Tag: GS 3
Private Sector Investment in Space Industry
In Context Recently, the government is seen making efforts to increase private sector participation in the space industry. More about the news The Indian government would soon come up with a new space policy that could initiate the rise of India’s own “SpaceX-like ventures”. SpaceX is Elon Musk’s private space transportation company. Significance of the […]
Solid Waste Management
In News Recently, with burgeoning population and even faster urbanisation, there has been an explosion in the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Indian cities. About Solid waste management Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded […]
Species In News: Snow Leopard
In News Recently, a study by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) on snow leopards has thrown up interesting insights on the elusive mountain cat and its prey species. About Snow leopard Scientific Name: Panthera uncia. Habitat: Cold High Mountains. These are found in 12 countries including China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia & […]
Monkeypox
In News Recently, the World Health Organisation has declared the global monkeypox outbreak a ‘public health emergency of international concern‘ (PHEIC). About Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response. The WHO had previously declared emergencies for public […]
5G & Fiberization in India
In News Recently, India is preparing to auction off about 72 GHz of airwaves to roll out 5G services in the country. Fiberisation The process of connecting radio towers with each other via optical fibre cables is called fiberisation. A fiber optic cable is a network cable that contains strands of glass fibers inside an […]
WTO Ministerial meeting on Fisheries Subsidies
In News Recently, the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, adopted at the 12th Ministerial Conference marks a major step forward for ocean sustainability by prohibiting harmful fisheries subsidies. Background The Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies delivers on the mandate from the 11th Ministerial Conference, as contained in the Buenos Aires Ministerial Decision, and on the Sustainable […]
Jawaharlal Nehru Port
In News Recently ,Jawaharlal Nehru Port(JNP) has become the first major port of the country to become a 100% Landlord port having all berths being operated on PPP model. About The PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has made remarkable progress in the last 25 years, beginning with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), resulting […]
Wormhole
In News The wormhole theory can provide shortcuts for enormous distances between two points in curved spacetime. Wormhole Discovered by: Ludwig Flamm in 1916, Soon after Einstein proposed his General Theory of Relativity — a theory that describes the gravitational field. About: A wormhole can be visualised as a tunnel with two ends at separate […]
Pegasus Spyware Revelations
In Context A year has passed since the disclosures about the Pegasus Project revealed the threat to India’s democracy. What is Pegasus? It was developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group that was set up in 2010. It can not only mop up information stored on phones such as photos and contacts, but can also […]
