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Green Jobs

In News  Recently,  the Prime Minister of India  mentioned India’s efforts to create ‘green jobs. What are ‘Green Jobs’? ‘Green jobs’ refer to a class of jobs that directly have a positive impact on the planet, and contribute to the overall environmental welfare.  Jobs involving renewable energy, conservation of resources, ensuring energy efficient means are […]

Decoding China’s occupation at Pangong Tso

In Context China’s new bridge on Pangong Tso forces India to rethink posture in Ladakh About Locations of bridges  China started constructing a broader bridge next to its previous construction. It built the first bridge – about 400 metres long and 8 metres wide – on the Pangong Tso close to the friction areas on […]

Single-Use Plastics

In News Recently, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the “Clean and Green” campaign on the World Environment Day. These include:  cleaning and plogging drives,  plastic waste collection drives, and  tree-plantation drives.  Centre has also written to States to phase out Single-Use Plastics (SUP) on this occasion. India is committed to ban […]

Amendment of rules for the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff

In News  The Ministry of Defence has issued three separate notifications amending the rules of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force for the appointment of the next Chief of Defence Staff CDS. Major points of amendment The government amended the Army Rules, 1954; the Naval Ceremonial, Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Regulations, 1963; […]

Leaders in Climate Change Management Programme

In News Recently, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister launched the “Leaders in Climate Change Management” (LCCM) programme. About LCCM programme Organisation: National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and World Resources Institute (WRI) India, jointly announced ‘Leaders in Climate Change Management’ (LCCM), a practice-based learning program. The LCCM program, designed and implemented in partnership […]

Agni-4 Missile

In News  Recently, India successfully carried out a night launch of the nuclear-capable Agni-4 ballistic missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. The successful test reaffirms India’s policy of having a ‘Credible Minimum Deterrence’ Capability. The successful test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command. The Strategic Forces Command […]

Ex SAMPRITI-X

In Context A joint military training exercise between India and Bangladesh has commenced recently at Jessore military station in Bangladesh.  Ex SAMPRITI-X  About: SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour conducted alternately by both countries which aims to strengthen and widen the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between both the armies. Representation: The Indian […]

State of Environment Report 2022

In News 75% of river monitoring stations report heavy metal pollution according to the recent State of Environment Report 2022. It is published by the environmental NGO, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Key observations of the report: River Pollution: Three out of every four river monitoring stations in India posted alarming levels of […]

Bad Bank

In News Recently, the Finance Ministry said that the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. (NARCL), set up to take over large bad loans of more than 500 crore from banks, will pick up the first set of such non-performing assets (NPAs) in July. Background NARCL is a special purpose asset reconstruction company for taking over […]

Fishing Cats

In Context   The Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has 176 fishing cats, according to a census conducted by Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with The Fishing Cat Project (TFCP). About the survey  It is the world’s first population estimation of the fishing cat, which has been conducted outside the protected area network. […]

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