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The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   RBI and PM signal reforms in troubled urban co­op banks   (Economy) Why is there a need for regulatory changes to reform urban co-operative banks? how strengthening the cooperative system will empower them? GS 2 1 PM to open […]

Ramanujan Prize

In News  Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. She is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize. About Ramanujan Prize Ramanujan Prize was […]

Earth’s Black Box

In Context  A black box is being built in Australia that will record the Earth’s warming weather patterns. About Earth’s Black Box It will be constructed in Tasmania, an Australian island state off the south coast.  Tasmania was chosen for its relative geopolitical and environmental safety. It is a 33-foot-long box made of 3-inch-thick steel […]

Extended Range Pinaka Missile

In News Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (ER) multi-barrel rocket launcher system, Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges. About  Pinaka-ER  The Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at the Pokharan range.  It is the upgraded version of the earlier Pinaka version […]

Insurgencies of the Northeast

In Context The recent ambush and killings have once again brought the continuing insurgencies in the Northeast to the fore. Reasons for armed insurgency/conflicts Unique tribal & ethnic divisions: Ethno- communal conflicts, local vs migrants, dominant tribal groups (Nagas raising, NSCN (IM) & (K), ULFA etc).  Historical reasons for the conflict: Historical connections among tribes […]

Bank Deposit Insurance Programme

In News About Issues Significance Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) It is a specialised division of the Reserve Bank of India which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. It was established on 15 July 1978 under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 for the purpose of providing […]

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Context The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be rocketed into orbit no earlier than December 22.  The Webb telescope is said to be the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble Space Telescope It is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency.  It was launched and deployed […]

Wildlife Conservation in India

In News As per the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and State Forest and Police Authorities between 2018 and 2020 about 2054 cases were registered for killing or illegal trafficking of wild animals in India.  About WCCB has conducted a number of species-specific enforcement operations with coordination of State Enforcement Agencies. WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary […]

Governor’s role in the state and central universities

In News  Recently, A controversy erupted in Kerala over the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University by the Governor of the state. The disputes are, quite naturally, more common in states run by political rivals of the party running the Union government, which appoints the Governors through the President of India. […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 3    As nation bids farewell to CDS, a voice from the crowd: ‘Our duty to pay tribute’ (Defence) Learn facts related to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Mi-17V5 helicopter    GS 2 3 Drop in mask use has put India […]

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