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Chelonoidis phantasticus

In News  Species of turtle named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island  thought extinct 100 years ago rediscovered recently . Researchers have reported the confirmation in a paper in Nature Communications Biology. About  It belongs to Chelonoidis phantasticus. Chelonoidis phantasticus means “fantastic giant tortoise”.  Commonly called the Fernandina Island Galápagos giant tortoise  The species was so […]

World of Work Summit

In News Recently, the World of Work summit was organised by ILO in Geneva. About the summit Organiser: The International Labour Organisation. Theme: Tackling multiple global crises: promoting human-centred recovery and resilience. Aim: To discuss how to tackle the labour and social consequences of the food, energy and financial crises with human-centred approaches. Focus area: […]

Coal Action Plan for 2022-23

In News Recently, the Ministry of Coal, Government of India has finalised an Action Plan for 2022-23. Major Focused Areas of Plan The Action Plan broadly focuses on the following areas: Grey Hydrogen Just Transition/ Energy Transition Restructuring Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation. (CMPFO) Coal evacuation Benchmarking of Machines & Quantifiable Parameters (Output per hr/per […]

Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022

In News The Government of India (GoI) has questioned the parameters of the recently released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022. Environment Performance Index (EPI) The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health.  It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index by the World […]

Hypogonadism

In Context Recently, it has been found that Testosterone replacement therapy is the standard treatment for Hypogonadism. Hypogonadism  About: It is a clinical syndrome, which results from the failure of the testes to produce physiologic levels of testosterone and a normal number of spermatozoa due to defects at one or more levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal […]

Fast Radio Burst (FRB)

In News Recently, astronomers have reported a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) whose characteristics are different from almost all other FRBs previously detected, except one. Key Findings One of the best-known fast radio bursts is FRB20180916B. This FRB was discovered in 2018 and is only 500 million light-years away from us in another galaxy. Repetition: The […]

Rhino reintroduction success in Assam

In News Recently, the latest census (14th Assam rhino estimation) revealed that the Manas National Park rhinos have higher life expectancy but need translocation support. About the 14th Assam rhino estimation  The rhino census in the Manas Park was carried out in all three ranges: Bhuyanpara, Bansbari and Panbari comprising 71 estimation blocks.  The current […]

Minimum Support Price (MSP)

In News Recently, the Union government has approved the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the Khari season 2022-23, stating that the rates are at least 1.5 times of the weighed average cost of production. The rates for 14 Kharif crops have been increased, the hikes ranging from 4% to 8%. Minimum support price (MSP) Meaning: […]

RBI Rate Hike and Its Impact

In News Recently, the RBI raised its main policy rate and the Repo rate for the second time in over a month by an expected 50 basis points to control inflation. About the recent hikes Repo rate: The central bank has now raised the Repo rate by 90 basis points to 4.90 per cent. Repo […]

Carbon Bombs

In Context A group of environmentalists, lawyers, and activists have come together to identify and ‘defuse carbon bombs’– coal, oil and gas projects that have the potential to contribute significantly to global warming. What are Carbon Bombs? It is “an oil or gas project that will result in at least a billion tonnes of CO2 […]

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