In News  Recently, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh informed the Supreme Court that there is no information forthcoming from Karnataka for the past 14 years about how much Krishna river water it has diverted. Recent Response of Karnataka Karnataka has argued that its dam and irrigation projects worth thousands of crores to provide water to its […]

Context There is some progress in the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra with the French company EDF and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) working together to take this project off the ground.  About  The Indo-French nuclear agreement was signed in 2008 to build a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur.  It would be […]

In News Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region has an important contribution towards combating climate change: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Study.  About Study Highlights:  The study showed that for every dollar invested into land restoration yields across the African continent from Senegal in the west to Djibouti […]

In News The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has published a draft framework for cross border insolvency proceedings based on the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) model under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. About Cross border insolvency proceedings are relevant for the resolution of distressed companies with assets and liabilities across multiple […]

In News Researchers from the Kerala Agricultural University developed species distribution models for Black-and-orange Flycatcher and Nilgiri Flycatcher. About To understand the current potential suitability and possible responses of the species to future climate change using the MaxEnt algorithm. MaxEnt, which stands for ‘maximum entropy modelling’, predicts species’ occurrences by finding the distribution that is […]

In News  Recently, the first edition of the India Young Water Professional Programme (IYWPP) was launched. India Young Water Professional Programme (IYWPP) About: This program has been taken up under the National Hydrology Project and supported by the Australian Water Partnership. About 70% of the program is focused on project-based learning through Situation Understanding and […]

In News Recently, Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world’s newest republic. Before Barbados, the last nation to remove the Queen as head of state was Mauritius in 1992. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, who was selected to become the first president of Barbados earlier, took over […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2/ 3   GS 2 1   1 Parliament clears Farm Laws Repeal Bill without a debate   The three farm laws were never a solution   (Governance/Economy)   12 RS MPs suspended for ‘misconduct   (Governance) The rationale behind passing the Farm […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   House clears farm laws to repeal Bill, Govt rejects Opposition call for a debate   (Polity and Governance) Objectives behind passing the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, What were the farm laws, Why had the need been felt to repeal […]

In News  The Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship launched two ambitious projects of ‘Revival of Namda craft of Kashmir and ‘Upskilling of artisans and weavers of Kashmir under the under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0′.  About  The Namda project will be an industry-based training programme that will contribute towards preserving […]