the Union Railway Minister and Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister signed a ‘definitive agreement’ for handing over 47.5 acres of Railway land in Dadar for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. About the project   Plan to re-build Asia’s largest slum cluster:  This is the fourth time in the last 18 years that the Maharashtra government […]

New Species of Genus Allmania Spotted

In News Recently, a plant spotted in Palakkad is the second species of the genus Allmania. It is an annual herb that grows to a height of about 60 cm. About Allmania Multiflora Background: The first species, Allmania nodiflora, was originally published under the genus Celosia as Celosia nodiflora in 1753.  Specimens found in Ceylon […]

LVM3 M2 / OneWeb India-1 Mission

In News Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV Mark 3) has successfully orbited 36 satellites of U.K.-based One Web.  The launch is also the first for LVM3-M2 to place the satellites in the Low Earth Orbit (up to 1,200 km above the earth) unlike Geosynchronous […]

Dirty Bomb

In News In Russia’s latest advocacy campaign over its invasion of Ukraine, It has focused on accusations that Ukraine might be planning to use a so-called “Dirty bomb”. What are Dirty Bombs? It is also known as a “Radiological dispersion device”.  It is a weapon that combines conventional explosives like dynamite and radioactive material such […]

Hawk Air Defence

In News The United States (US) is considering retrieving older HAWK air defence equipment from storage to send to Ukraine. The HAWK interceptor missiles would be an upgrade to the Stinger missile system, which is a smaller, shorter-range air defence system.  HAWK HAWK, short for ‘Homing All the Way Killer’,  It entered service with the […]

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