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In News Facial Recognition System (FRS) will be implemented in a phased manner. About Facial recognition System is part of the Digi Yatra initiative of the government for providing passengers seamless and hassle-free experience at airports. The first phase is planned at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune, Vijayawada, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad Airports by March 2023. Preliminary […]

Part III of Six Assessment Report: IPCC

In News The 56th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved the Summary for PolicyMakers (SPM) of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6 WGIII) titled ‘Mitigation of Climate Change’. Major Highlights of the report Updated global assessment: It provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 3 1 Blockchain system in Gadchiroli to weed out fake caste certificates (Science and Technology ) What is Blockchain Technology?How does it operate? Concerns and potential. GS 2 1 Out on bail in hate speech case, Yati Narsinghanand at it again: tells Hindus […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 WHO pauses Covaxin supply via UN bodies (Health ) Why the World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended supply of Covaxin,What is emergency use authorisation (EUA)?When can EUA be granted?What is the process of getting an emergency use authorisation in […]

Digital Form J

In News The Punjab Mandi Board has decided to send a ‘digital form J’ on the WhatsApp number of farmers from this Rabi procurement season. What is the ‘J form’ ? ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market). These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission […]

Near Field Communications (NFC)

In News Google Pay has recently launched a new feature in India, ‘Tap to pay for UPI’, in collaboration with Pine Labs. The feature makes use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. What is Near Field Communication (NFC)? It is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that allows NFC-enabled devices to communicate with each other and […]

BharatNet Project

In Context The implementation of BharatNet has slowed and is likely to miss the 2025 completion deadline owing to a number of factors. Progress made so far As of February 2022, only about 1.72 lakh of the initially targeted 2.5 lakh gram panchayats had been connected to the central grid under BharatNet. Of these, 1.5 […]

India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement

In News India and Australia signed an Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with an eye on doubling bilateral trade to $50 billion in five years and easing the movement of people, goods and services across borders. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched on 30 September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis […]

Punjab’s Claim on Chandigarh

In News Recently, the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution reiterating the state’s claim on Chandigarh. About Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification stating that employees of Chandigarh UT administration will get the same pay and other benefits as those working under the central government. Under the rules, the retirement age of Chandigarh […]

Draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020

In News The government introduced the ‘Antarctica Bill’ in the Lok Sabha. Objectives and Need There is growing concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment and ocean around Antarctica from the exploitation of marine living resources and human presence in Antarctica. In the future, the private ship and aviation industry will also start operations and […]

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