Global climate governance has gained renewed attention due to repeated shortfalls in international climate negotiations, particularly at recent Conferences of the Parties (COPs).
The Exposition of the Holy Devnimori Relics was recently inaugurated at Gangaramaya Temple, marking an important cultural and spiritual event in India–Sri Lanka Buddhist ties.
About Devnimori Relics
Location: Devnimori is a Buddhist archaeological site located near Shamlaji in Aravalli district of Gujarat.
Discovery & Excavation: First explored in 1957 by archaeologist Prof. S. N. Chowdhry.
Excavations revealed significant evidence of early Buddhist worship and monastic traditions.
Union Budget 2026-27 reinforces Ease of Doing Business as pillar of growth and development, while focusing on digitisation, tax certainty, investor access and litigation reduction.
Ease of Doing Business (EoDB)
It has emerged as a cornerstone of India’s economic reform agenda and is reaffirmed as a key pillar of growth and development.
The Union Budget 2026-27 focuses on reforms aimed at digital trade facilitation, tax certainty, reduction in compliance and litigation, trust-based customs systems, and an investment-friendly tax regime.
The 16th Finance Commission chaired by Arvind Panagariya, recommended ₹7,91,493 crore in grants to rural and urban local bodies along with structural reforms to strengthen local governance.
What is the Finance Commission?
The Finance Commission is a constitutional body constituted by the President of India under Article 280, that recommends how tax revenues collected by the Central government should be distributed among the Centre and various States in the country.
The Commission is reconstituted every five years and usually takes a couple of years to make its recommendations to the Centre.
The Centre is not legally bound to implement the suggestions made by the Finance Commission.
Illegal coal mine explosion in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, killing 18 workers, highlights continued prevalence of rat-hole mining despite regulatory bans.
What is Rat Hole Coal Mining?
Illegal coal mining is most prevalent in Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Meghalaya’s Jaintia, Khasi, and Garo Hills, where coal seams are thin and scattered, making mechanized mining economically unattractive.
Rat-hole mining refers to a primitive form of underground coal extraction where narrow horizontal tunnels are dug into coal seams. Workers crawl inside these tunnels to extract coal manually.
In the Union Budget 2026-27, the government has placed greater emphasis on the debt-to-GDP ratio, instead of focusing narrowly on the annual fiscal deficit.
पवित्र देवनीमोरी अवशेषों का प्रदर्शन हाल ही में गंगारामाया मंदिर में उद्घाटित किया गया, जो भारत–श्रीलंका बौद्ध संबंधों में एक महत्वपूर्ण सांस्कृतिक और आध्यात्मिक घटना को दर्शाता है।
देवनीमोरी अवशेषों के बारे में
स्थान: देवनीमोरी गुजरात के अरावली ज़िले में श्यामलाजी के निकट स्थित एक बौद्ध पुरातात्विक स्थल है।
खोज एवं उत्खनन: इसका प्रथम अन्वेषण 1957 में पुरातत्वविद् प्रो. एस. एन. चौधरी द्वारा किया गया।
उत्खनन में प्रारंभिक बौद्ध पूजा और मठवासी परंपराओं के महत्वपूर्ण प्रमाण मिले।
