Context Global efforts to tackle malaria suffered due to the COVID-19 in 2020, according to the World Malaria Report 2021. World Malaria Report The World Health Organization releases the World Malaria Report every year. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across the globe. The 2021 report is […]

In News India has emerged as the most unequal country with the top 1% of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021. The report is released by Paris-based World Inequality Lab, a global research initiative. Major Highlights of the Report Contemporary income and wealth inequalities are very large: The […]

In News NASA launched its new Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD). It is NASA’s first-ever laser communications system — from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. What is Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)? About: It will help NASA to test optical communication in space. LCRD is a technology demonstration that will pave the way […]

In News  Recently, the President of India visited the Raigad Fort in Maharashtra and paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The Maharashtra government is now seeking the World Heritage Site tag for the Raigad fort, along with 13 other sites related to the era of Chhatrapati Shivaji. About Raigad Fort Location:  Raigad is a hill […]

In Context  A curtain-raiser for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, PANEX-21 is being held in New Delhi. It is planned from 20 December to 22 Dec 2021 at Pune.  About PANEX-21 It is a multi-nation disaster management exercise with a special focus on relief in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.  It will […]

In News  Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. About Jnanpith Award It is the highest literary award in India and is given annually for the best creative literary writing to writers in any of the 22 “scheduled languages” recognized in the […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   Nagaland seeks AFSPA repeal, scraps ongoing Hornbill Festival   (Internal Security ) Why there is a demand to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, from the Nagaland, About the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Provisions, Significance, […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 1 1 India ‘very unequal’, top 10% hold 57% of national income: Inequality Report (Social Issues ) What are the key highlights of the latest World Inequality Report 2022? unequal regions, issues linked to them, various initiatives of the government in this context […]

In News  Recently, the Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. Mahaparinirvan Diwas The term ‘parinirvan’ has a deep meaning in Buddhist traditions and refers to someone who has attained nirvana in his lifetime and after death.  It implies a release from the world, karma and rebirth […]

In Context Recently, a Journalist was charged with Sedition by the Assam Police for allegedly promoting animosity between the Assamese and Bengali-speaking people of Assam. Sedition Law Background: Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with sedition, was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay and included in the IPC in 1870. Definition: It […]